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Seven Indian TV shows that resonated beyond borders in 2025
Beyond Bollywood, India’s television industry continues to quietly do some of the country’s most interesting work. In 2025,…
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Syria is moving ahead with its plans to issue a new national currency with no delays in implementation,…
Expanded UAE ban on single-use plastic products to begin in January
The UAE will begin 2026 with a major push to cut plastic waste and reduce pollution under a…
Lebanon drafts long-awaited banking law to meet funding shortfalls in financial system
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Friday that the government had put forward ​a long-awaited banking draft…
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The other day, a family in Sydney, Australia, was carrying their artificial Christmas tree in from the garage…
Residents See Black Speck On Frozen Lake And Realize An Animal Is Trapped
In early December, residents living on Big Diamond Pond in New Hampshire noticed a tiny, black speck floating…
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On a freezing morning in Iowa this week, homeowner Jess Sherwood spotted something stirring in her freshly blanketed…
My Dubai Salary: ‘I aim to retire by 55 or sooner by investing in index funds’
Jay Adrian Tolentino, a 38-year-old Filipino financial coach in the UAE, aspires to retire by the age of…
Bubble or not, AI spending is keeping the US economy humming
US companies are becoming increasingly hooked on artificial intelligence spending, and questions are growing whether this investment boom…
Woman Opens Window Curtains — And Gets A Free Show From A Bear On Ice
One morning this week, Whitney Doucet awoke at home in Massachusetts feeling the chill of the winter seeping…
ChatGPT was most downloaded free app in UAE in 2025, Apple says
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been ranked No 1 on Apple’s list of the most downloaded free iPhone apps of…