A grandma in the UK is being criticised on the internet for her Christmas dinner.
Hayley Garbutt from North Yorkshire is hosting around 12 family members and friends, so she has planned to charge them AED 165 to join her for the meal.
The 52-year-old says the cover charge will go towards the dinner ingredients and the rest of the money will be used to buy presents for those visiting.
While her family has to pay to eat dinner, Garbutt says she'll make sure that they get their money’s worth.
China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet
In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet's atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes.
Unclaimed luggage firm finds 'Goonies' script, Rolex, glass eye
A script from the 1985 movie 'The Goonies', a $20,000 (AED 73,00) Rolex, a glass eye and a 1944 letter signed by Eleanor Roosevelt are some of the items found by a company specialising in unclaimed travel cases, a new report said.
LeBron James becomes first male athlete with Ken doll
LeBron James is moving into the Barbie universe as Mattel prepares to launch a new doll in the likeness of the NBA great.
Galapagos tortoises become first-time parents aged 100
A couple of 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises have become parents for the first time, after giving birth to four hatchlings at Philadelphia Zoo.
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