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Television and film actor Bob Odenkirk was taken to a Los Angeles-area hospital on Tuesday after collapsing on the set of his AMC cable network show "Better Call Saul," according to sources close to the performer.

The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has teamed up with Snapchat to launch the first official tourist board profile.

An attorney for Britney Spears on Monday asked a Los Angeles court to remove her father as conservator of her roughly $60 million estate following the pop singer's allegations that he had used the arrangement to mistreat her.

Australia's Ariarne Titmus lit up the pool with a stunning victory over Katie Ledecky at the Tokyo Games on Monday, but when it comes to celebrations it was her wide-eyed, hip-thrusting coach Dean Boxall who deserved an Olympic gold.

Those caught heading out of their homes without a movement permit during the national disinfection hours in Abu Dhabi will face a fine of AED 3,000. 

Starting today, trucks will be allowed on Al Ain-Dubai Road (E66) during off-peak hours.

Authorities in the UAE have recommended that travellers stick to countries in the Green List when planning their holidays abroad.

The UAE has seen a decrease in the number of daily COVID-19 cases in recent days.

The UAE's assistance accounted for 80 per cent of the international aid to countries struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants US citizens to come to England "freely" and is discussing a travel corridor with the country, LBC radio said on Wednesday, before an expected easing of COVID-19 restrictions for visitors from abroad.

Saudi Arabia will impose a three-year international travel ban on citizens who visit countries on the Red List under efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus variants.

Australia's Sydney extended a lockdown by four weeks on Wednesday after an already protracted stay-at-home order failed to douse a COVID-19 outbreak, with authorities warning of tougher policing to stamp out non-compliance.

An explosion in a German industrial park on Tuesday killed one person and left four others missing.

Superstar US gymnast Simone Biles pulled out of a second event at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, withdrawing from the individual all-around competition to focus on her mental health.

American gymnast Simone Biles praised her teammates on Tuesday after they went on to capture a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics following her stunning decision to withdraw from the women's team final after a disappointing vault.

The second Twenty20 International between Sri Lanka and India has been pushed back by a day after India's Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19.

Simone Biles' quest to become the greatest female Olympian here in Tokyo took a bizarre twist on Tuesday, when she dropped out of the women's team event after one vault.

Japan's great hope for tennis gold Naomi Osaka was on Tuesday beaten in the third round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic tennis singles tournament.

FlyDubai is set to reconnect Dubai and Somaliland's capital city of Hargeisa in August.

Sharjah Real Estate recorded a staggering AED 12.2 billion in transactions during the first six months of 2021.

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi has launched a new service to two cities in Pakistan.

Financial institutions across the UAE have less than two weeks to implement changes as required by the new guidelines to eradicate money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Responding to the many pictures of medal-winners taking a bite out of their bling, the Tokyo Organising Committee has had to remind athletes they're not for consumption.

Cat owners who love to take pictures of their furry friends now have a new excuse to pull out their smartphones and take a snapshot: it may actually help the cat.

A project in Kenya is using biogas technology to tackle two major pollution problems with one device: a machine that converts waste such as invasive water hyacinth into cleaner cooking fuel.

An "unusually large meteor" briefly lit up southern Norway on Sunday, creating a spectacular sound and light display as it rumbled across the sky, and a bit of it may have hit Earth, possibly not far from the capital, Oslo, experts said.

An animal conservation charity is going to reintroduce a herd of elephants from England into the Kenyan wild.