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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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Top international universities bid for Dubai's latest space challenge

Top universities including MIT and Oxford and Cambridge are competing for two million dirham research funds

ScienceApril 23, 2018
Doctors treat a patient in the trauma centre at Rashid hospital. Jaime Puebla / The National
Dubai in a healthy place to compete for health tourists

Report sees 'significant' potential for growth in an index of global cities

UAEApril 22, 2018
A general view shows Mosul's Old City in January 2018. A French company that creates exact digital records of some of the world’s most endangered historic places, is joining the international effort to restore the battered city. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP Photo
Restoring Mosul's lost treasures one byte at a time

Digital technology is the key to rebuilding historic buildings destroyed by ISIS

April 21, 2018
Models of future projects are shown to investors and visitors at Cityscape 2017. Developers will be marketing schemes at this year's Cityscape from October 2-4 at Dubai World Trade Centre. Victor Besa / The National
Summer snow and a glass mosque at Cityscape Abu Dhabi

Ten years after the 2008 crash, the UAE's property market is a more secure place for investors

UAEApril 17, 2018
The Year of Zayed icon is lit up by solar lanterns in Abu Dhabi. The Zayed Future Energy Prize achieved a Guinness world record for the largest environmental sustainability lesson. Zayed Future Energy Prize
Zayed Future Energy prize is now Zayed Sustainability Prize

Change is designed to focus on related areas that organisers say are essential constituents of survival

EnvironmentApril 17, 2018
The Central Market project in 2008 in central Abu Dhabi.
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Decade of remarkable growth in every direction imaginable

The National at 10: The changes over the past 10 years make the UAE almost unrecognisable

UAEApril 17, 2018
An old gold and white Abu Dhabi taxi. Andrew Parsons / The National
UAE life in 2008: recalling those hazy, crazy days before baqala

The National at 10: White and gold taxis, sand parking, Ikea within easy reach and having nowhere to live, James Langton takes a nostalgic walk down memory lane … to 2008

UAEApril 17, 2018
People wait in line at the passport control area in Terminal 1 arrivals section at the Dubai International airport. Randi Sokoloff / The National
A flying visit: how stopover cities have thrived in an age when even the jet set need a break

As the UAE looks to offer day visit visas to many nationalities for the first time, we look at countries that have boomed thanks to stopovers

UAEApril 16, 2018
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, has led UAE funding efforts to support the global eradication of Polio. Courtesy Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Praise for UAE's polio efforts in Pakistan as eradication fund hits $120 million

Last year saw the fewest number of cases in a disease that once crippled millions

HealthApril 16, 2018
The UAE only operates rail service, a 264 kilometre freight line to Ruwais that carries sulphur by-products from the oil fields of Shah and Rabsham. Wam
British and UAE transport chiefs in joint plan to keep the country's railways on track

Deal signed to bring in UK expertise on safety, accident investigation and innovation

TransportApril 12, 2018
Gavin Williamson, the UK Defence Secretary is making his first visit to the UAE was speaking ahead of a UN Security Council debate on Monday night. Victor Besa / The National
Russia warned against blocking probe into Syrian 'chemical attack'

Gavin Williamson says supporters of "dreadful" Syrian regime must now act to rein in Assad forces

UAEApril 10, 2018
Mina Al Oraibi, editor-in-chief of The National, tries the mind-controlled drones with Olivier Oullier, president of Emotiv (right), and Maverick Nguyen of Emotiv. Satish Kumar / the National
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Mind-controlled drones bring visions of the future

New technology allows brainwaves to be harnessed to fly drones, with significant implications for people with physical disabilities

TechnologyMarch 19, 2018
Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister and George Osborne addresses survivors of the Florida school massacre at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai. Satish Kumar for The National
'Finger jabbing' won't change US gun laws, says Tony Blair

Pupils from a high school where 17 died questioned the former leader while attending the education forum in Dubai

UAEMarch 18, 2018
F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton shared stories from his schooldays at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai, saying his racing practice meant he sometimes ended up in detention. Victor Besa / The National
Stars open up about their schooldays at education forum

Sports champions, film stars and politicians speak at the Global Education and Skills Forum

EducationMarch 18, 2018
US President Donald Trump pictured in a file photo. Reuters
First impressions can be misleading when 'Donald Trump' makes a surprise appearance at Dubai forum

Satirist Rory Bremner also brings the real Charlize Theron to his YouTube chat show live from the education and skills summit

EducationMarch 17, 2018
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