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UAE borrowing jumps as bank lending doubles May's rise

Dubai: UAE bank lending picked up pace in June, with Dh24.7 billion in additional credit flowing through the banking system — roughly twice the Dh12.3 billion increase recorded in May. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Total gross credit rose 0.9 per cent to Dh2.758 tril»»»

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Shildon to UAE: A 200-year railway journey

It’s a small world, which was made smaller by something that happened in a little town in England two centuries ago. I’ve been back in the UK seeing family and friends and with it came a reminder of the interconnected world we live in. 200 years ago a place in County Durham launched the first steam»»»

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Novinite 3m

Plovdiv Man, 83, Points Homemade Crossbow at Teen With a DogOpinions

An 83-year-old man in Plovdiv has been taken to a police station after footage appeared on social media showing him aiming a homemade crossbow at an 18-year-old man who was walking his dog. No one was injured in the incident, which happened in the Karshiyaka neighborhood near Dobrotich Street and P»»»

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24 News Agency 6m

Missing mountaineers in Kyrgyzstan: Search drone spots backpack on ridge - | 24.KG

Volunteers and rescuers from Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations continue searching for three missing mountaineers. The search headquarters reported on the operation carried out the previous day. «The team worked on the slope all day. It was sunny until noon, then clouds moved in, and it »»»

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Arab News 7m

Street cricket to nationwide participation: How the South Asian diaspora built a cultural bridge to establish the game in Saudi Arabia

Standfirst: The game has gone from friendly matches on dusty fields and car parks to competitive fixtures and the National Cricket Championship By Rashid Hassan RIYADH: In the 1980s, sporadic friendly cricket matches began popping up on the streets of major Saudi Arabia cities as a weekend pastime »»»

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Sputnik 7m

Ukraine Needs At Least One Year to Repair High-Capacity Power Plants - US Intel

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Defense Intelligence Agency of the US Department of War estimates that Ukraine will need at least one year to repair the damaged high-capacity power plants, a report by the Special Inspector General on Operation Atlantic Resolve said. "According to the Defense Intelligence Ag»»»

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Russian Troops Liberate Novonikolayevka Settlement in Donetsk Region

Russian units of the Tsentr battlegroup liberated the settlement of Novonikolayevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday. Units of the Tsentr battlegroup liberated the settlement of Novonikolayevka and the settlements of Toretskoye and Petrovka in the Do»»»

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North Korean Foreign Ministry Calls US-South Korea Drills 'Rehearsal for Aggressive War'

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - North Korea considers the upcoming joint military exercise of the United States and South Korea a rehearsal for an aggressive war and is ready to respond, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The 10-day Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise will begin on August 17, with tens»»»

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UPI 9m

Analysis: What’s behind Lebanon-Turkey’s fast-improving relationship? - UPI.com

After the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime in December 2024, Turkey has emerged as the most influential external power in Syria. File Photo by Youssef Badawi/EPA BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Relations between Lebanon and Turkey recently underwent a significant shift, driven by »»»

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Gulf News 10m

Pakistan celebrates 79th Independence Day in patriotic spirit

Dubai: Pakistan marked its 79th Independence Day on Friday with patriotic celebrations across the country. Festivities began at midnight, with cities decorated in green and white, while homes, markets and public buildings displayed national flags. In Islamabad, fireworks lit up the night sky as cro»»»

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BNE 13m

Danube hits record 31cm low as drought idles central European reactors

The Danube has dropped to a record low of 31 cm in Budapest, idling nuclear reactors in Romania and Hungary as a fierce drought parches central Europe. The river hit the mark on July 28, Xinhua reported, edging below the 33 cm low set in October 2018. Weeks of heat and thin rainfall have drained th»»»

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Novinite 13m

Eurovision Sends Burgas Hotel Prices Soaring Above €4,000 a NightOpinions

Accommodation prices in Burgas have surged dramatically following the announcement that the Black Sea city will host the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2027, with some listings reaching more than €4,000 per night and three-night stays exceeding €12,000. The sharp increase appeared within hours of t»»»

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Bulgaria Reports Smooth Euro Transition, Continued Price ControlsOpinions

Bulgaria's transition to the euro has proceeded without major disruption or sharp price shocks, according to the National Revenue Agency (NRA) and the Consumer Protection Commission (CPCoo), which presented the results of their joint work under the Euro Introduction Act and interim figures from the»»»

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BNE 15m

Belgium's diamonds win exemptions in Washington and Brussels

A gold ring set with 321 diamonds, handed to Donald Trump by Antwerp's diamond traders, has drawn accusations of a “cartoonish bribe” weeks after their gems slipped free of his tariffs. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal have written to the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), whose p»»»

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The Peninsula 15m

Engine fragments caused Ryanair flight to lose pressure: report

Washington, United States: Engine fragments struck a window of a Ryanair plane last month resulting in a man nearly being sucked out of the aircraft mid-flight, according to a preliminary report published Thursday by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). A tourist on a flight from The»»»

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TAP 16m

Temperatures slighly down on Friday

Tunis, Aug. 14 (TAP)- The weather on Friday is slightly cloudy across the country, growing cloudy in the afternoon in northwestern and central western regions and in Gafsa with showers. Localised rain is also expcted in the east, the...»»»

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Number of crimes committed by migrants in Russia decreases by 40 percent - | 24.KG

The number of crimes committed by migrants in Russia in the first half of the year decreased by 40 percent, data from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs say. The number of crimes committed by stateless persons and foreign citizens in Russia decreased by almost 40 percent in the first six mont»»»

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Arab News 19m

Saudi foreign minister meets with Turkish, Egyptian counterparts

DUBAI: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with his Turkish and Egyptian counterparts in the Egyptian city of El Alamein on Thursday. Prince Faisal, Turkiye’s Hakan Fidan and Egypt’s Badr Abdelatty discussed the latest developments in the region, the Egyptian foreign ministry said i»»»

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Naharnet 19m

U.S. General Clearfield meets with Berri and Salam

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa and U.S. General Joseph Clearfield met Friday with Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. The discussions focused on the U.S. sponsored framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel. Following his meeting with Berri, Ambassador Issa stated that n»»»

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Thousands stranded as heavy rain kills at least four in Japan

Narita: At least four people died in eastern Japan after “unprecedented” heavy rain that left thousands stranded at Narita airport overnight and snarled up roads and rail services, authorities said Friday. The torrential downpours late Thursday triggered landslide warnings and power outages, with f»»»

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Bulgarian News Agency 25m

Three New Metro Stations Open on Sofia’s Metro Line 3

Three new metro stations on Sofia’s Line 3 were officially opened on Friday at a ceremony attended by Sofia Mayor Vassil Terziev, Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov, Sofia Deputy Mayor for Transport Viktor Chaushev, Metropolitan CEO Nikolay Naydenov, and Metropolitan Board member Stoyan Bratoev. »»»

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Bulgarian News Agency 25m

Navy Surveys and Transports Objects Found at Sea or on Shore in Three Recent Cases

Personnel from the Bulgarian Navy have recently responded to three reports of potentially hazardous objects found off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast or on the seashore, the Defence Ministry said on its website on Friday. A specialized team from the Varna Naval Base surveyed a drifting object spotted»»»

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Sputnik 31m

Iran’s BRICS Proposal: Building a Financial Corridor and Linking Members’ Payment Networks

Iran’s central bank has put forward a potentially consequential proposal at the BRICS financial meetings in India: the creation of a dedicated financial corridor linking and integrating the payment networks of BRICS members, alongside an independent infrastructure for cross-border financial settlem»»»

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Naharnet 32m

US says lower oil prices, not Iran's nuclear program, are now top priority in war

The top U.S. priority now in the Iran war is no longer its nuclear program but to bring gasoline prices down for American consumers, the vice president said Thursday, with the treasury secretary adding that new economic punishment to wear down Tehran is imminent. The comments by Vice President JD V»»»

Gulf News 33m

Dubai is Middle East’s No.1 tourist city in global attractiveness ranking

Dubai: Dubai has been ranked the most attractive tourist city in the Middle East and 10th worldwide in a 2026 global index that uses online conversations to measure how travellers perceive destinations. The Yanolja Attractiveness Index assessed 261 cities using online data and sentiment analysis, e»»»

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Gulf News 33m

Sheikh Mohammed: Want everyone’s approval? Say nothing, do nothing, be nothing

Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has shared another of his reflections on life and leadership, saying those who think differently and pursue ideas ahead of their time should expect criticism and not allow it »»»

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Gulf News 38m

Dubai residents have just days left to claim travel perks after huge demand

DUBAI: Dubai residents have just a few days left to sign up for ‘A Dubai Invite’, after exceptional demand led organisers to increase the programme’s capacity three times since its launch. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET»»»

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UPI 45m

Nevada judge dismisses charges in GOP fake elector case - UPI.com

Electoral College ballot boxes arrive to a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes from the 2020 presidential election on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Pool Photo by Erin Scott/UPI | License Photo Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A judge in Nevada has dismissed forgery charges against six Repu»»»

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Gulf News 45m

Abu Dhabi shuts café over repeated food safety violations, cites public health risk

The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has ordered the temporary administrative closure of The Original Lessi Cafe – Sole Proprietorship L.L.C. – Branch in Abu Dhabi over repeated food safety violations. The café, which operates under Commercial Licence No. CN-2625289-2, was f»»»

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Gulf News 46m

Trump tells Navy to ditch advanced jet-launch system

Washington: President Donald Trump is ordering the US Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers, according to a directive issued Thursday. The new mandate would l»»»

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