Maryam is Sheikh Maktoum’s fourth daughter, joining her three sisters in Dubai’s growing royal family/ Image: maktoum.ae Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Deputy Prime Minister, has welcomed his fourth child, a baby girl named Maryam, in the latest addition to Dubai’s growing royal family this…
The IB includes six subject: language, second language, humanities, sciences, math, and arts, plus core parts like Theory of Knowledge and CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service)./ Image: File TL;DR The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a globally respected education system offering four programs from Primary Years to pre-university. It focuses on critical thinking, global awareness, and personal…
Representative Image (AI-generated) An unusual bee attack in the French town of Aurillac injured 24 people on Sunday morning, as reported by ABC news. Three of the victims were in critical condition but have since improved, local officials said.Lt Col Michel Cayla, head of the local fire service, said he had never seen anything like…
US President Trump and Israeli PM Netanyahu at White House (AP image) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday (local time) that he has nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, noting his efforts in “forging peace in one region after another”.“I want to present to you, Mr President, the letter…
WASHINGTON: In his year-end report in 2023, chief justice John Roberts celebrated “the digital revolution in the federal courts”. Electronic filing, he wrote, was “rendering paper largely optional”.But not at the Supreme Court. In addition to requiring electronic submissions, its rules instruct litigants who are not prisoners or poor to file 40 paper copies of…
First responders carry out search and rescue operations near the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area (AP image) The death toll from the catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend rose to 104 on Monday (local time) as search and rescue teams continued to look for missing people by…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian WASHINGTON: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he believes Iran can resolve its differences with the United States through dialogue, but trust would be an issue after US and Israeli attacks on his country, according to an interview released on Monday.“I am of the belief that we could very much easily resolve…
US President Donald Trump (AP image) US President Donald Trump said on Monday (local time) that the United States will need to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after ordering a pause in critical arms shipments to Kyiv.“We are going to send some more weapons (to Ukraine)…They have to be able to defend themselves….
Dozens of heavily armed federal officers and nearly 90 National Guard troops descended on Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park on Monday (local time) in what was billed as an immigration raid but ended up looking more like a military spectacle in a nearly empty public space. With troops on horseback and military vehicles in tow, the…
A US-based Indian-origin family of four with roots in Hyderabad died Saturday night in a car crash in Green County, Alabama, while returning to Dallas after visiting relatives in Atlanta during the Fourth of July weekend.The victims were identified as Venkat Bejugam, his wife Tejaswini Cholleti and their two children, Siddarth and Mrida Bejugam. A…
