• Buddhist monks attend the Makha Bucha celebrations at Wat Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok. AFP
    Buddhist monks attend the Makha Bucha celebrations at Wat Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok. AFP
  • Factory workers on strike for better pay in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The textile workers are demanding a three-fold increase in their wages of $5 a day. AFP
    Factory workers on strike for better pay in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The textile workers are demanding a three-fold increase in their wages of $5 a day. AFP
  • A Russian Navy ship seen through a flock of birds in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea. Reuters
    A Russian Navy ship seen through a flock of birds in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea. Reuters
  • A child walks under a large Ukrainian flag carried by people marking Wednesday's 'day of unity' in Sievierodonetsk, eastern Ukraine. AP
    A child walks under a large Ukrainian flag carried by people marking Wednesday's 'day of unity' in Sievierodonetsk, eastern Ukraine. AP
  • A farmer works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. AP
    A farmer works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. AP
  • Farmers harvest rice in Bogor, Indonesia, where prices are predicted to increase owing to bad weather and the coronavirus pandemic. EPA
    Farmers harvest rice in Bogor, Indonesia, where prices are predicted to increase owing to bad weather and the coronavirus pandemic. EPA
  • Afghan boys watch over a fence as aid agencies distribute food to people in need in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. AP
    Afghan boys watch over a fence as aid agencies distribute food to people in need in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. AP
  • A mudslide that swept away homes and buried people after heavy rains in Petropolis, north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At least 94 people were killed. AFP
    A mudslide that swept away homes and buried people after heavy rains in Petropolis, north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At least 94 people were killed. AFP
  • A girl looks at ornamental fish displayed at a pet shop in Chennai, eastern India. AFP
    A girl looks at ornamental fish displayed at a pet shop in Chennai, eastern India. AFP

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Today's best photos: from Buddhist monks to a fishy choice

‘The National’ selects the most striking pictures from around the world

The National

February 17, 2022

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Thursday's best photos: from a lantern festival to cattle swimming in a polluted river

Wednesday's best photos: from lorry drivers' protests in Canada to Indonesian aerobatics

Monday's best photos: from a giant jellyfish in Lebanon to a mass Valentine's Day wedding

Sunday's best photos: from the Tour of Oman to a 'Star Wars' set in Tunisia

Saturday's best photos: from a camel farm in Russia to the Massabielle cave in France

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Company Profile

Name: Thndr
Started: 2019
Co-founders: Ahmad Hammouda and Seif Amr
Sector: FinTech
Headquarters: Egypt
UAE base: Hub71, Abu Dhabi
Current number of staff: More than 150
Funds raised: $22 million

 


 

Test

Director: S Sashikanth

Cast: Nayanthara, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, R Madhavan

Star rating: 2/5

Scoreline

Al Wasl 1 (Caio Canedo 90 1')

Al Ain 2 (Ismail Ahmed 3', Marcus Berg 50')

Red cards: Ismail Ahmed (Al Ain) 77'

TOURNAMENT INFO

Fixtures
Sunday January 5 - Oman v UAE
Monday January 6 - UAE v Namibia
Wednesday January 8 - Oman v Namibia
Thursday January 9 - Oman v UAE
Saturday January 11 - UAE v Namibia
Sunday January 12 – Oman v Namibia

UAE squad
Ahmed Raza (captain), Rohan Mustafa, Mohammed Usman, CP Rizwan, Waheed Ahmed, Zawar Farid, Darius D’Silva, Karthik Meiyappan, Jonathan Figy, Vriitya Aravind, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Basil Hameed, Chirag Suri

Company name: Play:Date

Launched: March 2017 on UAE Mother’s Day

Founder: Shamim Kassibawi

Based: Dubai with operations in the UAE and US

Sector: Tech 

Size: 20 employees

Stage of funding: Seed

Investors: Three founders (two silent co-founders) and one venture capital fund

UAE and Russia in numbers

UAE-Russia ties stretch back 48 years

Trade between the UAE and Russia reached Dh12.5 bn in 2018

More than 3,000 Russian companies are registered in the UAE

Around 40,000 Russians live in the UAE

The number of Russian tourists travelling to the UAE will increase to 12 percent to reach 1.6 million in 2023

Up in the air
Updated: February 17, 2022, 1:00 PM
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