• Actors Brad Pitt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson promote their latest movie 'Bullet Train' in Seoul. AP
    Actors Brad Pitt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson promote their latest movie 'Bullet Train' in Seoul. AP
  • Palestinian youths practise parkour amid the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the latest round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
    Palestinian youths practise parkour amid the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the latest round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
  • A girl stands on top of a destroyed Russian tank in Kyiv, on a street that has been turned into an open-air military museum before Ukraine's Independence Day on August 24. AFP
    A girl stands on top of a destroyed Russian tank in Kyiv, on a street that has been turned into an open-air military museum before Ukraine's Independence Day on August 24. AFP
  • Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action during the men's pole vault final on the last day of the European Championships in Munich. Reuters
    Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action during the men's pole vault final on the last day of the European Championships in Munich. Reuters
  • Albania's Luiza Gega celebrates after winning gold in the women's 3,000-metre steeplechase final in Munich. Reuters
    Albania's Luiza Gega celebrates after winning gold in the women's 3,000-metre steeplechase final in Munich. Reuters
  • Latvia v Switzerland in the final of the women's beach volleyball at Konigsplatz, Munich. Reuters
    Latvia v Switzerland in the final of the women's beach volleyball at Konigsplatz, Munich. Reuters
  • People dressed as knights ride bicycles at the Berlin Pedal Battle games. EPA
    People dressed as knights ride bicycles at the Berlin Pedal Battle games. EPA
  • A US Marine's hat is blown off as US President Joe Biden takes off from Brandywine Creek State Park in Wilmington, Delaware. AFP
    A US Marine's hat is blown off as US President Joe Biden takes off from Brandywine Creek State Park in Wilmington, Delaware. AFP
  • Children catch crabs on the dried out river bed of the Jialing, a major tributary of the Yangtze, in Chongqing, China. EPA
    Children catch crabs on the dried out river bed of the Jialing, a major tributary of the Yangtze, in Chongqing, China. EPA
  • People collect their belongings from their damaged homes after heavy flooding in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. AFP
    People collect their belongings from their damaged homes after heavy flooding in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. AFP
  • Motorcycle driver Zoran Milojkovic performs his stunt at the 'Bozo Vukadinovic' wall of death in Belgrade, Serbia. EPA
    Motorcycle driver Zoran Milojkovic performs his stunt at the 'Bozo Vukadinovic' wall of death in Belgrade, Serbia. EPA

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August 21, 2022

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Europe’s rearming plan
  • Suspend strict budget rules to allow member countries to step up defence spending
  • Create new "instrument" providing €150 billion of loans to member countries for defence investment
  • Use the existing EU budget to direct more funds towards defence-related investment
  • Engage the bloc's European Investment Bank to drop limits on lending to defence firms
  • Create a savings and investments union to help companies access capital
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What is Genes in Space?

Genes in Space is an annual competition first launched by the UAE Space Agency, The National and Boeing in 2015.

It challenges school pupils to design experiments to be conducted in space and it aims to encourage future talent for the UAE’s fledgling space industry. It is the first of its kind in the UAE and, as well as encouraging talent, it also aims to raise interest and awareness among the general population about space exploration. 

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Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
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Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
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Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
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Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
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Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso)
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