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Abu Dhabi's non-oil foreign trade grows 36% in 2025
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (423+ words) Statistics released by Abu Dhabi Customs reveal a significant rise in the emirate's non-oil foreign trade in 2025, increasing by 36 percent to exceed AED415. 4 billion, compared with approximately Dhs306 billion in 2024. This growth reflects Abu Dhabi's leading position as one of the world's…...
Another bird-brained idea from Donald Trump
19+ hour, 10+ min ago (447+ words) President Donald Trump's latest fantastic notion is to repurpose Alcatraz Island, one of the National Park Service's most popular historical sites, as the remote, isolated California prison it used to be. Nothing about it makes sense, according to the Tribune…...
British expat praises UAE's coexistence after school's Islamic studies choice
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (526+ words) Syed Shayaan Bakht, Staff Reporter UAE's coexistence has once again come to the forefront as a defining feature of the nation's identity. Rooted in values of tolerance, respect, and cultural diversity, the country continues to bring together people from over…...
Social media bans bring problems and don't work
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (245+ words) Jessica Melugin, Tribune News Service Bans on social media for minors are having a political moment. Parents" sincere concerns and politicians" instincts to capitalise on those fears are driving federal and state legislation like the kind already in effect elsewhere…...
Ambassador Theon Ali champions new UAE'Caribbean flight route strengthening connectivity
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (221+ words) A bridge, not just a route "Connectivity is the key that turns the lock," Ambassador Theon Ali said following his appointment. "Once a UAE investor or official can land in Antigua and Barbuda in half a day, we are no…...
Harsh judgement awaits Westminster in polls
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (204+ words) As we report on Saturday, three Labour mayors have expressed alarm at the way that Sir Keir Starmer's missteps have distracted from local issues and undermined the party's record in local government. "In some people's minds it's almost a referendum…...
Reading has always been the heart of every human renaissance: Sheikha Bodour
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (619+ words) Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Unesco Goodwill Ambassador for Education and Book Culture, has launched in cooperation with Unesco, the global "Reading for the Future" campaign during ongoing celebrations to mark Rabat as World Book Capital 2026. The campaign aims…...
AI is coming for our aging parents, ready or not
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (628+ words) Gulf Today AI is coming for our aging parents, ready or not At first glance, AI companions for lonely seniors can seem dystopian, looking less like innovation than a bleak sign of social failure. Spending a couple days last week…...
UAE's media played key role in exceptional circumstances, says Sultan Bin Ahmed
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (511+ words) Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmed Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Sharjah Media Council, chaired the council meeting held at Al Majaz Amphitheatre. The meeting discussed a number of topics related to monitoring the performance…...
Flashback to a time when govt reports were works of art
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (700+ words) Gulf Today Flashback to a time when govt reports were works of art Nina Metz, Tribune News Service Government reports tend to make for less-than-scintillating reading. That's the nature of the beast. Data can be dry. But for the better…...