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Dubai 's Global Village has announced it will reopen gates on Monday April 20, 2026. "GLOBAL VILLAGE IS BACK! We can’t wait to welcome you again starting from Monday 20 April at 5 PM The favourite destination for all returns." it has announced on its Instagram handle. Patrons can by tickets now at

World

Athens: Merchant vessels attempting to cross the Strait of ‌Hormuz on Saturday received radio messages from Iran 's navy telling them they were not allowed to pass, while two ships reported being hit by gunfire, Reuters reported quoting shipping sources. Several commercial vessels tried to transit

World

New York: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still making money from his short-lived career as a multilingual rapper, tax filings show. But the 34-year-old Democrat 's meteoric rise as a celebrity politician has brought only a modest increase in hip-hop profits: he took home $1,643 in music roya

News

Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway on Saturday after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iran-linked shipping. Iran 's joint military command said on Saturday that "control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to

Business

Dubai: Dubai Chambers has concluded high-level meetings with key public and private sector entities in the Philippines during a recent visit to Manila. The discussions were aimed at strengthening trade and investment ties and exploring new avenues for cooperation between the two markets, a media re

Crime

Dubai: Do you scan unknown QR codes on your mobile phone without verifying the sources? Be careful - you could be putting yourself in danger, Dubai Police warns. The authorities emphasised that scanning such codes without proper verification may expose users to cyber fraud, including the theft of p

UAE

UAE will resume school bus services for all public and private schools from Monday, 20 April, 2026 the Ministry of Education has announced. Earlier the UAE Ministry of Education had announced the resumption of in-person education in all UAE educational institutions from Monday, April 20, 2026, afte

Health

Researchers have developed a modified version of the CRISPR gene-editing tool that ‌in early laboratory experiments suggests it may have the potential to "silence" the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome. People with Down syndrome are born with an extra copy of chromosome 21, giving them 47

Technology

Washington: Anthropic 's frontier AI model Mythos is a serious threat to the ‌global banking system, and it is likely to be followed by similar, even more powerful cyberthreats, Barclays Chief Executive C. S. Venkatakrishnan said on Friday. The vast capabilities of Mythos to ⁠code at a high level h

Technology

Washington: White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Friday sounded out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about the artificial intelligence company 's new Mythos model, which has attracted attention from the federal government for how it could transform national security and the economy. A White House of

World

Toronto: A Canadian man facing murder charges for allegedly selling lethal substances online to people at risk of self-harm has agreed to plead guilty to counseling or aiding suicide, his lawyer told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. on Friday. In turn, Canadian prosecutors will withdraw all 14 murde

Sports

Ahmedabad: Shubman Gill prevented Kolkata Knight Riders from their first win in the Indian Premier League and Gujarat Titans broke into the top four with a five-wicket win on Friday. Gill 's fluent 86 off 50 balls anchored Gujarat 's chase to 181-5 with two balls remaining. Kolkata 's million-dolla

World

London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer probably wishes he had never heard the name Peter Mandelson. Starmer is again facing questions over his future. And again, it 's to do with his misguided decision to appoint a self-professed "best pal" of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the plum

World

New Delhi: A bill to reserve a third of seats for women lawmakers failed to pass in the lower house of India 's Parliament on Friday, along with a separate, linked proposal to expand the national legislature by redrawing voting boundaries. The measure was seen as one of the most significant changes

Business

Washington: The Trump administration on Friday renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil at sea for about a month, even as lawmakers accused the government of going easy on Moscow as its war on Ukraine grinds on. The Treasury Department 's waiver lets countries purchase Russ