Yearly Archives: 2019

Beijing: Images of squat toilets flash on to the screen as around 80 men and a smattering of women listen intently to their teacher tell them of the importance of…

Once a civilian award winner, now a jobless farmer. When 75-year-old Daitari Naik won the Padma Shri award, India’s fourth highest civilian award earlier this year, little did he know…

A tour of one of the world's biggest slums has been voted tourists' most popular attraction in India, according to a travel site.###The sprawling Dharavi slum in Mumbai became the…

Ras Al Khaimah: A 32-year-old Emirati female teacher was killed in a horrific road accident in Sha’am area in Ras Al Khaimah on Tuesday, police said.###Colonel Abdullah Saeed Al Qishi,…

Comedian Bill Cosby has filed a lengthy appeal of the sex assault conviction that landed him in prison, complaining the testimony of five other accusers was “strikingly dissimilar” to the…

Birmingham: Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmad has asked the fanatical fans of Pakistan cricket to not make abusive personal attacks on the players after a supporter compared the wicket-keeper batsman to…

Dubai: If it was Moeen Ali’s reckless shot that cost England the game against Sri Lanka in the previous encounter, the trend continues, in fact it has doubled. Poor shot…

Abu Dhabi: Police are clamping down on errant motorists, as well as bus drivers, who jeopardise the lives of school children.###On Tuesday, Abu Dhabi Police announced that during the academic…

Dubai: A leading international US-based business magazine has ranked His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, as one…

Jeddah: Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jeddah on Monday.###During…