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Dubai Culture launches ‘Creative Dubai – Navigating Tomorrow’sCreative Landscape’ Report
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Dubai Culture launches ‘Creative Dubai – Navigating Tomorrow’sCreative Landscape’ Report

Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) has launched the ‘Creative Dubai: Navigating Tomorrow’s Creative Landscape’ report developed in collaboration with DinarStandard, a privately owned growth strategy research and advisory firm empowering organisations for responsible global impact. The report highlights Dubai’s achievements in the cultural and creative industries, the key factors contributing to the city’s cultural vision, and significant data tracking the sector’s transformation. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the creative sector, which serves as a significant global economic force, representing 6.1% of the global economy with a total value of US$4.3 trillion. The report also shows that the UAE has the largest creative sector in the MENA region in 202...
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Far from Hollywood’s wealth, Los Angeles fire survivors feel forgotten
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Far from Hollywood’s wealth, Los Angeles fire survivors feel forgotten

Altadena residents fear unequal resource allocation post-fire Concerns over insurance payouts and gentrification rise Community spirit remains strong despite devastation In the close-knit Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, where rows of neat bungalows once nestled in the shadow of the San Gabriel mountains, smoldering ruins and the skeletal frames of burnt out cars now lie. While the fires that have devastated celebrity neighborhoods near Malibu have caught the world's attention, a similar size blaze in Eaton Canyon, north of Los Angeles, has ravaged Altadena, a racially and economically diverse community. Black and Latino families have lived in Altadena for generations and the suburb is also popular with younger artists and engineers working at the nearby NASA rocket lab, who...
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Los Angeles firefighters see progress in containing blazes
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Los Angeles firefighters see progress in containing blazes

Death toll in fires stands at 10, expected to rise More than 10,000 structures destroyed 'It looks like an atom bomb' dropped, LA County Sheriff says Firefighters report progress in controlling some fires Firefighters reported some progress fighting the wildfires that have charred hillsides, homes and streets in Los Angeles County, but the strong winds that fanned the flames were expected to pick up again on Friday, worsening conditions. The fires, engulfing iconic Los Angeles neighbourhoodsand tearing through the Hollywood Hills, have so far killed 10 people and destroyed nearly 10,000 structures. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said late on Thursday he expected the death toll to grow. "It looks like an atomic bomb dropped in these areas. I don't expe...
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Former US President Jimmy Carter remembered for a life that rose above politics
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Former US President Jimmy Carter remembered for a life that rose above politics

Carter remembered for humanitarian work and Egypt-Israel peace treaty 'The man had character,' Biden says Carter's remains return to Plains, Georgia for burial Jimmy Carter, the late U.S. president who served only one term in office and was widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics. Hundreds of mourners, including President Joe Biden and the four living former U.S. presidents, filed into the Washington National Cathedral, where a military guard deposited Carter's flag-draped coffin at the start of a roughly two-hour service that featured tributes to Carter's long life. Fellow Democrat Biden eulogized the 39th president, who died on ...
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Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region
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Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region

Ukraine first launched its incursion into Russia's Kursk Region in August (file photo taken in September) Ukraine has launched a fresh offensive in Russia's Kursk region, the Russian Defence Ministry says. In a statement, the military said efforts to destroy the Ukrainian attack groups are ongoing. Officials in Ukraine have also suggested an operation is under way. Ukraine first launched its incursion into Russia's Kursk region in August last year, seizing a large chunk of territory. In recent months, Russian forces have made big gains in the area, pushing the Ukrainians back, but failing to eject them entirely.  In a statement posted on Telegram on Sunday, Russia's defence ministry said: "At around 9am Moscow time, in order to stop the offensive by the Russian troops i...
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Finance sector found to be strongest lobby group in parliament
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Finance sector found to be strongest lobby group in parliament

Finance representatives make up the most powerful lobby in the German parliament, with banks, insurance companies and fund management firms spending millions to influence legislation, a new analysis published on Friday suggests. No other industry among the 100 most financially powerful lobby groups is as strongly represented as the finance sector, according to an assessment by the Finanzwende (Finance Turnaround) association based on the public parliamentary lobby register. Ten of the 100 financial heavyweights in the register are banks, insurance companies and investment firms who spend a total of almost €40 million ($41.1 million) annually on lobbying and employ 442 listed lobbyists, it said. The automotive industry, meanwhile, which traditionally has a strong footing ...
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German, French foreign ministers meet with Syria’s HTS
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German, French foreign ministers meet with Syria’s HTS

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (l) meets with the new Syrian ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa (M), on the right her French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot.Credit: Jörg Blank/dpa Syria's new de facto ruler and leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) received an EU delegation led by German Foreign Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Friday. Ahmed al-Sharaa hosted the ministers in the former palace of toppled long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus. Al-Sharaa's HTS led a coalition of armed groups who drove al-Assad from power around four weeks ago. Al-Sharaa received Baerbock and Barrot at the entrance to the palace. The hard-line Islamist did not greet Baerbock with a handshake, a ge...
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Ghana’s parliament passes provisional budget, averts government shutdown
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Ghana’s parliament passes provisional budget, averts government shutdown

Reuters- Ghana's parliament has passed a provisional budget that allows the government to spend 68.1 billion Ghanaian cedis ($4.65 billion) through March, the chamber's speaker said, narrowly averting an unprecedented government shutdown. Parliamentary Speaker Alban Bagbin said the parliament had approved the provisional budget in a sitting that stretched deep into Thursday night. John Dramani Mahama is set to take office as the West African country's president next week after winning a Dec. 7 election, staging a political comeback after serving as Ghana's president from 2012 to 2016. Outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo was due to present his last state of the nation address later on Friday after eight years leading the gold- and oil-exporting nation. A provisional budget i...
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Who were the victims of the New Orleans attack?
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Who were the victims of the New Orleans attack?

A well-known American college football player, a young aspiring nurse and a mother of a four-year-old are among the victims of the New Year's day attack in New Orleans in which at least 15 people were killed. Their names are being released by families and relatives before authorities complete post-mortem examinations. Here's what we know so far. Martin 'Tiger' Bech Martin "Tiger" Bech is a former football player at Princeton University. His death was confirmed in a statement by the university. "There was no more appropriate nickname of a Princeton player I coached," Princeton football coach Bob Surace said in a statement.  "He was a 'Tiger' in every way - a ferocious competitor with endless energy, a beloved teammate and a caring friend." Martin Bech's brother,...
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Cybertruck filled with fuel and fireworks explodes at Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
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Cybertruck filled with fuel and fireworks explodes at Trump’s Las Vegas hotel

Police are investigating after a Tesla Cybertruck filled with fuel canisters and firework mortars exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The driver was killed and seven people were injured, police said without naming any of the individuals involved. Officials said all injuries were minor.  The truck was rented in Colorado and arrived in the city on Wednesday morning, less than two hours before the detonation, police said. Parked in front of the hotel near a glass entrance, the vehicle started to smoke, then exploded.  In an evening address, President Joe Biden said the White House was tracking the incident and law enforcement was investigating "whether there's any possible connection with the attack in New Orleans", which left 15 dead early on New Y...
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