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France set to raise minimum age to 14 for electric scooters

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Kuwait sentences five people in 1MDB corruption case

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Syria

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Bupa Dental Care to close 85 practices

UK

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Apple releases security update for iPhones and iPads

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Indian judge uses ChatGPT during bail hearing of murder accused

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Syria's Al Assad appoints new oil minister in Cabinet reshuffle

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Cartoon for March 29, 2023

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Billionaires: Ambani adopts old strategy to take on Coke and Pepsi

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UAE authority explains fasting rules during Ramadan

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Ultramassive black hole ’30bn times the mass of the Sun’ discovered

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Queen Elizabeth asked Germany for expensive gift on 1978 visit

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Taraweeh prayers held in New York's Times Square

US

Cartoon for March 28, 2023

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Scientists uncover why aspirin works so well

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Lebanon's million-dollar airport terminal deal in the hot seat: why the controversy?

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Netanyahu rejects Biden’s call to ‘walk away’ from judicial overhaul plans
He said he does not make decisions based on pressure from abroad
  • Israel has 'positive' meeting on judicial reforms amid international calls to scrap them
  • Opinion: Judicial reforms could spark a crisis in US-Israel relations
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed plans to reform his country's judiciary after protesters took to the streets. AP
  • Israel has 'positive' meeting on judicial reforms amid international calls to scrap them
  • Opinion: Judicial reforms could spark a crisis in US-Israel relations
Robin Wolfende prays at a makeshift memorial for victims outside the Covenant School building. AFP
Nashville police release video footage of deadly school shooting

US

Migrants and activists at a makeshift memorial to the migrants who died in a fire in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 28, 2023. AFP
CCTV shows guards leaving migrants to die in blazing building

The Americas

US Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff receive Kente cloths from Chief Osabarima Kwesi Atta II in Ghana, on March 28. AFP
US Vice President visits African 'slave castle' in Ghana

Africa

Conviction of Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed reinstated

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US and UK impose sanctions on Assad relatives over Captagon ties

US

Republicans question US military response to Iranian attacks

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EDITOR'S PICKS
A memorial of flowers and toys at The Covenant School's entrance in Nashville on Tuesday. AP
Nashville school shooting: Everything we know so far

US

The aim of the Times Square Ramadan event was to help non-Muslim people learn more about how Ramadan is observed. Photo: Nada Shalash
Taraweeh prayers held in New York's Times Square

US

As the purchasing power of the US dollar deteriorates, investors begin to look for alternative safe havens like Bitcoin. EPA
Why Bitcoin could finally decouple from global stock markets

Money

Beyonce relaunched her Ivy Park brand with adidas in 2019. Photo: Parkwood Entertainment
Not crazy in love — adidas cuts ties with Beyonce's Ivy Park

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US soldiers patrol a neighbourhood in Baghdad in January 2008. AFP
20 years after Iraq, Americans remain in the dark about the war

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IRAQ 20 YEARS ON
Priyanka Chopra made her name in Bollywood and has become one of Hollywood's best-known actresses. AFP
'I had beef with people': Priyanka Chopra on quitting Bollywood
Lionel Messi and his teammates parade the World Cup trophy after an international friendly match against Curacao. Getty
Messi passes 100 international goals as Argentina thrash Curacao
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament on Monday. Reuters
Biden's Israel concerns, Bahrain summons Iraqi diplomat — Trending
Installation crew members put together the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex named TRX-293 Trinity, ahead of a preview by the Koller auction house at the Tonhalle concert hall in Zurich, Switzerland, 27 March 2023.  The 11. 6 meters long, 3. 9 meters high, and 67 million-year-old T-Rex skeleton was assembled from three specimens excavated from 2008 to 2013 in the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations in the US states of Montana and Wyoming.  The Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton is to go on sale at the auction house in April 2023.   EPA / MICHAEL BUHOLZER
Today's best photos: from a T-rex skeleton to Messi's statue
United Airlines' first direct flight to the UAE in seven years touches down in Dubai. Photo: Dubai Airports
United Airlines launches non-stop flights from US to Dubai
Actor and Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom plays with children in the Spilno Child Centre in Kyiv on March 25. Unicef / Reuters
Orlando Bloom makes surprise visit to Zelenskyy in Ukraine
Fazeela Gopalani, head of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the Middle East, says that planning is key to managing your personal finances successfully.  Antonie Robertson / The National
Pocketful of Dirhams: How do finance professionals manage their money?
Argentina's Lionel Messi looks at a statue of himself at Conmebol's headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. AFP
Messi statue to be placed alongside Pele and Maradona
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Pence ordered to testify in federal Trump probe
A federal US judge ordered the former vice president to testify before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, reports say.

World

US backs special tribunal on Russia 'aggression' against Ukraine
The State Department shows support for an international tribunal to try Moscow's actions in Ukraine, building momentum to prosecute the crime for the first time since the Second World War.

US

McCarthy urges Biden to start debt limit talks
Republican US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on the US president to begin talks to raise the government's borrowing limit, as Democrats press him for specific spending-cut proposals.

US

Court rules in favor of victim's family in 'Serial' case
An appellate court in Maryland ordered a new hearing on vacating the conviction of Adnan Syed in case chronicled in the hit podcast Serial.

US

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UKRAINE CRISIS
The UK-Poland shelter project is being delivered by Solidarity Fund Poland to help Ukrainians. AP
UK government pledges £10m to provide homes and power to Ukraine

UK

Ukraine takes first British battle tank 'for a spin'

Europe

Russia's request for UN inquiry into Nord Stream blasts fails

US

Orlando Bloom makes surprise visit to Zelenskyy in Ukraine

US

Nato says Russian plan for tactical nukes in Belarus is 'irresponsible'

UK

BUSINESS
Sergio Ermotti will return to lead UBS following its acquisition of Credit Suisse. EPA
UBS brings back Sergio Ermotti as CEO after Credit Suisse takeover

Banking

Jay-Z’s net worth soars to $2.5 billion

Money

Irena: Energy transition investments must hit $35tn by 2030

Energy

Oilfield services sector set to benefit as energy companies boost spending

Energy

The Debt Panel: 'Fraudsters stole $4,000 from my credit card'

Money

WORLD
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Dar Al Arkan’s global unit plans to launch $2.5bn worth of projects
Exclusive: London-listed Dar Global plans new projects with the Trump Organisation as well as other partners, its chief executive says

Property

Dar Global is teaming up with the Trump Organisation to develop a resort that will feature villas, a hotel and a golf course in Muscat. Photo: Dar Al Arkan
Khanki Primary School slipped beneath Mosul Dam Lake nearly 40 years ago. Now, a drop in water levels means the school and other village features are visible again. Ismael Adnan for The National
Iraq's prolonged drought reveals historic sites flooded by Mosul dam

MENA

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire in action against Real Betis. AFP
Harry Maguire exclusive: Man United in the Europa League to win it

Football

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati is being investigated by prosecutors in Monaco over allegations of money laundering. AFP
Monaco says its money laundering investigation of Najib Mikati will go on

Lebanon

HEALTH
Having flu may increase risk of heart attack, study finds
People are more than six times more likely to have a heart attack in the seven days after a flu diagnosis than in the year before or following

Health

Researchers have studied links between heart attacks and the flu. PA
Aspirin could have potential implications for cancer immunotherapy, scientists have found. AP
Scientists uncover why aspirin works so well

Health

Many women in the UK are finding it impossible to plan for retirement due to the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on their finances. PA
UK cost-of-living crisis takes greater toll on women

Money

The study analysed hospitalisation, vaccination records and death registrations among 12 to 29-year-olds to assess the impact of Covid vaccines and infection. PA
Young women at raised risk of heart issue deaths after AstraZeneca jab

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