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The inaugural day of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature on February 3 will showcase top Emirati writers and speakers in a series of talks, panel discussions, workshops and poetry performances.

French fashion designer Thierry Mugler, who dressed Beyonce and Lady Gaga, has died aged 73, according to a statement on Mugler's official Facebook page confirming earlier French media reports.

A leading French aquarium vendor has decided to stop selling round fish bowls because they drive fish mad and kill them quickly.

Elton John returned to the stage this week for the first time in nearly two years, and big names including Billie Eilish and Justin Bieber are getting ready to tour around the world.

The UAE ministry of Defence has intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles targetting the country, with no recorded casualties.

The UAE has confirmed 2,629 new cases of COVID-19 from 499,001 tests in the past 24 hours.

The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place in Nigeria’s Borno state, in which two people died and 20 children were kidnapped.

H.H. Lt. Gen. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, has met with Teo Chee Hen, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security in the Republic of Singapore.

The UAE has confirmed 2,813 new cases of COVID-19 from 517,107 tests in the past 24 hours.

The head of the World Health Organisation on Monday urged countries to work together to bring the acute phase of the pandemic to an end, saying that they now have all the tools available to do so.

The US State Department announced it was ordering diplomats' family members to leave Ukraine, as US President Joe Biden weighed options for boosting America's military assets in Eastern Europe to counter a buildup of Russian troops.

Australia recorded another surge of COVID-19 deaths on Monday as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could rise further when schools return from end-of-year holidays next week.

India's COVID-19 infections, led by the Omicron variant, may see a sharp rise in the coming weeks, some top experts said, noting that the variant was already in community transmission and hospitals were seeing more patients despite a decline in cases in major cities.

Martina Navratilova said Australian Open organisers were cowardly to prevent fans from wearing shirts bearing messages of support for Chinese doubles player Peng Shuai at the Grand Slam.

Dubai has attracted a number of European football teams and players this month, providing them with the perfect base for their winter training camps.

A 3-0 drubbing in South Africa is a timely reminder that India need to overhaul their approach to one-day cricket and head coach Rahul Dravid says the problem lies in how they fared in the middle overs - both with bat and ball.

An agitated Daniil Medvedev teed off at the chair umpire and lost his cool in the heat before steadying to claim a 6-2 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 7-5 win over Maxime Cressy and book his second Australian Open quarter-final on Monday.

Thomas Pieters became the first Belgian to win a Rolex Series event after outlasting a star-studded field with a superb display of poise and composure to claim the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship title.

Demand for energy in Dubai has risen by around 10 per cent in 2021, compared to figures for 2020.

A new model of economic development based on the environment is being discussed in a special workshop in Sharjah.

UAE and Singapore discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations and promote cooperation, mainly in investment and trade, during a meeting at Expo 2020 Dubai.

The deployment of 5G networks in the UAE has had no negative impact on air navigation systems.

German carmaker BMW has unveiled the world's first "colour-changing" car at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

A Vietnamese hotel is offering diners the chance to try gold leaf-coated steaks, seeking to tap a wave of publicity after a government minister was caught on camera being fed the dish at a London restaurant, where steaks can cost over £1,000.

The first dual-language MONOPOLY board game in the region brings out the incredible authenticity, culture and future of Doha to the world.

A Beijing bakery has introduced a Squid Game-themed confection-making challenge in its store as it seeks to cash in on the massive popularity of the South Korean Netflix show.

With climate change threatening traditional coffee farming, Finnish scientists say they have produced coffee from cell cultures with an aroma and taste resembling the real thing.