Month: July 2026

UAE banking rules tighten as foreign bank faces Dh1.82 million penalty / Image – file The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has imposed a Dh1.82 million financial penalty on…

British Indian Army during World War I. (Representative Photo) More than a century after the First World War, nearly 10,000 forgotten soldiers of the British Indian Army, many of them…

Heavy fines and legal action for companies ignoring summer work ban / Image – file The UAE has stepped up enforcement of its annual Midday Break programme, warning employers that…

For most people, the word mummy immediately conjures images of ancient Egypt, gilded pharaohs and elaborate tombs along the Nile. Yet archaeology tells a very different story. Nearly 2,000 years…

Residents try to open the trunk of a car damaged during Russian strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine (Picture credit: Reuters) At least 11 people were killed and more than 60 others…

Switzerland has just marked a full year of running trains directly over the world’s first solar power plant built into an active railway line, and the results have been promising…

All eight occupants were rescued, while two people suffered minor injuries A seaplane carrying eight people made a hard landing in New York City’s East River on Sunday, triggering a…

The biggest family fortunes in the United States have largely been built through businesses that have existed for generations rather than overnight success stories. Many of these companies remain privately…

After building a global tech empire with Meta, Mark Zuckerberg has turned his attention to a far more unusual project: raising cattle. The Meta chief executive recently revealed that he…

There is no single reason a country ends up among the coldest on Earth. In some cases, the explanation lies in geography, with vast territories stretching towards the Arctic. Elsewhere,…