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      James Langton

      James Langton

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      James was one of the original founding editors for The National back in 2008, responsible for news features. Now back in the UK, he contributes to The National on a wide range of topics from space flight to heritage. In a long career in journalism, he worked for the London Telegraph and Evening Standard, and as a correspondent in New York.
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      Italian cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (left) officiates near the coffin of late Pope Francis during the funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square in the Vatican, on April 26. AFP
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      'He fought for justice, for an open church': Pope Francis laid to rest

      Mourners tell of sadness and hope as world leaders use funeral as opportunity to tackle conflicts

      NewsApril 26, 2025
      A fortress in Oman’s Manah Oasis. Photo: Leo Viktorov
      Why a porcelain dish in an Omani mosque leads to China

      Dish sheds light on the Maritime Silk Road that dates back well over 1,000 years ago

      GulfApril 20, 2025
      When it reopened in 2014, Sanriku Railway trains were inscribed in Arabic with the words: 'We greatly appreciate the support from the State of Kuwait.' AP
      Gulf Connections: Kuwait's gift to Japan's tsunami victims

      Tragedy in 2011 saw country give five million barrels of oil to help reconstruction

      GulfApril 06, 2025
      A projector is loaded on board an Imperial Airways plane to show the first in-flight film in 1925. Getty Images
      The brave new world of in-flight entertainment

      A hundred years ago this month, a flight from London to Paris paved the way for entertainment in the skies

      UAEApril 06, 2025
      Juwaiza oil rig pictured from above in 1957. Courtesy: Adnoc Drilling
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      How Abu Dhabi’s first drilling misfire 75 years ago is now a gas bonanza

      Advances in technology led by Adnoc means Ras Sadr field is not not quite the failure first thought all those years ago

      UAEMarch 02, 2025
      Credit cards transformed the way consumers pay. Photo: Antonie Robertson / The National
      Credit cards turn 75: How payment revolution is still changing the world

      As it celebrates a milestone birthday, the familiar plastic card is increasingly going digital

      UAEFebruary 06, 2025
      A technician tests for sleeping sickness at Poste de Sante de Yindi, in Guinea, West Africa. The country has just announced the eradication of the disease. EPA
      World marks milestone victories in fight to eradicate tropical diseases

      A host of countries have eliminated diseases over the past year but there is still much work to be done to support poorer nations, experts say

      UAEJanuary 30, 2025
      A new biography details the life of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai. Photo: Archive
      Sheikh Mohammed's path to Ruler of Dubai captured in new biography

      Official biography tells story of leader's youth, including years of study in England and fierce commitment to making Dubai successful

      UAEDecember 14, 2024
      Al Jahili Fort in Abu Dhabi, circa 1904. Photo: Getty Images
      The search for justice for four Abu Dhabi sailors killed 120 years ago

      The killings at sea by three Persian brothers shocked the emirate, new research reveals

      UAEDecember 07, 2024
      Shamsa Noor Ali Rashid with her father at an exhibition of his photography. @Noor Ali Rashid Archive
      Camera14
      UAE's earliest moments preserved in photo archive

      Noor Ali Rashid was a friend to Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and photographed the nation over five decades

      UAEDecember 01, 2024
      President Sheikh Mohamed with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Meshal upon his arrival for a state visit earlier this year. UAE Presidential Court
      President Sheikh Mohamed's state visit to Kuwait reflects deep ties

      Kuwaitis still remember how the UAE went to their aid in 1990 and the sacrifices its soldiers made in the first Gulf War

      UAENovember 09, 2024
      David Heard at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair in 2013. Christopher Pike / The National
      David Heard: Remembering the man who made Abu Dhabi 'the place for me'

      After arriving in the 1960s to work in the oil industry, he played an important part in the development of the UAE

      UAEOctober 24, 2024
      Author David Heard has lived in Abu Dhabi since 1963 and has witnessed the decades of deepening ties between his native country and the one they call home. Christopher Pike / The National
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      David Heard, long-time Abu Dhabi resident and Gulf oil historian, dies aged 85

      Heard arrived in the emirate in 1963 and quickly became an established figure in the expat community

      UAEOctober 22, 2024
      President Sheikh Mohamed with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Abu Dhabi in December 2023. UAE Presidential Court
      UAE and Russia look to build on growing relationship

      President Sheikh Mohamed heads for Moscow and the annual Brics summit in Kazan

      UAEOctober 20, 2024
      President Sheikh Mohamed talks with US President Joe Biden during the G20 summit in India last year. Ryan Carter / UAE Presidential Court
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      History beckons with first visit of a UAE President to Washington

      Sheikh Mohamed will be received at the White House by Joe Biden on Monday

      UAESeptember 20, 2024
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