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The Emirati who visits his mother's grave in India every two weeks
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Hessa Street project to double traffic capacity on busy Dubai route
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Trump appears in court for New York civil fraud trial
Judge's ruling could threaten Trump Tower and former president's real estate empire
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Former US president Donald Trump sits inside a New York court as he, his organisation and two eldest sons face a civil fraud trial. Reuters
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba welcome the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to Kyiv for the meeting. EPAEU puts on show of unity in Kyiv amid cracks in western alliance
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Visitors stand outside barriers surrounding Tesla's new Model 3 saloon displayed at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing last month. ReutersTesla Q3 deliveries drop as factory upgrades slow production
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Dr Sultan Al Jaber told Adipec delegates that 'everyone must be at the table to make the transformational progress needed'. Bloomberg
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Oil and gas industry key to solving energy challenges, Dr Al Jaber says
Emily's List President Laphonza Butler has been chosen to fill California's vacant Senate seat following the death of Dianne Feinstein. ReutersCalifornia governor selects new senator after Dianne Feinstein's death
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Rescue workers search for survivors amid debris after the roof of a church collapsed during Mass in Ciudad Madero on Sunday. APDozens dead in Mexican church roof collapse
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Israel's Tourism Minister Haim Katz during his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia in the last week of September. Haim Katz via Facebook / via ReutersSecond Israel minister heads to Riyadh for normalisation talks
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Remains of an allegedly 'non-human' being is seen on display during a briefing on unidentified flying objects, known as UFOs, at the San Lazaro legislative palace, in Mexico City, Mexico September 12, 2023.  REUTERS / Henry RomeroAre the aliens presented to the Mexican Congress an elaborate hoax?
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Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister at the time, signs the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993, at the White House. AFPOslo Accords failed in design and implementation, experts say
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Coco Gauff took great delight in proving her detractors wrong by winning her maiden Grand Slam at the 2023 US Open. GettyThe pitfalls of sports stars using negative feedback as fuel
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US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after the House of Representatives passed a stopgap government funding bill to avert an immediate government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on  September 30. ReutersRepublicans seeking a government shutdown were playing a self-defeating game
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US Navy will randomly test elite combat personnel for steroids
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Bail bondsman charged alongside Trump in Georgia pleads guilty
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Appeals court will not delay Donald Trump civil fraud trial
A New York court declined to delay the former president's trial scheduled for next week after he accused the judge of wrongly refusing to throw out most of the case.
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US adopts plan to phase out single-use plastics at national parks
The US government announced plans to end their use on public lands by the year 2032.
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba welcome the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to Kyiv for the meeting. EPAEU puts on show of unity in Kyiv amid cracks in western alliance
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PM rules out plan for British troops to train fighters in Ukraine
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Visitors stand outside barriers surrounding Tesla's new Model 3 saloon displayed at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing last month. ReutersTesla Q3 deliveries drop as factory upgrades slow production
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IMF says private sector must cover 80% of developing world's climate funding
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Iraqi PM Al Sudani: The biggest challenge we face is gaining people's trust
Speaking in New York during the UN General Assembly, he tells The National his government is committed to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kuwait
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Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani addresses the 78th session of the UN General Assembly this month.  EPA
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - September 26, 2023: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (R), stands for a photograph with HE Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (L), prior to a meeting, at Al Shati Palace.

( Mohamed Al Hammadi / UAE Presidential Court )
---Dutch PM pledges to work with UAE to deliver results at Cop28
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Genomics research at the Royal Marsden, a specialist cancer care hospital in London. Photo: Royal Marsden HospitalCancer breakthrough offered to target threat to Gulf women
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Shabtis of King Senkamanisken and his wife on display at the British Museum in London. AlamyBritish Museum bought Egyptian artefact from convicted smuggler
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Women ‘more likely’ to react to flu injections
They are also more likely to suffer from 'systemic reactions' to the flu shot, including fever, headache and myalgia
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The authors said that for every 1,000 flu shots, it could be expected that there would be 115 additional cases of injection site reactions in women compared to men. PA
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British workers took more sick leave in the past year than any time over the past decade, a survey of employers has revealed. Getty ImagesSick Britain: Workplace absences at highest in a decade
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At least 25 people were injured before firefighters contained a fire that broke out at a complex in Ismailia, Egypt.Fire at Egyptian police complex, Turkey air strikes – Trending
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