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Enrolment at Dubai’s private early childhood centres has grown by 8 per cent over the past year, with more than 29,600 children now enrolled across the emirate.

The UAE has strongly condemned the attack on a Jewish synagogue in Manchester, which left several people dead and injured.

Abu Dhabi Airports and Hafeet Rail have signed a strategic agreement to develop joint logistics and transport solutions linking air and rail networks between the UAE and Oman.

The UAE has launched an urgent humanitarian response to support communities affected by the powerful earthquake that struck central Philippines.

Dubai has signed a series of landmark agreements with top global universities to advance leadership development and research.

Israeli forces have intercepted 39 boats carrying aid and foreign activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, to Gaza, leaving only one vessel still sailing towards the Palestinian enclave, the flotilla organisers said on Thursday.

Two people were killed on Thursday when a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue in England where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.

US President Donald Trump's administration froze $26 billion for Democratic-leaning states on Wednesday, following through on a threat to use the government shutdown to target Democratic priorities.

The death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off the central Philippines late on Tuesday has risen to 72, the civil defence agency said.

Rescuers were racing against time on Thursday to extricate some 60 teenagers trapped under the remains of a boarding school that collapsed earlier this week due to foundation failure, disaster authorities said.

India and China will restart direct flights between designated cities this month, ending a suspension of more than five years, in a move that signals a cautious easing of bilateral tensions, India's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the UAE and Malaysia has officially come into force, with an aim to increase non-oil trade to $13.5 billion by 2032.

Pfizer and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said they had cut a deal in which the US-based drugmaker agreed to lower prescription drug prices in the Medicaid program to what it charges in other developed countries in exchange for tariff relief.

Dubai is reinforcing its global leadership in sustainability as the 27th edition of WETEX — the Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition — officially opened on Tuesday.

China's Pop Mart  is borrowing from Disney's playbook to turn toothy monster Labubu's blockbuster sales into long-term success, by developing content, entertainment, theme parks and more merchandise around the character.

India seamers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah ripped through the West Indies line-up to claim seven wickets between them and dismiss the tourists for 162 before the hosts reached 121-2 on day one of the first test in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Namibia and Zimbabwe sealed places at the 2026 T20 Cricket World Cup scheduled for next February in India and Sri Lanka with victories in their respective semi-finals at the African qualifiers being staged in Harare.

For the fifth year in a row, the top player in the PGA tour university ranking will earn a coveted spot in Hero Dubai Desert Classic.

India seamers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah ripped through the West Indies line-up to capture seven wickets between them and dismiss the tourists for 162 before tea was taken early on day one of the first Test in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Villarreal snatched a dramatic 2-2 draw against Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday, with Renato Veiga's last-minute header denying the Italian side their first win.

Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, has died at the age of 91, the institute she founded announced on Wednesday.

The recent debut of an AI-generated "actress" dubbed Tilly Norwood, and its producer's boasts of interest from studio executives, sparked a backlash on Tuesday from the SAG-AFTRA actors union, condemning the replacement of human performers with "synthetics".

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman and country music star Keith Urban have separated after 19 years of marriage, various news outlets reported on Monday.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100 per cent tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood's global business model.

Three-time Grammy Award-winning global recording artist Bad Bunny has been announced as the halftime performer for thr Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California on February 8, 2026.

Scientists have identified a rare geological shift near the boundary between Earth’s core and mantle after satellite data revealed an unexplained change in the planet’s gravitational field.

Entrepreneur Nelson Yang is reaching back into Taiwan's history to turn the humble banana plant into an unlikely sustainable textile.

A new minister in Albania charged to handle public procurement will be impervious to bribes, threats or attempts to curry favour. That is because Diella, as she is called, is an AI-generated bot.

A much-loved Palestinian ice-cream parlour Kazem, forced to shutter its Gaza doors in 2023 as the Israel-Hamas war escalated, has opened up in the UAE, offering not just frozen treats, but a taste of nostalgia to the local community.

Every year, hundreds of Chinese tourists flock to the Bulgarian mountain village of Momchilovtsi for a festival celebrating the local yoghurt, which is renowned for its health benefits and has become a hit among consumers in China.