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A rendering of the plans for Expo City Dubai. The location of the World's Fair is attracting businesses as it develops into an advanced, mixed-use site. Courtesy: Expo City
Expo City Dubai has become a neighbourhood to watch

Repurposing the World's Fair site in a sustainable way was written into the project's DNA from the beginning

EditorialMay 25, 2023
Surveillance camera footage from Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant published on YouTube shows a flare landing at the site during shelling on March 4 last year. EPA
Nuclear safety is another casualty of the Ukraine war

Experts say power cuts at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's biggest nuclear plant, are dangerous. It's another reason why efforts to end the conflict should be redoubled

EditorialMay 24, 2023
Saudi astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi, a scientific researcher, waves before being brought to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in Florida on Sunday. Getty
Rayyanah Barnawi's space voyage won't be the last for an Arab woman

Girls and young women have a new, hard-working and capable peer to emulate

EditorialMay 23, 2023
Arab Leaders pose for a group photo ahead of the Arab League Summit in Jeddah, on May 19. The Egyptian Presidency/ Reuters
Bringing Syria back in the Arab League is a positive first step

Re-initiating dialogue with Damascus is complex yet necessary to resolve issues in the region

EditorialMay 22, 2023
Events like Cop28, the innovation shown in finding climate solutions and the acceptance of global warming as an existential threat should help reassure people that there is still a way out. AP
Bad climate news should inspire urgency, not fatalism

A UN report on an imminent 1.5°C rise above pre-industrial levels should inspire urgency, not fatalism

EditorialMay 19, 2023
New traffic measures signage on Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Road, which links Abu Dhabi and Dubai, in Abu Dhabi. The National
How the UAE made its roads safer

Tougher laws, speed cameras and pro-active policing have cut traffic deaths by two thirds in 10 years but motorists also have to play their part

EditorialMay 18, 2023
Protesters in Istanbul try to stage a rally to mark International Women's Day on March 8. According to the We'll Stop Femicide social platform, 381 women in Turkey were killed in gender-based violence last year. EPA
Ending violence against women will take more than legal changes

Socio-economic factors and inequalities underpin the abhorrent tide of harassment, threats and even murder faced by too many women and girls

EditorialMay 17, 2023
A market in Teknaf, Bangladesh was damaged by Cyclone Mocha on Sunday. The storm uprooted trees and brought driving rain to a region home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees. AFP
Cyclone Mocha is a sharp reminder of the Rohingyas' plight

Until the exiled minority can return to Myanmar safely, they need more than flimsy shelters

EditorialMay 16, 2023
Palestinian children mark the anniversary of the Nakba in the West Bank city of Hebron last year. Millions of Palestinians are descendants of those who lost their homes in 1948 and still seek to return to their ancestral lands. EPA
The time to end the hurt of the Nakba is long overdue

Israel has the power to at least alleviate some of the worst injustices of the occupation

EditorialMay 15, 2023
Turkish flags on display in Bursa on Thursday. The country is grappling with several serious domestic challenges, including inflation, a depreciating currency and the aftermath of February’s earthquake. EPA
Turkey's election result will be felt across the region

Friends of the country stand ready to work with whoever wins the Turkish people’s trust

EditorialMay 12, 2023
Cop28 President-designate Dr Sultan Al Jaber discussed key elements of the UAE’s climate policy at the inaugural Climate Tech event in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. AFP
The UAE is joining the dots on climate change

Developments this week show the UAE is focused on getting the balance right when it comes to tackling climate change

EditorialMay 11, 2023
A cache of weapons is displayed by the US Navy in 2021 after it was seized from a dhow in the Arabian Sea. The risk posed by materiel falling into the wrong hands is not a new one. AFP
Battlefield weapons are falling into the wrong hands

Conflicts are rich sources of military technology that can fuel crime, terrorism and insurgencies

EditorialMay 10, 2023
Al Maryah Island, home to Abu Dhabi Global Market. An expanding ADGM is living up to its 'capital of capital' moniker. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
Why Abu Dhabi's financial centre is getting room to grow

The expansion of Abu Dhabi Global Market to Al Reem Island reveals strong demand for the hub's business and professional services

EditorialMay 09, 2023
The UK has gone through profound change during King Charles’s extraordinary, decades-long apprenticeship as heir to the throne. AP
King Charles's coronation is a moment of continuity and change

Britain is writing a new page in its national story, one that is rooted in tradition but looks to the future

EditorialMay 05, 2023
Smoke rises after an aerial bombardment in Khartoum on Monday. Weeks of fighting in Sudan have led to a breakdown in law and order. Reuters
Sudan's war has started a crimewave. It needs to end

The looting of aid and ransacking of foreign missions is compounding the country's suffering

EditorialMay 04, 2023
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