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Abu Dhabi, UAETuesday 2 March 2021

People enjoy an evening at a restaurant on February 24, 2021, in New York City as the city continues reopening despite threat of new variant. AFP

New York marks anniversary of first coronavirus case
A Canadian receives the vaccine against Covid-19 at a clinic in Laval, Quebec, on February 25, 2021. Reuters

Canadians furious over Covid-19 vaccine strategy

The Americas
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at court for the verdict on Monday. Getty Images

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption

Europe
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida. Reuters

Trumpism reigns supreme in Republican Party

World
EDITOR'S PICKS
The US Air Force can use the 'Constant Phoenix' to detect nuclear explosions. AFP

What is America's nuke sniffer that could detect Iranian nuclear tests?

MENA
Twins Yaseen and Yousef at home in the village of Al Trais in Yemen. Ali Mahmood for The National

Yemeni conjoined twins' mother sends urgent cry for help

Gulf
The first teaser trailers from 'Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A Primetime Special' have been released. Courtesy CBS 

Teaser for Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview released

Television

When an Emirati and an Israeli diplomat meet

Mohamed Al Khaja
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Golden Globes: the best fashion from the red carpet and stars' homes
Rory McIlroy wears red during the final round of the Workday Championship in Bradenton, Florida. AP

McIlroy and Day among stars wearing red to honour Tiger Woods
36 striking images capture concrete use in people's daily lives around the world in the annual GCCA Concrete in Life global photography competition. Courtesy GCCA   

36 stunning photographs capture concrete creations around the world
The overwater villas at Sheraton Full Moon Resort & Spa. Courtesy Sheraton Full Moon Resort & Spa

What it's like to travel to the Maldives right now
From superhero stories to moving memoirs, here's our pick of the graphic novels to get stuck into.

From 'Watchmen' to 'Persepolis': 10 must-read graphic novels to try
A Libyan woman carries a national flag in the capital Tripoli on February 25, 2021, during celebrations commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 2011 revolution that toppled longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Libya's prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dheibah is set to name a transitional government tasked with unifying the war-torn nation and leading it to elections in December. / AFP / Mahmud TURKIA

Libya celebrates 10 years since uprising against Qaddafi - in pictures
New US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks after meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations in New York City, US, on February 25, 2021. Reuters

Biden’s UN envoy pledges ‘diplomacy is back’ after Trump era
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris watch as Washington, DC, firefighter EMT Corey Hamilton receives the first round of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine during an event to commemorate the 50 millionth vaccination at the White House in Washington, February 25, 2021. Reuters

Biden marks 50 million vaccine doses in first five weeks in office
Coronavirus
A healthcare worker gives an injection of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine to a man at the Guru Nanak Darbar gurudwara, a Sikh temple in Dubai. AFP / Karim SAHIB

Sinopharm in the UAE: How effective is the Covid-19 vaccine?

Health
Locals stand outside a boutique hotel in the village of Misfat Al Abriyeen, which opened its narrow streets six years ago to foreigners and locals seeking adventure in the deserts. AFP

Oman brings in two-week coronavirus curfew as case numbers rise

Gulf
German authorities have been struggling to convince people that the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine is safe. Getty Images

Germany could lift AstraZeneca vaccine age limit in revamp of ‘very bad’ campaign

Europe
A Sikh healthcare worker holds a box of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine during vaccination at the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara (Sikh temple) in Dubai on February 28, 2021. / AFP / Karim SAHIB

Coronavirus: Sikh temple hosts vaccinations for Dubai residents

Health
World
Yemeni children gather at a village in Sanaa. EPA

UK aid cut risks millions of Yemenis 'starving to death’

MENA

Travel plunges 70% as Covid-19 hampers Chinese New Year festivities

Asia

Syria intercepts Israeli missiles over Damascus, state media reports

MENA

US Afghanistan peace envoy travels to meet Taliban representatives

Asia
Business
Tencent’s Bahrain data centre will go live by the end of this year. Reuters

Tencent follows Amazon with its first Mena data centre in Bahrain

Technology

Dubai Jebel Ali power complex breaks Guinness World Record

Energy

Sharjah launches energy hub in innovation free zone

Energy

Rolls-Royce's all-electric plane completes runway test ahead of maiden flight

Aviation
Opinion
The hospitality industry is in decline all over the world. EPA

Jobs after Covid-19: business not as usual

Comment

When an Emirati and an Israeli diplomat meet

Comment

How Turkey's government abuses - and uses - Kurdish groups

Comment

Syria exposes the deep contradictions in European justice

Editorial

Joe Biden has hit Iran (and political commentators) where it hurts

Comment
Exclusives
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg uses outsourcing firms to employ content moderators. Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images

Inside the lucrative but troubled world of Facebook moderation

World
Lt Gen Sir John Lorimer has warned that US President Joe Biden faces his first significant foreign policy test on negotiating the nuclear deal with Iran. PA 

Iran’s 'increasing menace' to test Biden's review of Middle East options

Europe
Huda Alkhamis-Kanoo is the founder of Admaf and artistic director of the Abu Dhabi Festival. Courtesy Abu Dhabi Festival

Huda Alkhamis-Kanoo on how the arts will prevail in spite of the pandemic

Art
Some of the West's most striking architecture is in Central Europe. EPA

Central Europe aspires to being a centre of civilisation

Comment
UAE
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, ordered medical and humanitarian aid be flown from Dubai to Sudan. Dubai Media Office

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid orders humanitarian aid flights to Sudan

Abu Dhabi health officials embrace artificial intelligence to assess impact of Covid-19

Emirates airline to trial new solution that keeps surfaces Covid-free for a year

Coronavirus: UAE reports 2,526 new Covid-19 cases

Covid-19 in UAE: seven ways our lives changed in the past 12 months
Arts & Culture
16 novels were longlisted for the 14th iteration of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. From left: 'The Night Bird' by Amara Lakhous; 'Two Green Eyes' by Hamed al-Nazir; 'Boxes of Desire' by Abbas Baydoun. Manshurat al-Hibr, Dar Tanweer, Dar al-Ain

16 novels longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2021

Digital art sculpture unveiled at Dubai’s ICD Brookfield Place

Most memorable moments from Golden Globes: Cute kids to muted Zooms

Zoom to roll out automatic closed captioning to free users

The UAE's Month of Reading: Hundreds of events planned in March
Lifestyle
Best dressed men: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Dan Levy and Riz Ahmed. Reuters, Instagram

Let's hear it for the boys: How men's fashion saved the Golden Globes

Golden Globes: the best fashion from the red carpet and stars' homes

Dubai Food Festival announces new dates

Sheikha Sana Al Maktoum launches debut jewellery collection inspired by grandmother

What to expect from Land Rover Defenders' heavy-duty V8 upgrades
Travel
Passengers wanting more privacy and space in Economy can now buy empty adjoining seats on Emirates flights. Courtesy Emirates

You can now buy empty adjoining seats on Emirates flights from $55

France opens a new museum at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea

Gondolas lie idle as Venice's canals left almost empty by low tide

'Dinosaur princess': How Aaliya Sultana Babi helps preserve India's 'Jurassic Park'

Social distancing by default: what it's like to travel to the Maldives right now
Technology
Tencent’s Bahrain data centre will go live by the end of this year. Reuters

Tencent follows Amazon with its first Mena data centre in Bahrain

Technology

Sharjah launches energy hub in innovation free zone

Energy

UAE to host Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit at Expo 2020 site in November

Technology

PIF's Amaala teams up with government entity with plans to harness emerging technologies

Technology

Backer of Israeli startups eyes multi-million dollar GreenTech investments in the UAE

Energy
Motoring
The new Defender V8: more mud than ever before. All photographs Nick Dimbleby

What to expect from Land Rover Defenders' heavy-duty V8 upgrades

Spacious Ford Taurus Titanium Plus holds its own against rivals

Peugeot 508 GT has style, price and performance working in its favour

Road test: Aston Martin Vantage Roadster drops the roof and raises the bar

Rishi Sunak urged to rescue Britain’s ailing car industry as production slumps 27.3%
Sport
Mossos d'Esquadra police officers enter the offices of FC Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea

Arrests made as police raid Barcelona club offices - in pictures

Injured Ibrahimovic likely to miss Manchester United clash - reports

Gareth Bale back to his devastating best for Tottenham

PSL match postponed after spinner Ahmed tests positive for Covid-19

Aguero needs time to return to best form, says City boss Guardiola
Podcasts
Signs outside businesses give instructions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Saliva tests for schools, Adnoc appoints new board, 2,930 new cases - The Daily Update

UAE's six million doses, Dubai Covid breaches, 3,434 new cases - The Daily Update

Beyond The Headlines: why are Indian farmers protesting?

UAE anti-money laundering, missing Dubai resident, 3,102 new cases - The Daily Update

Abu Dhabi travel list, Idex 2021 deals, 3,005 UAE cases - The Daily Update
#STAYHOME
Aquarium cleaning, singing telegrams and bike repair are just a few services you can have delivered to your door in the UAE. Unsplash, Instagram

UAE home delivery: 12 unusual services from aquarium cleaning to singing telegrams

5 best music albums of February: from Foo Fighters to Ghetts

12 wildlife documentaries to watch in the UAE: from 'My Octopus Teacher' to 'Surviving Joe Exotic'

How the pandemic brought my long-distance family closer

From 'Lupin' to 'Vagabond': 10 international shows to stream in the UAE
LONG READS
Shorthand teaser. Getty Images

Lessons in Covid lockdown: Resilience, routines and self-recognition

World
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg uses outsourcing firms to employ content moderators. Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images

Backlash at Facebook’s outsourcing firms policing social media

World
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, with the now retired Maj Gen Helal Al Shehhi at the time of the war. Courtesy: Helal Al Shehhi

Liberation of Kuwait: Emirati commander recalls blazing oil wells and looted shops

UAE
A scientist loads Cas9 protein and PCSK9 sgRNA molecules into a fine glass pipette at a laboratory in Shenzhen, China. Researchers in the US are studying how Crispr molecular scissors could be used to fight cancer. AP

From crude surgery to gene editing: how cancer treatments evolved over the years

Health
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Golden Globes: the best fashion from the red carpet and stars' homes
Rory McIlroy wears red during the final round of the Workday Championship in Bradenton, Florida. AP

McIlroy and Day among stars wearing red to honour Tiger Woods
36 striking images capture concrete use in people's daily lives around the world in the annual GCCA Concrete in Life global photography competition. Courtesy GCCA   

36 stunning photographs capture concrete creations around the world
The overwater villas at Sheraton Full Moon Resort & Spa. Courtesy Sheraton Full Moon Resort & Spa

What it's like to travel to the Maldives right now
From superhero stories to moving memoirs, here's our pick of the graphic novels to get stuck into.

From 'Watchmen' to 'Persepolis': 10 must-read graphic novels to try
A Libyan woman carries a national flag in the capital Tripoli on February 25, 2021, during celebrations commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 2011 revolution that toppled longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Libya's prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dheibah is set to name a transitional government tasked with unifying the war-torn nation and leading it to elections in December. / AFP / Mahmud TURKIA

Libya celebrates 10 years since uprising against Qaddafi - in pictures
New US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks after meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations in New York City, US, on February 25, 2021. Reuters

Biden’s UN envoy pledges ‘diplomacy is back’ after Trump era
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris watch as Washington, DC, firefighter EMT Corey Hamilton receives the first round of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine during an event to commemorate the 50 millionth vaccination at the White House in Washington, February 25, 2021. Reuters

Biden marks 50 million vaccine doses in first five weeks in office