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Go from sunset to suhoor with Serb Studio
Lifestyle

Go from sunset to suhoor with Serb Studio

DUBAI: You may not have heard of Serb Studio yet, but the modest fashion brand has already dressed famous YouTuber Haifa Beseisso — the Palestinian-American force behind “Fly with Haifa” — as well as Saudi-born Lujain Abulfaraj, co-founder and designer of Twothirds Design Studio. One of its outfits has also been spotted on UAE-based modest…

What We Are Reading Today: Fall and Rise by Mitchell Zuckoff
Lifestyle

What We Are Reading Today: Fall and Rise by Mitchell Zuckoff

Author Mitchell Zuckoff captures the stories of 9/11 in a way that has not been done before.  Masterfully weaving together multiple strands of the events in New York; at the Pentagon; and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Fall and Rise is a mesmerizing, minute-by-minute account of that day. Zuckoff’s accounts of the attack, the victims, and the…

Leonard scores 39, Raptors beat 76ers 101-96 to tie series
Sport

Leonard scores 39, Raptors beat 76ers 101-96 to tie series

PHILADELPHIA: Kawhi Leonard got some help from his teammates to stay close and then finished it off himself. Leonard scored 39 points, including a clutch 3-pointer with 1:01 left, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Philadelphia 76ers 101-96 on Sunday to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series at 2-2. “Just really growing up learning from…

Liverpool face nervous wait on gravity of Salah head knock
Sport

Liverpool face nervous wait on gravity of Salah head knock

  NEWCASTLE, England: Liverpool face an anxious wait to see if Mohamed Salah will be fit to play against Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday after the Egyptian star suffered a head knock in a thrilling 3-2 win at Newcastle that kept their Premier League title dreams alive. Salah…

Man City seals women’s double with 3-0 FA Cup over West Ham
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Man City seals women’s double with 3-0 FA Cup over West Ham

LONDON: England’s Judd Trump defeated John Higgins 18-9 to win snooker’s World Championship final at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre on Monday.Victory gave Trump, beaten in the 2011 final by Scotland’s Higgins, his maiden world title.Higgins’s defeat meant the four-time world champion has now lost the last three Crucible finals.Trump was on the brink of victory at 16-9 when…

Lebanon stock trading suspended over central bank strike
Business

Lebanon stock trading suspended over central bank strike

HOUSTON: US refiners have turned to several lesser-used oil suppliers in the wake of US sanctions that restricted usual providers of widely-used grades as they gear up for peak driving season.Iraq, Nigeria, Brazil and Angola combined this month are set to deliver their most crude oil to the United States in more than 18 months,…

Dubai draws in 4.75 million visitors in three months
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Dubai draws in 4.75 million visitors in three months

BEIRUT: The Beirut Stock Exchange suspended trading on Monday due to the open strike declared by employees of Lebanon’s central bank. Hundreds of Lebanese public employees are on strike amid concerns that their salaries and benefits might be cut as the government discusses an austerity budget. A statement posted on the stock market’s website Monday…

Iran appoints new Iran Air CEO blacklisted for Syria weapons shipments
Business

Iran appoints new Iran Air CEO blacklisted for Syria weapons shipments

HOUSTON: US refiners have turned to several lesser-used oil suppliers in the wake of US sanctions that restricted usual providers of widely-used grades as they gear up for peak driving season.Iraq, Nigeria, Brazil and Angola combined this month are set to deliver their most crude oil to the United States in more than 18 months,…

Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, gives birth to a baby boy
World

Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, gives birth to a baby boy

WINDSOR, UK: A beaming Prince Harry said his wife Meghan gave birth to a baby boy early Monday morning.Harry says he's "incredibly proud" of his wife and that they have a healthy baby boy who weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces. He has not yet been named.Harry said the child was a little bit overdue and…

Afghan official: Taliban storm checkpoint, killing 20 troops
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Afghan official: Taliban storm checkpoint, killing 20 troops

NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen entered federal prison to serve a three-year sentence Monday for a crime he said was ordered by the US president, suggesting he still has more to tell about his former boss.Cohen, 52, was sentenced to prison in December after admitting he paid hush money during the…

US says deeply concerned by Turkey’s intent to drill off Cyprus
World

US says deeply concerned by Turkey’s intent to drill off Cyprus

NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen entered federal prison to serve a three-year sentence Monday for a crime he said was ordered by the US president, suggesting he still has more to tell about his former boss.Cohen, 52, was sentenced to prison in December after admitting he paid hush money during the…

Jailed PKK leader Ocalan calls on SDF to avoid conflict in Syria
Middle East

Jailed PKK leader Ocalan calls on SDF to avoid conflict in Syria

ISTANBUL: The leader of Turkey’s militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, has met his lawyers for the first time in eight years, one of them said on Monday. “This is the first meeting with the lawyers since 2011. The meeting lasted approximately one hour,” on May 2, Rezan Sarica told an Istanbul press conference. Some…

UAE frees Qatari military boat that entered Emirati waters
Middle East

UAE frees Qatari military boat that entered Emirati waters

QAMISHLI: When Eyub Mohamad was a boy, security forces beat his father into paralysis. His offense was typing leaflets in Kurdish, banned under Syria’s ruling Baath party. Mohamad, with his family, fed and bathed his father for years. Wary of the typewriter that landed his father in interrogation rooms, he avoided learning to read his own…

Qatar disowns tourism official’s comments on visas for “enemies”
Middle East

Qatar disowns tourism official’s comments on visas for “enemies”

DUBAI: Bahrain’s supreme court of appeal Monday upheld death sentences for two men convicted of forming a terrorist group that attacked security forces. Prison terms for dozens of others on terror-related charges were also upheld, BNA state news agency reported. The court, whose rulings are final, also stripped 47 of the defendants of their Bahraini…

Sighting of Ramadan crescent: When religion meets astronomy
Saudi Arabia

Sighting of Ramadan crescent: When religion meets astronomy

RIYADH: Last week the Saudi Supreme Court called on all Muslims to look for the crescent moon signaling the start of Ramadan. On Saturday observers said that there was no sight of the crescent, meaning many Muslims around the world will begin fasting on Monday. “The viewing of the crescent is a sensitive matter, because…

Source of Light: Towering Italian sculpture unveiled in Dhahran
Saudi Arabia

Source of Light: Towering Italian sculpture unveiled in Dhahran

RIYADH: Last week the Saudi Supreme Court called on all Muslims to look for the crescent moon signaling the start of Ramadan. On Saturday observers said that there was no sight of the crescent, meaning many Muslims around the world will begin fasting on Monday. “The viewing of the crescent is a sensitive matter, because…

New project aims to transform Saudi Arabia through technology
Saudi Arabia

New project aims to transform Saudi Arabia through technology

Saleh Al-Rasheed is the governor of the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monshaat). Previously, Al-Rasheed was the CEO of Riyadh Airports Co. He led the privatization program for the air transport sector, as well as all services, works, assets and properties at the airport, and the digital transformation program at King Khalid International Airport. …

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