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      Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, September 22, 2020. The Sheikh Zayed Bridge is engulfed by fog on a Tuesday morning. Victor Besa/The National Section: Standalone/Weather
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      UAE explained: How and why fog forms in a desert

      Specific conditions are required for it to form, such as sand or dust in the air and calm weather

      EnvironmentFebruary 11, 2026
      60 Curzon in Mayfair, London, comprises 32 homes. Photo: Ben Dale
      Mayfair apartment by famed Art Deco architect on market for £24.75m

      Four-bedroom home is in only private residential building in Europe designed by Thierry Despont

      LuxuryFebruary 14, 2025
      The trial will harness AI to assist radiologists in mammogram screenings. Getty Images
      Major AI screening trial aims to improve breast cancer detection

      Testing sites across UK will be used in bid to achieve more accurate diagnoses

      HealthFebruary 04, 2025
      A satellite carrier is launched from the spaceport in Semnan. An earthquake struck near the Iranian city last year. AFP
      Iranian ‘nuclear weapons test’ was actually earthquake

      Tremor struck about 50km south-west of Semnan last October

      MENAFebruary 04, 2025
      Scientists have warned the Greenland ice sheet is cracking open faster than previously thought. PA
      Cracks in Greenland ice sheet ‘accelerating’ under climate change

      World’s second-largest body of ice contains enough water to add seven metres to sea levels

      ClimateFebruary 03, 2025
      Dr Federica Gigante and the fresco in the Church of St Antonio in Polesine, Italy. Photo: Federica Gigante
      Islamic art ‘at heart’ of medieval Christianity

      Thirteenth-century fresco painting in an Italian church depicts an ‘altar tent’ made of Islamic designs

      EuropeFebruary 01, 2025
      The central London house where Herman Melville lodged in 1849 provided inspiration for the American writer's famous novel published two years later. Photo: Wetherell
      Moby-Dick author’s London home on market for £9m

      Herman Melville wrote early drafts of classic novel in Georgian townhouse near The Strand

      UKJanuary 31, 2025
      Mathematical modelling could lead to better sepsis treatments, saving lives in pandemics and improving chronic illness patient care. Getty Images
      Mathematical modelling could help save patients from sepsis

      Condition causes about 20 per cent of all deaths worldwide

      HealthJanuary 30, 2025
      Terracotta cones with royal inscriptions commemorating the construction of temple buildings by King Gudea of Lagash at the Iraqi embassy in Rome. AP
      Stolen ancient artefacts to be returned to Iraq displayed in Rome

      The objects were on show at the Iraqi embassy in the Italian capital

      EuropeJanuary 29, 2025
      Amichai Chikli delivering a speech in Krakow, Poland. Getty Images
      EU Holocaust Day event cancelled after arrest threat to Israeli minister

      Minister’s trip to Brussels stopped under guidance of Israel’s National Security Council

      EuropeJanuary 28, 2025
      Former Auschwitz prisoner Leon Weintraub delivers a speech during commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army, in Oswiecim, Poland on January 27, 2025. AFP
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      Auschwitz survivors return on 80th anniversary of death camp’s liberation

      Britain’s King Charles III among dignitaries attending commemorative event

      EuropeJanuary 27, 2025
      The cargo ship Vezhen is anchored for inspection near the Swedish port of Karlskrona. Reuters
      Sweden seizes ship suspected of sabotaging undersea cable

      Baltic Sea cables have been damaged three times in as many months, as fears of Russian campaign grow

      EuropeJanuary 27, 2025
      Khaled bin Braik with the students at an outreach event for PwC's Watani programme. Photo: PwC
      Meeting Emirati aspirations - one campus at a time

      PwC now has 248 Emiratis working for the company, up from just 26 in 2018, thanks to an innovative student engagement scheme

      UKJanuary 24, 2025
      Growing oranges could become a realistic prospect in the UK as warmer temperatures spread north. AFP
      How climate change could bring orange groves to Britain

      Crops that would become easier to grow include citrus fruits, chickpeas, black-eyed peas, soybeans, durum wheat and okra

      ClimateJanuary 24, 2025
      IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva predicts more regional co-operation on trade and economic activities. AFP
      Collaboration is best approach for global trade, says IMF chief

      Kristalina Georgieva praises Saudi Arabia’s ‘friendly’ approach on last day of World Economic Forum in Davos

      EconomyJanuary 24, 2025
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