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2026: UAE announces official dates for Eid Al Adha holidays

The official dates for the celebration of Islamic festivals, Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha, have been announced in the UAE, providing extended breaks for residents.

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French MPs mull banning bullfighting

3 years ago by AFP

Chagall painting stolen by Nazis sells for $7.4 mn at US auction

3 years ago by AFP

German football bars boycott 'unacceptable' Qatar World Cup

3 years ago by AFP

Brazil's Lula to take star turn at UN climate talks

3 years ago by AFP

After years of Amazon deforestation under Brazil's outgoing leader Jair Bolsonaro, president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will address Wednesday a UN climate conference eager to hear how he will protect the rainforest.

Floods sweep future from Pakistan schoolchildren

3 years ago by AFP

Pakistani three-year-old Afshan's trip to school is a high-wire balancing act as she teeters across a metal girder spanning a trench of putrid floodwater, eyes fixed ahead. Undaunted by the difficulties ahead, the girls of Chandan Mori's high school trudge every day to a temporary classroom three kilometres (two miles) away.

US, allies to 'figure out what happened' with Poland strike

3 years ago by AFP

Washington and allies said Wednesday they will investigate a deadly strike in Poland before deciding next steps, with US President Joe Biden saying it was "unlikely" the missile was fired from Russia. Asked if the missile, which killed two people in a village near the Ukrainian border, had been fired from Russia, Biden said there was "preliminary information that contests that".

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