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This undated image shows an old building that still stands in the old city of Al Balad in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. — ReporterThe old city of Al Balad, located in the port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, holds a special significance in the country’s history as a vibrant part of the city, serving as the main port of the country.This district, which was once famously known as the ‘Gateway to Arabia’, boasts a history spanning over 150 years and has been carefully preserved as a site of historical heritage. In the past, during the Hajj pilgrimage, the residents of Al Balad…
Queen Camilla snubs Meghan Markle during key meeting at PalaceQueen Camilla appeared to snub Meghan Markle as she hosted “incredible women” at the Buckingham Palace.The Queen Consort celebrated the 15th anniversary of Women of the World (WOW), an organisation of which she is patron. Camilla invited powerful women to the event, including Victoria Beckham, amid her ongoing rift with Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle. The alleged feud between Meghan and Victoria started in 2018 when the Duchess accused the latter of leaking private information to the press.Social media users were quick to point out that not only Camilla invited Victoria…
BCCI President Roger Binny an ICC chief Jay Shah, July 19, 2023. — X@JayShahFormer West Indies pacer Andy Roberts has slammed the International Cricket Council (ICC) for allegedly yielding to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during the recently concluded ICC Champions Trophy 2025.The tournament, originally designated to be hosted by Pakistan, was played in a hybrid model, with Dubai hosting all of India’s matches. The arrangement was sanctioned during an ICC board meeting, approving a policy for the 2024-2027 cycle that mandates shifting any India-Pakistan matches originally scheduled in Pakistan to a neutral venue.During a recent…
Duchess Sophie gets emotional as she continues major role on secret US visitDuchess Sophie got emotional as she continued her major role during her secret visit to US.According to a report by the Daily Express, Sophie got emotional as she stepped out in her role as patron of children’s charity Plan International UK. In New York, she also took part in a discussion panel and heard a number of difficult first-hand accounts from young people who are facing conflict in their communities.The Duchess of Edinburgh heard the harrowing stories and among these was an account from 20-year-old Jhussahara from Peru,…
A representational image shows a cancer cell (white) being attacked by two cytotoxic T cells (red), part of a natural immune response triggered by immunotherapy. — ReutersA study has suggested that people who give blood regularly are more likely to have genetic changes in their blood that could cut the risk of cancer developing, reported BBC.According to the researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, the findings are “fascinating” and could help understanding of how and why blood cancers develop. The researchers’ study compared the blood of two groups of healthy male donors in their 60s – the first had given…
Many of the camp’s detainees had opted to stay home that dusty day, but Asma decided to brave the elements and take advantage of a less crowded marketplace. With her four children close by her side, she scanned the underwhelming selection of vegetables on display at a small stall, weighing up what dishes she could muster with the limited options on sale. Asma’s oldest child, a precocious nine-year-old girl with a red-ribboned headband and a pink tracksuit cradled the youngest child, a cherubic one-year-old girl swaddled in a padded jacket. She adjusted the hood of her sister’s jacket, which had…
Dubai: “The Gulf”, “The Franchise for Real Estate Development” announced the establishment of a stand -up building in Dubai at a cost of 50 million dirhams, in support of the campaign of “the father’s endowment” launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, in conjunction with the blessed month of Ramadan, with the aim of honoring parents in the UAE through the establishment of a sustainable standing fund, which is devoted to providing treatment and health care for the poor and the…
People visit beach in Karachi amid high heat on June 16, 2024. — INPKARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted a slight decrease in the intensity of heat in Karachi, but the daytime weather is expected to remain warm.According to the Met Office, the maximum temperature in the city may range between 36 to 38 degrees Celsius. The humidity level in the air is currently recorded at 87%, while sea breezes from the southwest are blowing at a speed of six kilometres per hour.Meanwhile, the lowest temperature recorded in Karachi was recorded at 20°C in the past 24 hours.As…
People hold signs during a rally at Cordell Hull State Office building in Nashville, Tennessee, US on March 11, 2025. — ReutersWASHINGTON: The United States Department of Education said on Tuesday it would lay off nearly half its staff, a possible precursor to closing altogether, as government agencies scrambled to meet President Donald Trump’s deadline to submit plans for a second round of mass layoffs.The terminations are part of the department’s “final mission,” it said in a press release, alluding to Trump’s vow to eliminate the department, which oversees $1.6 trillion in college loans, enforces civil rights laws in schools…
This undated handout photo released by the University of Queensland shows palaeontologist Anthony Romilio inspecting a boulder sitting outside a school which contains dinosaur footprints, in the town of Biloela, in central Queensland. — AFP/FileA trove of fossilised dinosaur footprints has been found on a slab of rock gathering dust inside an Australian school, scientists said on Wednesday.The rock went largely unnoticed for 20 years until the school, in Queensland’s rural Banana shire, asked paleontologist Anthony Romilio to examine a cluster of three-toed track marks. Romilio said the slab was stamped with dozens of fossilised footprints dating to the early…