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The 16 Dubai Student Council members were chosen from 90 private schools through interviews and group activities in collaboration with PwC/ Image: X Dubai is giving its students a stronger voice than ever with the launch of its first Student Council, guided by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Made up of 16…

In 2024, Dubai rents rose 22% for apartments and 13% for villas, while expat families needed AED 300,000–500,000/ Image: Pexels A recent Quora post by Volker Motzkus, a German national who lived in Dubai between 2013 and 2015, has offered an unusually candid insight into life as an expatriate in the UAE. Motzkus, a Senior…

A week after US President Donald Trump signed the Gaza peace plan in Egypt, Hamas said a committee of technocrats will take over governing postwar Gaza, representing several Palestinian factions.The groups said they had agreed to the arrangement after Hamas claimed to have received “clear guarantees” from mediators that “the war has effectively ended.” FULL:…

Thailand Queen Mother Sirikit The Queen Mother Sirikit of Thailand, renowned for her rural development initiatives, traditional craft preservation and environmental protection efforts, passed away on Friday at age 93. She was the mother of the current King Vajiralongkorn and wife of the nation’s longest-reigning monarch.King Vajiralongkorn has directed members of the royal family to…

Representative image (AI) An Indian nurse working at Singapore’s Raffles Hospital has been sentenced to one year and two months in jail for molesting a male visitor. The court passed the sentence on Friday.He also received two strokes of the cane, a form of corporal punishment for the same. The 34-year-old nurse, Elipe Siva Nagu,…

London: Britain’s most prestigious literary prize is getting a younger sibling. Booker Prize Foundation announced Friday it is setting up the Children’s Booker Prize alongside its existing awards for English-language and translated fiction.Like its sister prizes, the children’s award comes with a 50,000 ($67,000) purse. It will open for submissions early next year and the…

Image Via Hasan Piker’s Instagram Streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker recently addressed his audience during a livestream, emphasizing the need for critical political evaluation. He urged liberals, and particularly online leftists, to look beyond surface-level messaging, political branding, and labels when assessing public figures. Instead, Piker stressed the importance of analyzing actual policies, track…

Indian-origin woman arrested and later released in North Carolina for knife attack on husband what she claimed an accident. Chandraprabha Singh, an Indian-origin 44-year-old woman, was arrested earlier this month after she allegedly cut her husband Arvind’s neck with a knife. Singh is a teacher assistant at a Charlotte elementary school. She was accused of…

National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) predicts foggy and misty weather in Abu Dhabi, Dubai. Image: AI Representative Image. Misty mornings are set to return across the UAE, with rising humidity paving the way for fog and light mist through the weekend. The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) has cautioned drivers to stay alert during early…

The GOP government, MAGA bigwigs and senior federal officials have placed blame on Blue state California after an 18-wheeler semi-truck crash killed three people earlier this week.The incident involved an undocumented immigrant named Jashanpreet Singh, whose commercial driver’s licence was issued despite federal restrictions.US President Donald Trump’s Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, released a report Thursday…