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Warren took DNA test to help rebuild ‘trust in government’

Monday, 22 October 2018

Democratic US Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Sunday that she changed her mind recently and took a DNA test proving her heritage because Americans’ trust in government is “at an all-time low” and she wanted to help rebuild it by being transparent. The incumbent Massachusetts senator spoke at her second debate against Republican state Rep. Geoff Diehl in the US Senate race. She was asked by a moderator why she had said, in March, that no DNA test was needed to prove she had some ...

Saudi woman who voluntarily teaches children of needy families

Sunday, 21 October 2018

Zahra Hashem al-Moslem, a young college student at Saudi Arabia’s Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University, has started a charity initiative to teach children of needy families. In the city of Khobar, she has found a way to take time off from her weekly schedule to teach poor children, specifically those who face academic difficulties. Zahra told Al Arabiya English that the idea stared last year at a time when she was ill and being treated at a hospital. “On my way to the hospital I saw a ...

Sales are brisk as Mega Millions jackpot hits $1.6 billion

Sunday, 21 October 2018

The Mega Millions lottery may see a streak of jackpot rollovers end as it heads toward a record $1.6 billion drawing on Tuesday.As more tickets sell, chances grow that at least one buyer will pick all six winning numbers. That would stop the streak of 25 rollovers, most recently on Friday night.Based on sales projections, 75 percent of the 302 million possible combinations will be chosen for Tuesday’s drawing, up from 59.1 percent in Friday’s, said Carole Gentry, spokeswoman for ...

‘Swedish angel’ who prevented Afghan man from deportation faces prosecution

Saturday, 20 October 2018

The 21-year-old Swedish woman who single-handedly managed to stop an Afghan man from being deported back to his home country in July might face prosecution. Elin Errson happened to be on the flight from Gothenburg to Istanbul (transiting through Afghanistan) when she noticed that the man was going to be deported because Sweden rejected granting him refugee status. In a video that went viral on social media, the Swedish student is shown refusing to take her seat to ensure that the plane would not ...

Europe, Japan send spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury

Saturday, 20 October 2018

European and Japanese space agencies said an Ariane 5 rocket successfully lifted a spacecraft carrying two probes into orbit Saturday for a joint mission to Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the unmanned BepiColombo spacecraft successfully separated and was sent into orbit from French Guiana as planned to begin a seven-year journey to Mercury. They said the spacecraft, named after Italian scientist Giuseppe ...

Report: Top Trump aides in heated exchange outside Oval Office

Friday, 19 October 2018

Two of President Donald Trump’s top advisers got into a heated exchange outside the Oval Office on Thursday as passions boiled over about how to handle illegal immigration, two sources familiar with the incident said.The two advisers were White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who is a former secretary for Homeland Security, and Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, the sources said.One source described the argument as a “tense exchange” but said that it had ...

IN PICTURES: Putin takes Egypt’s Sisi for ride on F1 track

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Following a summit in the Russian resort of Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin took his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Sisi on Wednesday on a ride on his Limo to view the Formula 1 track in the Black Sea resort. The pictures have been widely circulated on social media sites in Egypt.

Fresh graduates can now extend their residence visas in the UAE for two years

Thursday, 18 October 2018

After graduating high school, young residents of the UAE can now obtain a one-year extension on their resident visa twice, according to the new visa reforms to be implemented next week. Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al Rashidi, acting director-general of foreigners affairs and ports at the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, explained that dependent residents, whether they just graduated high school or university, can now extend their stay in the UAE with this new decision. The new decision ...

London’s black taxi cabs to launch in Paris next year

Thursday, 18 October 2018

London’s black taxi cabs will hit the streets of Paris next year as the Chinese Geely-owned London Electric Vehicle Company continues its global expansion of the famous models. In 2017, the firm picked Amsterdam as its first foreign destination for the new electric version of the taxi and it has since announced expansion plans to Oslo, Berlin and Hamburg. The taxi should be transporting Parisians in the first half of 2019 once negotiations with the favored importer are concluded, the ...

Flight attendant steals over $5000, flushes it down Dubai-bound plane toilet

Thursday, 18 October 2018

A steward on a Dubai-bound flight stole 18,550 AED ($5,000) from three brothers while they were tending to their father who fell ill during the flight, a Dubai court has heard.The defendant, a 37-year-old Egyptian, flushed the money down the toilet when the theft was discovered on the flight, according to Khaleej Times.The three brothers said that they suspected the steward as he was “constantly coming” to the business class area where they were seated, even though his duties were ...