May 19 2024
Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday began 48 hours of promotions as part of “Prime Day,” a closely watched marketing event the company had postponed due to operational challenges from the coronavirus pandemic. The event, typically held in July to boost summer […]
Gal Gadot all set to paint her own historic caricature with news of her upcoming role. The Israeli star intends to pay homage to the legendary Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, in a historical drama, teaming up once again as a power-duo […]
The Dubai Health Authority, DHA, announced that residents can now book an appointment to get a COVID-19 PCR test in malls across Dubai. The PCR testing stations, which are located in Mall of the Emirates, City Centre Mirdif and City […]
The Emirati colours soar high in the Arab region as UAE ranks first on the ‘COVID Economic Recovery Index Ranking’ issued by the Horizon Research Group. The Index assesses how 122 countries are positioned for recovery, based on their overall […]
Dubai’s Department of Tourism has partnered with Electronic Arts, one of the world’s largest gaming companies, to showcase Dubai to a global gaming audience in the VOLTA FOOTBALL mode that takes football back to the streets with enhanced gameplay and […]
The Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to American poet Louise Glück on Thursday “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” The prize was announced in Stockholm by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of […]
Eddie Van Halen, of the legendary hard rock group that bore his family name, died on Tuesday following a long battle with cancer, his son announced. “I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van […]
Netflix is facing a criminal charge in a Texas county for ‘promoting lewd visuals’ of a child in the French film Cuties, according to a statement from Tyler county’s district attorney’s office on Tuesday. The document, filed on Sept 23, […]
A Fallout 76 group, named the ‘Free States Militia’ hosting some 90 plus members on Facebook, found its account barred from the platform with no prior warning, in a moderation-gone-wrong last week. It is unclear whether the wipe came from an […]
The increasingly visible and vocal followers of QAnon promote a bewildering blend of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, worrying everyone from Facebook to the FBI. Once on the fringes of the internet and focused on US politics, the movement has seen sharp […]
Mid-week Tuesday saw a new top trender on the UAE tweet scene – namely the #IveBeeninDubaiSince tag. And suddenly all of the emirates has taken a dip into the decades past to re-live those simpler, wholesome days. From the VHR […]
