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 Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro háas broken off relations with the US after it recognised opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president. Mr Maduro gave US diplomats 72 hours to leave the country. On Wednesday Mr Guaidó declared himself president during mass protests. The US said “former President Maduro” no longer …

An extreme heatwave in Australia has led to the deaths of more than 90 wild horses in the outback, authorities say. Rangers found dead and dying animals in a dried-up waterhole near Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, last week. About 40 of the animals had already died from dehydration …

The death toll from landslides and floods that hit Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province has risen to 26, while 24 were listed as missing, reported the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, DPA, on Thursday. The agency quoted the Head of the Provincial Civil Protection Agency, Syamsibar, as saying that the floods have inundated 10 districts in the …

The world will celebrate the annual “International Day of Education” tomorrow, after United Nations, UN, member countries allocated 24th January to celebrate education, to guarantee good, fair and comprehensive education and provide educational opportunities for everyone. The UAE will join the world in celebrating this occasion, in line with official …

More than 338,000 private sector companies have been operating in UAE until the end of Q3 2018, with a combined workforce of 5.26 million, according to a top official at the Ministry of Economy. “The private sector’s contribution to the UAE GDP grew 5 percent to 70.5 percent in 2018 …

Starting January 1, 2019, H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah directs SEWA to reduce the tariff of electricity in the properties owned by non-Emiratis, to 37% of total consumption, which will benefit more than 50,000 people in Sharjah. The reduction has come into effect on January 1, …

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has met with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During the meeting, Sheikh Hamdan affirmed that the UAE and Dubai’s experiments present a model for …

A 14-year-old boy died while his friend was moderately injured when a car ran over their motorcycle in Murbah area (15 km north of Fujairah). Brigadier General Ali Al Yamahi, Director of Traffic and Patrol Department at Fujairah Police stated that the incident took place last Sunday in one of the internal …

The UAE has condemned Iran’s interference in the Middle East, accusing Iran of creating more tension and instability in the region and posing a serious threat to the stability of the Middle East. Thus, the UAE called on the international community and the Security Council to seriously pressure Iran to …

Three men and a teenage boy have been arrested and charged over an alleged plot against a small Islamic community in New York state. The suspects are accused of possessing homemade bombs and firearms, and planning to attack Islamberg, founded by a Pakistani cleric in the 1980s. The alleged plot …