By Afrooz Al-Said Dubai to build the first 360 degrees rotating skyscraper While Dubai’s skyline is already filled with incredible and futuristic skyscrapers, one proposed building might be more astounding than the rest. A rotating skyscraper that twists and turns to reveal a constantly changing view may soon become…
By Halil Mehandjiu The UAE ambassador has died from his injuries following a blast in Afghanistan The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Afghanistan died today (Wednesday 15th February 2017) of wounds sustained in a bomb attack in Kandahar last month that also killed five Emirati aid…
Dubai social reforms – Monday to Friday working week to remove Friday (Jumu’ah) from the weekend SOCIAL REFORM | MIDDLE EAST | GCC | UAE | DUBAI FACT BOX: The Islamic weekend is Friday and Saturday with the working week starting on Sunday and ending on Thursday. The UAE, and…
Afghanistan latest updates: The rapid fall of a nation 2021 Asia | Middle East | Afghanistan Afghanistan spent much of the 1980s fighting back the USSR invaders. The USA’s CIA funded and founded a group called the Taliban (The Students in Pushto). The 1990s were spent in post-Soviet civil war…
Supreme Italia boss sentenced to 8 years by London court with his son sentenced to 3 years Fashion | Law FACT BOX: Supreme, based in USA, owned by Vanity Fair Corporation (the original brand) and Supreme Italia are not the same company nor brand nor are they owned or founded by the…
A candidate for the Interpol presidency has had torture accusations formally filed against him Interpol | Human Rights | Torture This article contains no opinion from either Al-Sahawat Times nor any journalist. All accusations are quoted from filed complaints. Ahmed al-Raisi, the UAE candidate for the Interpol presidency has had…
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Coronavirus COVID19 LIVE updates Coronavirus COVID19 LIVE updates – FACT CHECKED and VERIFIED CURRENT FATALITY RATE: 6.13% ACTIVE CASES: 39’724 Mild to Moderate condition: 33’301 (84%) Critical condition: 6’423 (16%) CLOSED CASES: 57’294 Recovered: 53’983 (94%) Fatalities: 3’311 (6%) REINFECTED COUNTRIES Countries that were previously declared free of COVID19 and…
Coronavirus COVID19: Woman catches Coronavirus TWICE Coronavirus COVID19: A woman has become the first person in the world to catch COVID19 TWICE A woman in Japan who works as a tour-bus guide in the city of Osaka, has become the first person in the world to catch COVID19 Coronavirus TWICE. The case…
Coronavirus COVID19 latest figures and travel advice Coronavirus COVID19 latest updates – statistics and travel advice The first British fatality has been confirmed today as cases across Europe continue to rise. The Brit was a former passenger on board the doomed Diamond Princess cruise ship and had been evacuated by…
