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Abu Dhabi, UAETuesday 26 January 2021

Janet Yellen speaks during a panel at the American Economic Association/Allied Social Science Association in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 4, 2019. Reuters

Janet Yellen becomes first female US Treasury Secretary
A Houthi militant keeps watch during an anti-US protest in Sanaa, Yemen, on January 25, 2021. EPA

Biden administration suspends some Houthi sanctions

The Americas
US climate envoy John Kerry warned the world has nine years left to halt catastrophic climate change. Getty Images

Biden climate envoy John Kerry warns world has nine years to prevent catastrophe

Europe
Five years since it last held top spot, Apple has been named the world’s most valuable brand by Brand Finance Global 500 2021 ranking report as its diversification strategy pays off. Reuters

Apple topples Amazon as world's most valuable brand, report shows

Economy
EDITOR'S PICKS
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 *** Local Caption *** 54547217

These are the world's 10 most expensive cities

UAE
Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton are producing a drama TV series about an all-female Kurdish militia group. Getty Images

Clintons to make new TV series about Kurdish militia

Television
Davos in the Swiss Alps has been unusually quiet as delegates stay away due to the coronavirus crisis. EPA

What role does Davos play in a world gone virtual?

Podcasts

'Digital passports' will get the world moving again

The National Editorial
Dr Anthony Fauci at the White House. Bloomberg

US disease expert Anthony Fauci blames Donald Trump for ‘top down’ Covid mistakes
Disney-Pixar animation 'Soul' has been named one of the top 10 films of the year by The American Film Institute. Disney Pixar 

American Film Institute's top 10 films of the year
James Harden of the Brooklyn Nets dribbles as Kelly Olynyk and KZ Okpala of the Miami Heat defend during the first half at Barclays Center. AFP

James Harden leads Nets over Heat, LeBron James sparks Lakers
Josh Brolin starred as George W Bush, Daniel Day Lewis scooped an Oscar for portraying Abraham Lincoln, and Frank Langella was Richard Nixon in three films centred around US presidents. Courtesy Dreamworks Pictures, Shutterstock, Courtesy Universal Pictures

10 great movies about American presidents
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 24: Tyrrell Hatton of England celebrates with the trophy following victory during Day 4 of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf Club on January 24, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

Tyrrell Hatton wins Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in style
Senator Bernie Sanders sits in the bleachers on Capitol Hill before Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. AFP 

How Bernie Sanders and his mittens brought us all together
Cemal Senturk, owner of Boncuk, outside of a medical care facility in the Black Sea city of Trabzon, Turkey, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Boncuk has spent five days waiting in front of the hospital where her sick owner was receiving treatment. Senturk was discharged from the hospital later on Wednesday and returned home with Boncuk.(DHA via AP)

Devoted dog wins hearts after spending days outside hospital waiting for owner
Elizabeth Kerr, 31, and Simon O'Brien, 36, embrace each other in a Covid-19 ward, days after they married in an ICU (Intensive Care Unit) in Milton Keynes University Hospital, Britain. Reuters

British couple with Covid-19 rush to marry in intensive care

World Economic Forum

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde said there are some postives to take away from the pandemic, including advances in digitalisation. Associated Press

ECB's Christine Lagarde: 'Our hope is that 2021 is still the year of recovery'

Banking
Dr Anthony Fauci at the White House. Bloomberg

US disease expert Anthony Fauci blames Donald Trump for ‘top down’ Covid mistakes

Europe
Tariq Al Gurg, the chief executive officer of Dubai Cares, said education will be the key to unlocking opportunity and hope. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National

Dubai Cares chief says global community must act to safeguard children’s education

Education
For Heba Shalan, a mother of five children and a nurse, who lives in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, the effects of the pandemic will be felt for a long time. Oxfam

Oxfam at Davos: Pandemic wealth uplift for 10 richest men could 'vaccinate everyone'

Europe

Coronavirus

A health worker prepares to administer the Sinovac vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at Zainoel Abidin Hospital in Indonesia. AFP

Chinese Covid vaccine ‘booster’ could upgrade shot against variants: report

Asia
Dr Chris Parry administers the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot at a vaccination centre in Sheffield, UK. AFP

AstraZeneca rejects 'incorrect' 8% efficacy claims as EU threatens vaccine export controls

Europe
A healthcare worker at a temporary coronavirus ward in Soweto in South Africa. AFP

Cyril Ramaphosa urges wealthy countries to share Covid vaccines with poorer nations

Europe
A health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at Clalit Health Services in Jerusalem, on January 24, 2021. AFP

Israel’s world-beating Covid-19 vaccination plan hits hurdles

MENA

World

A woman clutches her daughter as she weeps in front of the ruins of her house in Bhuj, Gujarat state, in western India, on January 27, 2001. AFP 

Twenty years on, painful memories of India’s 2001 earthquake still haunts survivors

Asia

Syrian opposition urges UN to press for new constitution at talks in Geneva

MENA

Israel’s world-beating Covid-19 vaccination plan hits hurdles

MENA

Former North Korean ambassador to Kuwait defected to South Korea

MENA

Business

Stakeholder capitalism was "a vague concept", but a new set of metrics will help companies to ensure they are meeting goals, the World Economic Forum's executive chairman Klaus Schwab said. Image courtesy of the World Economic Forum.

New WEF standards on ESG gaining traction among corporations

Economy

Music streaming service Anghami to set up global headquarters in Abu Dhabi’s Hub71

Technology

UAE tech start-up Zbooni raises $5m to fund expansion

Technology

Google pledges $150m to boost awareness about Covid-19 vaccine

Technology

Opinion

IATA Travel pass. Courtesy IATA

'Digital passports' will get the world moving again

Editorial

Is the UK really about to become a 'failed state'?

Comment

What private hospitals have learnt from this pandemic

Comment

Larry King Live – a show everyone wanted to watch and be on

Comment

Biden's uphill battle for Palestine starts in East Jerusalem

Comment

Exclusives

Dr Eric Xing, president of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari for The National

President of world's first AI university explains big ambitions

Education
Islamic Relief Worldwide founder Hany El Banna called Yazidis devil-worshippers. Twitter

IRW forced to report after Muslim Brotherhood ties exposed

World
Kurdish-German psychologist Dr Jan Ilhan Kizilhan speaks to Yazidi refugees on the outskirts of the northern town of Khanke, Iraq. DPA

Yazidi campaigners call for suicide prevention plan after 11 found dead in 10 days

World
epa08931963 Robert Williams, 84, receives an injection of a Covid-19 vaccine at Robertson House in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Britain 11 January 2021. The UK government has announced that mass vaccination centres will start operating from 11 January in London, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Surrey and Stevenage. EPA/JOE GIDDENS / POOL

Britain's virulent new Covid strain adds a third to vaccine herd immunity challenge

Europe

UAE

Mohammed Naveed is the former captain of the UAE national team. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Naveed and Shaiman found guilty of breaching anti-corruption rules

Sony PS5 shortages mean sky-high prices for UAE's online shoppers

Moving to ... Abu Dhabi's Al Reef district

Dubai company has almost entire staff vaccinated after more than 60 catch Covid-19

Arts & Culture

Elif Shafak and Malala Yousafzai will both make virtual appearances at the 2021 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. AFP, Reuters

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2021: 11 must-see sessions

Art Amid Covid: UAE artists reflect on pandemic in new video series

David Guetta to perform online show from the helipad of Dubai's Burj Al Arab

What's next for inaugural poet Amanda Gorman?

Hillary Clinton to make new TV series about female Kurdish militia

Lifestyle

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Does the devil really wear Prada? Meryl Streep's style evolution in 60 photos

Face mask chains: Everything you need to know about the latest pandemic fashion trend

Zuhair Murad is latest Lebanese designer to pull out of Paris Haute Couture Week

This cult skincare brand is finally coming to the UAE next month

How Jill Biden and Kamala Harris are subverting the stepmother stereotype

Travel

Popular holiday destination the Maldives has been added to Abu Dhabi's 'green list' of quarantine-free countries. Singapore, Australia, Greenland and the Falkland Islands are also included in the most recent list. Unsplash

Maldives, Australia, Singapore and more added to Abu Dhabi's 'green list'

Uber to offer discounted journeys to Covid-19 vaccine centres across the UAE

Flydubai launches affordable flights to Italy, Malta and Austria

Burns Night: How to celebrate Scotland’s most famous bard in 2021

Emirates resumes flights to Australia with fewer passengers

Technology

Employees work at Anghami's office in Lebanon. By setting up its global HQ and R&D centre in Abu Dhabi, Anghami will benefit from access to capital, local talent and an R&D support network. Photo: Natalie Naccache / The National

Music streaming service Anghami to set up global headquarters in Abu Dhabi’s Hub71

Technology

Google pledges $150m to boost awareness about Covid-19 vaccine

Technology

UAE tech start-up Zbooni raises $5m to fund expansion

Technology

Mastercard to use quantum-resistant technologies to protect contactless payments

Technology

Investcorp offers new FinTech investment platform

Technology

Motoring

The familiar front engine has been relocated behind the passenger compartment in the new-gen C8 

Road test: C8 overhaul breathes new life into Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

Shell takes aim at electric car market with ubitricity purchase

Enter the Volkswagen T-Roc: New baby SUV set for Middle East launch

Women's World Car of the Year awards: the cars women want to drive

Maserati unleashes million-dirham MC20 supercar in Dubai

Sport

Mohammed Naveed is the former captain of the UAE national team. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Naveed and Shaiman found guilty of breaching anti-corruption rules

Thomas Tuchel brings performance over potential to Chelsea's table

Abu Dhabi T10: Rohan Mustafa ready for bigger role with Team Abu Dhabi

UFC 257: Poirier v McGregor ranks third in all-time PPV buys – reports

Jose Mourinho hails Gareth Bale after FA Cup win at Wycombe

Podcasts

Davos in the Swiss Alps has been unusually quiet as delegates stay away due to the coronavirus crisis. EPA

What role does Davos play in a world gone virtual?

Vaccines, Apple topples Amazon, cloud seeding - The Daily Update

Sinopharm vaccine, Abu Dhabi the safest city, 3,579 new cases - The Daily Update

Pfizer vaccine rescheduled, vaccinated people can still spread virus, 3,566 cases - The Daily Update

Beyond the headlines: an unprecedented presidential handover

#STAYHOME

Mohammed Al Dhuhouri, founder of Local Roots, a company that encourages sustainable organic farming. Antonie Robertson / The National

Growing your own food could save you Dh5,000 a year on grocery bills

A live-streamed Glastonbury Festival could take place this summer

Five video games keeping people busy in lockdown

Online Big Bad Wolf Book Sale offers up to 90 per cent off on books

Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation to stream free online concerts on YouTube

LONG READS

Ahmed Malek in 'The Furnace', an Australian film directed by Roderick MacKay. Courtesy MAD solutions

Tracing the cameleers who brought Islam to Australia

Travel
Refugees walking into Hamdiyet. Credit : Hussein Saleh Ary

In the age of social distancing, Sudanese open their homes to Ethiopian refugees

MENA
©2021 Tom Nicholson. 12/01/2021. Beirut, Lebanon. Dr Ousaima Dbouni, an infectious disease specialist at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital in southern Beirut, Lebanon, poses for a portrait. The country will go into a more severe lockdown on Thursday to curb a widespread increase in cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus. Tom Nicholson for The National

Inside an overwhelmed Lebanese ICU where just 20 per cent survive battle with Covid-19

MiddleEastNorthAfrica
A minaret of the mosque in Agdam. Azerbaijan reclaimed the town from ethnic Armenians after almost 30 years during fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict last year, but it had been destroyed. Finbar Anderson / The National

From the ruins of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan begins the battle for peace

Europe
Dr Anthony Fauci at the White House. Bloomberg

US disease expert Anthony Fauci blames Donald Trump for ‘top down’ Covid mistakes
Disney-Pixar animation 'Soul' has been named one of the top 10 films of the year by The American Film Institute. Disney Pixar 

American Film Institute's top 10 films of the year
James Harden of the Brooklyn Nets dribbles as Kelly Olynyk and KZ Okpala of the Miami Heat defend during the first half at Barclays Center. AFP

James Harden leads Nets over Heat, LeBron James sparks Lakers
Josh Brolin starred as George W Bush, Daniel Day Lewis scooped an Oscar for portraying Abraham Lincoln, and Frank Langella was Richard Nixon in three films centred around US presidents. Courtesy Dreamworks Pictures, Shutterstock, Courtesy Universal Pictures

10 great movies about American presidents
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 24: Tyrrell Hatton of England celebrates with the trophy following victory during Day 4 of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf Club on January 24, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

Tyrrell Hatton wins Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in style
Senator Bernie Sanders sits in the bleachers on Capitol Hill before Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. AFP 

How Bernie Sanders and his mittens brought us all together
Cemal Senturk, owner of Boncuk, outside of a medical care facility in the Black Sea city of Trabzon, Turkey, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Boncuk has spent five days waiting in front of the hospital where her sick owner was receiving treatment. Senturk was discharged from the hospital later on Wednesday and returned home with Boncuk.(DHA via AP)

Devoted dog wins hearts after spending days outside hospital waiting for owner
Elizabeth Kerr, 31, and Simon O'Brien, 36, embrace each other in a Covid-19 ward, days after they married in an ICU (Intensive Care Unit) in Milton Keynes University Hospital, Britain. Reuters

British couple with Covid-19 rush to marry in intensive care