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      Kelly Clarke

      Kelly Clarke

      Senior News Reporter
      Location
      UAE
      Kelly is a senior reporter and covers a wide range of news from environment to education and travel. Whether it be overcoming adversity, acts of bravery or unsung heroes, she loves to delve deep and tell human interest stories. A graduate of Middlesex University in the UK, she joined The National in 2019. She visited the UAE in 2012 with plans to stay for a month and hasn’t left since.

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      epa06943594 An aerial view shows hundreds of thousands of people participanting in the 27th Street Parade in Zurich, Switzerland, 11 August 2018. The annual dance music event Street Parade runs this year under the claim 'Culture of Tolerance'. EPA-EFE/ENNIO LEANZA
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      These are the world's 10 most expensive cities

      Parisians spend about $6 on freshly baked bread, while in Zurich a humble loaf costs about $5

      UAEMarch 15, 2021
      Facial recognition technology is being implemented at Dubai airports, allowing passengers to complete passport control in nine seconds. Courtesy: Dubai Media Office
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      How Dubai's new facial recognition smart gates work

      Passengers registered under new system no longer need to show passport or boarding pass

      TransportMarch 08, 2021
      Hamish Harding and his son, Giles, on their expedition to the South Pole in 2020. Courtesy: Action Aviation
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      Dubai resident emerges from depths of deepest point on Earth with a smile

      Hamish Harding spent more than 12 hours below the ocean's surface in a tiny, two-seater submersible

      EnvironmentMarch 06, 2021
      Frying Pan Adventures has launched an online spice guide, The Ultimate Guide to the Spice Souk. Courtesy: Frying Pan Adventures
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      Food tour company in Dubai calls on local community for help

      Frying Pan Adventures launched an online guide to the Spice Souq after it was forced to stop physical tours for the second time in January

      HeritageMarch 04, 2021
      Indian health minister, Harsh Vardhan, is administered the Covaxin vaccine. AP
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      Trials show India's Covaxin 81% effective against Covid-19

      Participants were aged between 18- to 98-years-old, including 2,433 over the age of 60 and 4,500 with comorbidities

      HealthMarch 04, 2021
      Laetitia Tregoning, 43, with her two-year-old son Edward. Antonie Robertson / The National
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      Coronavirus: growing up in a pandemic has impacted child development

      The closure of nurseries and day care facilities last year meant children missed out on crucial social stimulation

      HealthMarch 02, 2021
      Enhanced cleaning and disinfection on all aircraft from Dubai regardless of route
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      Vaccinated passengers 'could skip quarantine or PCR tests soon'

      Adel Al Redha also suggested worldwide vaccine passports were unlikely to be mandatory but would greatly ease flying

      TransportMarch 02, 2021
      Heather Harries says it was a tough decision to stop food support for some families. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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      Facebook help group forced to cut food assistance to families in Dubai

      Stop and Help has provided assistance to more than 100,000 people and put the equivalent of 2.5 million meals on tables

      UAEFebruary 28, 2021
      The number of people allowed to exercise in gyms in Abu Dhabi and Dubai at any one time has been reduced to curb the spread of Covid-19. Antonie Robertson / The National
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      Maskless gym sessions 'significantly increase' Covid-19 risk

      The findings proved that carelessness about masks and symptoms could lead to more outbreaks

      HealthFebruary 28, 2021
      Tourists relax on a beach in the Maldives. Getty Images
      Pregnant Dubai resident missing for 11 days in the Maldives

      Canadian citizen Giedre Vaskyte, who is eight months pregnant, disappeared from the Intercontinental Resort on Maamunagau Island

      UAEFebruary 26, 2021
      Wakeme seaweed is a great source of iodine and omega 3's. Getty
      Four weird and wonderful superfoods to help boost your immunity

      The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the virtues of everyday superfoods

      HealthFebruary 23, 2021
      A worker preparing salmon imported from Europe. Antonie Robertson / The National
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      Inside the region's largest seafood factory in the heart of Dubai

      The new 13,000 square metre facility will handle a quarter of all seafood consumed in the UAE

      EnvironmentFebruary 23, 2021
      Clubhouse is an invitation-only audio platform. Mark Schiefelbein / AP
      Clubhouse app: what is it and how can UAE residents access it?

      Similar to a virtual members-only club, users can access conversation rooms and listen to live chats on different topics

      UAEFebruary 19, 2021
      Faiza Shafi and her mother Hawa Omar in hotel quarantine near Heathrow Airport, after arriving in the UK from Dubai, via Frankfurt in Germany. Courtesy: Faiza Shafi
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      Mother and daughter stuck in UK hotel quarantine after Dubai flight delayed

      Faiza Shafi and Hawa Omar will share a room at the Radisson Blu hotel near Heathrow Airport for 10 days, at a cost of £2,400

      TransportFebruary 18, 2021
      epa09014604 International travelers are escorted to a bus as they are moved to a Radison Blu Hotel for quarantine from Heathrow Airport, Heathrow, Britain, 15 February 2021. Passengers arriving from 33 'red list' countries, including South Africa and the United Arab Emirates, must be quarantined in hotels rooms for 10 days at their own expense. The policy is in response to the emergence of new variants of the novel coronavirus that are more resistant to existing vaccines. EPA/NEIL HALL
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      UK hotel quarantine: passengers scramble for indirect flights as experts slam system

      Few airlines are willing to sift out passengers from red-list countries and refuse them indirect travel, aviation consultants said

      TransportFebruary 17, 2021
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