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Dubai World Cup predictions: Full horse-by-horse analysis for the main event
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With the richest night in horse racing coming up this Saturday, March 26, Geoffrey Riddle gives his analysis for each of the 12 horses participating in the Dubai World Cup, the US$10 million (Dh36.7m) main event. Click through for predictions....
Sudan's army accepts El Fasher humanitarian truce proposed by UN
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Sudan's armed forces commander Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan has agreed to a UN proposal for a week-long truce in the besieged city of El Fasher, to allow the delivery of food and other humanitarian aid. Gen Al Burhan conveyed his acceptance of the...
Iranian Nobel laureate mourns civilian toll of Israel-Iran war
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Both Iran and Israel were quick to claim victory after 12 days of war that killed 627 people in Iran and 28 in Israel. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared “victory over the fallacious Zionist regime” in a message posted on his X...
From Noma to Poulette: How Copenhagen shaped The Bear
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In a bright Copenhagen bakery, actor Lionel Boyce was more interested in perfecting croissants than memorising lines. Each day, he would join Hart Bageri's staff, rolling pastries and absorbing the meditative rhythm that would later define his...
Kobe Paras, Filipino basketball star, waiting for star to rise in America
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OMAHA, Nebraska // In his native country, media call Kobe Paras a “hoops sensation” and “wunderkind,” and his family is known as the “Kardashians of the Philippines.” On the basketball team at Creighton, a university in mid-size Omaha, Nebraska,...
Rare earths and real risk: Why the global supply chain needs a rethink
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They are buried in our smartphones, embedded in EV motors, and essential to jet engines and wind turbines. Yet most people could not name a single rare earth element. This quiet invisibility belies their strategic importance. As the world...
LatestIsraeli strike kills 18 Palestinians collecting flour from Gaza police unit
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McIlroy's struggles in 2016/17 European Tour: 6 events, 16 rounds, 5 cuts, 0 wins, 3 top-10s, 4 top-25s, 72,5567 points, ranked 16th PGA Tour: 8 events, 26 rounds, 6 cuts, 0 wins, 4 top-10s, 5 top-25s, 526 points, ranked 71st HEADLINE HERE I...
The Daily View: Broken record
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June 19, 2025
FOR ALL the sophisticated subterfuge, spoofed skullduggery and shifty shades of grey zone business taking place under the radar, there is an awful lot of substandard shipping happening in plain sight. Just ask Belize, Comoros, Tanzania and Togo;...
Collaborative Work Between Seychelles And The European Union (EU) Continues To Bear Fruit
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June 28, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Head of the European Union Delegation for the Seychelles, H.E. Ambassador Oskar Benedikt paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Minister Sylvestre Radegonde, on Friday 27th June 2025, at...
SI ranks 56th globally in cervical cancer statistics
Solomon Star
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June 28, 2025
The Solomon Islands has been ranked 56th in the world for its cervical cancer crude incidence rate. That’s according to the latest 2025 World Population Review global report on cervical cancer statistics. Based on data from 2020, the country...
The Middle East is rooting for a better, wiser Iran
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Iran is exhausted. At last. Again. War weary and feeling defenceless, it has once more been forced into accepting a ceasefire with an enemy. History does not repeat itself exactly, but as the saying goes, it often rhymes. When Ayatollah Ruhollah...
Squid Game returns: Everything to know ahead of the final season
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Season two of Squid Game ended on a dispiriting note. Protagonist Seong Gi-hun’s plan to dismantle the game from within collapsed in the blood-soaked aftermath of a failed uprising. His closest ally, Bak Jeong-bae, was executed before his eyes,...
Discontent in Cyprus as RAF planes take off for Middle East wars
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Adonis Spyrou looks up at the sky as an RAF fighter jet roars overhead on its way to land at the nearby Akrotiri base on the island of Cyprus. His grandparents were relocated from their homes to make way for RAF Akrotiri decades ago and he still...
Al Marzouqi lets his football do the talking
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For a man who speaks two languages fluently, it is perplexing to hear that Eisa Ahmed al Marzouqi has been cast into the international wilderness because of a communication issue. The Al Wahda defender appeared on the cusp of establishing himself...
CommentIranian reformists are in a tough spot
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The polarised commentary around political consequences of the Iran-Israel war often supposed that Israeli strikes on Iran will be either welcomed by the population or cause a “rally round the flag” effect, pushing Iranians to go back to supporting...
Africa must not miss the boat on the WTO fishing subsidies deal
Premium Times
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June 27, 2025
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies is on track to be adopted this year, with Ghana the latest African country to ratify. Nine more ratifications are needed to reach the total of 111, which activates the treaty. The...
UAE’s credit ratings endorsed by top global agencies
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The world’s top three credit rating agencies – Fitch Ratings, S&P Global and Moody’s Investors Service – have assigned strong sovereign credit rating for the UAE as it continues to strengthen economic diversification and boost non-oil sector...
In dramatic escalation, Trump says won’t kill Khamenei ‘for now’, demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’
Dawn
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June 17, 2025
President Donald Trump dramatically stepped up his rhetoric against Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday amid the country’s ongoing fighting with Israel, saying on social media that the United States knows where Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is located but...
AP News: The Latest: Iranians flee Tehran amid Israeli strikes after Trump says evacuate 'immediately'
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Residents of Iran's capital were seen leaving the city and shops and the historic Grand Bazaar were closed Tuesday — the fifth day of the intensifying conflict started by Israel — hours after U.S. President Donald Trump urged the immediate...
UAE can make AI as important as internet, Emirati official says
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Mariam Almheiri, head of International Affairs at the UAE Presidential Court, said the country can help to make artificial intelligence a strategic utility like the internet through its partnerships, regulatory framework and energy infrastructure....