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Explosion at Iran plant gives Biden time

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US President Joe Biden in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 8. AFP

The claim 'diplomacy is back' falls flat if world leaders keep up the name calling
Heng Swee Keat was to take over as Singapore's Prime Minister in 2022. Reuters

With Singapore’s succession line in flux, an unusual drama is playing out
Samia Suluhu Hassan is Tanzania's first female president. Reuters

Tanzania’s first female leader has steel in her veins
Police form a line to stop Nationalists and Loyalists attacking each other, as a hijacked bus burns in the distance in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 7. AP

Violence in Northern Ireland has awakened fears of the Troubles
EDITOR'S PICKS
Jyoti Sharma, 13, from Abu Dhabi, won the Cobis art competition with her drawing 'We are all One'. Khushnum Bhandari for The National

Abu Dhabi pupil scoops top prize in international art competition

Education
The UAE moved from 16th to 15th place on the Henley Passport Index over the past few months, and up 50 spots in a decade. Unsplash

The world's most and least powerful passports in 2021: UAE moves up in global ranking

Travel
Dr Yasmin Razak speaks to patients who have received a Covid-19 shot at London Central Mosque, where she is running a pop-up vaccination clinic. Mark Chilvers for The National

How London Central Mosque is breaking down Covid vaccine barriers this Ramadan

Europe
Narges's mother Soraya was killed in the maternity ward attack in Kabul on May 12, 2020. Stefanie Glinski for The National

'Why have you abandoned us?': the Afghan families left to grieve alone after horror attacks

Asia
The Dubai skyline. A new law is set to freeze rents for a three-year period in the emirate. Reem Mohammed / The National

Dubai draft law to freeze rents for three years 'will stabilise property market'

UAE Government
Our cartoonist's take on how Ramadan in Lebanon is changing because of the country's dire political state

Cartoon for April 14, 2021
Our cartoonist's take on the Iran nuclear talks that are taking place in Austria

Cartoon for April 13, 2021
Our cartoonist's take on the impact of the Nile Dam talks

Cartoon for April 12, 2021
Our cartoonist's take on the global Covid-19 vaccination drive

Cartoon for April 11, 2021
Our cartoonist's take on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen being left without a seat at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Cartoon for April 9, 2021
Our cartoonist's take on Lebanon's critical political situation

Cartoon for April 8, 2021
Our cartoonist's take on Benjamin Netanyahu being asked to form Israel’s next government

Cartoon for April 7, 2021
Our cartoonist's take on the bubbling tensions over Ethiopia's plan to fill its GERD dam 

Cartoon for April 6, 2021
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The pandemic will affect executive education and business schools too
Ramadan decor inside the Al Fateh Plaza shop at Al Mina Souk. Victor Besa / The National

A difficult Ramadan can be a spiritual renewal
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Charles Michel (R) arrive for a joint news conference after talks with Turkey's President in Ankara on April 6. AFP

#Sofagate: even powerful women face sexism
It's hard to predict whether new technologies could end up posing a risk to the planet. Reuters

Animate materials will solve problems, but will they kill us first?
The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) sets sail in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey March 1, 2019. Reuters

Is Turkey’s idea of a Muslim Middle Zone more than a dream?
The UAE's astronaut corps has just welcomed two new members. EPA

An astronomical achievement for all women
The US is looking to gradually revive its relations with the Palestinian people. EPA

Biden's modest but necessary steps to revive US-Palestine ties
The Abu Dhabi skyline. It took the UAE only 50 years to transform desert fishing villages and Bedouin tribal settlements into a modern country. Mona Al Marzooqi for The National

Even as it looks ahead, UAE will be proud of its achievements
Iranian missiles at an underground 'missile city' belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Reuters

Pushback against Biden's hopes of a breakthrough in Vienna
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, presents an Abu Dhabi Award to Fatima Alsayedyousef Al Refaei during an awards ceremony at Qasr Al Hosn. MOPA

Awarding champions in civil society is the way to progress
Prince Philip at a news conference for the World Wide Fund for Nature in Ougney-les-Champs, France. Prince Philip was President of the WWF from 1981 to 1996. AFP

Prince Philip's activism paved way for Greta and many like her
A man shovels snow during a winter storm in Canada. Reuters

Montreal's long winter nights during the pandemic
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