Abu Dhabi Chamber welcomes Balkan delegation to advance partnerships and economic cooperation

Abu Dhabi,October 2025 – In line with its commitment to strengthening Abu Dhabi’s role as a leading global trade and investment hub, the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI) hosted a high-level delegation of heads of chambers of...

Constructive View of the Past

I believe that, at the highest level, the European Union has a strong reluctance to accept any new member states. At the same time, lower levels of the EU continue to hold out the “carrot” of membership to encourage countries to change their...

India and Visegrad Four: Cooperation in a Turbulent World

Introduction India’s rise as a political and economic heavyweight is increasingly evident.[1] With gross domestic product (GDP) growth projected between 6.5 percent and 7 percent for 2024-25,[2] India is firmly positioning itself as a global...

Dubai Basketball hold off Partizan rally to win on EuroLeague debut

Dubai Basketball made history with a victory in their first EuroLeague game, beating Partizan Belgrade 89-76 at the Coca-Cola Arena. Dubai's Latvian sharpshooter Davis Bertans, who finished with 20 points on just eight shots, caught fire early,...

Trump’s Gaza peace plan is full of contradictions

US president Donald Trump, standing alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has unveiled a new plan to end the war in Gaza. Any attempt by the international community – and especially the US, due to its unique position of influence in...

Influencer bride-to-be & future husband both killed in horror crash with lorry on her 29th birthday

A GLAM influencer has died in a devastating crash on her birthday, just months before she was due to get married. Luanna Raquel de Araújo Melo, 29, was killed alongside her fiancé and a friend when their car smashed into a lorry carrying tomatoes...

Why Everyone Is Taking a Mid-Life Gap Year

For those of us with older teenagers, the gap year will be being discussed around kitchen tables everywhere… but what if it wasn’t about the kids for once? The other day I caught up with a couple of friends from my old sixth form who were in a...

St. Francis Music Center presents Oct. 12 benefit concert for nonprofit Listen For Life

LITTLE FALLS — A family-friendly program of short classical works from many different countries will take place at noon and 2 p.m. Oct. 12 at Sacred Heart Chapel, 116 Eighth Ave. SE in Little Falls. The concert will be performed by...

Making America Fit to Fight

Good morning! It was remarkable to see Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump addressing all of America’s top military leaders in person, boldly declaring an end to political correctness kneecapping America’s military effectiveness. The left-right culture...

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival To Host Top Oscar Contenders, Scorsese Docuseries, Honor Filmmakers Jon Alpert, Geeta Gandbhir

EXCLUSIVE: The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in Arkansas – the longest-running nonfiction cinema festival in North America – announced its lineup today, a slate packed with many of the year’s top awards contenders, from The Perfect...

Global Best Projects Winners Embody Teamwork, Innovation

For more than a dozen years, ENR has conducted the Global Best Projects competition by inviting project teams from around the world to submit entries in a variety of sectors. These projects are then reviewed by industry veterans to identify the...

Highlights and goals of Viktoria Plzen 3 Malmo 0 en UEFA Europa League 2025-26

Viktoria Plzen 3 Malmö 0 A commanding victory for the Czech team at their home stadium. In front of nearly 11,000 spectators at the Doosan Arena, Viktoria Plzeň was clinical in their chances. On the other hand, Malmö had a poor performance and...

Is this Really the End of the War in Gaza?

More than two million Palestinians are waiting for the sun to rise and for this long, dark night to end – the most brutal war in the history of Palestine’s conflicts. At this important moment, announced in Washington on Monday, the hope that feels...

Prince William condemns killing of aid workers in Gaza: Royal pays tribute to 'brave humanitarians' killed during conflicts as he opens memorial

The Prince of Wales has spoken passionately about the humanitarian effort in Gaza and other global troublespots, describing it as a 'thread of shared humanity'. And he urged nations to 'champion and fight for their access to people in the most...

Prince William condemns killing of aid workers in Gaza

The Prince of Wales has spoken passionately about the humanitarian effort in Gaza and other global troublespots, describing it as a 'thread of shared humanity'. And he urged nations to 'champion and fight for their access to people in the most...

The dangerous dead: Exploring the cross-cultural continuity of deviant burials

On 1 March 1755, the Empress Maria Theresia (1717-1780), ruler of the vast Austro-Hungarian Empire, issued a decree in which she said: ‘we have observed with displeasure… what recently happened in our margravate of Moravia: …various corpses were...

Abu Dhabi Chamber Strengthens Economic Ties with Balkan Chambers of Commerce

The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted a high-level delegation from the Balkan Chambers of Commerce to explore new avenues for trade, investment, and long-term economic cooperation. The expanded meeting, held at the Grand Hyatt Abu...

Tottenham REJECT international call-up for star - after Thomas Frank called for patience in his recovery from injury

By MATT BARLOW, FOOTBALL WRITER Published: 09:27 EDT, 30 September 2025 | Updated: 09:27 EDT, 30 September 2025 Tottenham have rejected Romania's attempts to call up defensive talisman Radu Dragusin as they try to revive their fading World Cup...

The doctor asked the dancer, ‘If you were young again, would you dance or repent?’

Judging someone by their outward appearance is always wrong. That was why the philosopher Socrates said, “Speak so that I may see you.” Since then, his words have been on the lips of people all over the world. A person’s public image does not tell...

Bill providing free contraception to young women in Poland submitted to parliament

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