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Students paralyze traffic in Bangladeshi capital

DHAKA: Thousands of Bangladeshi students took to the streets of Dhaka on Sunday, blocking the capital city's main intersections and paralyzing traffic to demand enforcement of road safety laws. Bangladesh has one of...

Germany to seek EU sanctions on Iran over protests crackdown: foreign minister

BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Thursday said she was pushing for EU sanctions on Iran over the Islamic republic's lethal crackdown on protests sparked by the death of a young...

World No. 1 tennis star Iga Swiatek living childhood dream as she prepares for Dubai tournament

DUBAI: Fresh from a first win of the year and a 12th career title in Doha, World No. 1 Iga Swiatek on Monday arrived in the UAE for the Dubai Duty Free...

Model Imaan Hammam celebrates iconic singer Umm Kulthum in new interview

Tue, 2021-03-02 15:12 DUBAI: Morrocan-Egyptian-Dutch model Imaan Hammam was recently interviewed by award-winning actress Tracee Ellis Ross for i-D Magazine’s latest “Dystopia Issue,” of which Hammam is the cover star.  During the candid interview,...

My most memorable train ride: 10 readers’ travel tips

With live music in the carriage, bear sightings and an active volcano in clear view, our tipsters’ rail trips show that it’s often more about the journey than the destination The 68-mile trip...

‘Very clear Britain will have substantial third wave of Covid’ Sage scientist warns before Boris…

BRITAIN will experience a “substantial third wave” of coronavirus infections through the summer, a SAGE adviser has...

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