The 2020 American Music Awards are in full swing.
A host of stars from the world of music turned out at the ceremony in person, with performances from Los Angeles' Microsoft Theatre from the likes of Dua Lipa, Maluma and Jennifer Lopez.
Other stars have performed from a distance, including BTS in South Korea and The Weeknd, who used an empty street as his stage.
I'm just happy to be off the couch and in some real fashion
It was a big night for The Weeknd, who picked up three of the eight awards he was nominated for so far – Favourite Male Soul / R&B Artist, Favourite Soul/R&B Album and Favourite Soul / R&B Song. On the night, he arrived and performed at the awards sporting a large white bandage wrapped around his face and nose.
Click through the gallery above to see photos from performances at the 2020 American Music Awards.
He gave no reason for his appearance, which confused fans on social media, but it appeared to be an artistic choice that started with his March album cover where he sported a bloodied and broken nose.
The Weeknd and Californian rapper Roddy Ricch went into the fan-voted awards show with a leading eight nominations apiece.
Both musicians are competing for the top award, Artist of the Year, along with Justin Bieber, Post Malone and Taylor Swift, but lost out to the Folklore singer – the only female nominated in the category.
Along with The Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift topped the winners list, with three awards each, followed by Dan + Shay, Bad Bunny, BTS, Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj, who each took home two apiece.
The show was hosted by Golden Globe-winning actress, Taraji P Henson, who said as she opened the night: "I'm just happy to be off the couch and in some real fashion." The Empire actress wore a silver Armani Prive dress, Tom Ford shoes, and Tiffany & Co jewellery to arrive at the show.
"It has been a long year and, now that 2020 is coming to an end, it's time to remember that we are one country, y'all. We need to heal," she added.
Masked dancers and stripped-down performances were the order of the night, kicking off with Bieber singing his hits Lonely and Holy before being joined by Shawn Mendes for their duet Monster.
The show celebrated the surge in popularity of Latin music with expanded categories and a performance by Jennifer Lopez and Colombian singer Maluma singing Lonely in both English and Spanish.
Becky G, whose parents are Mexican-American, won Best Female Latin Artist and dedicated her award to immigrant workers.
K-Pop stars BTS were named the Favourite Pop / Rock Group, and accepted their award from South Korea, after performing remotely during the show.
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion marked her debut performance at the American Music Awards with Body and later accepted the Best Rap / Hip-Hop Song trophy for her summer collaboration WAP with Cardi B.
Bieber and country singers Dan + Shay won Best Country Song and Best Collaboration for 10,000 Hours, while Katy Perry gave her first major performance since giving birth to a baby girl, Daisy, in August.
The 2020 American Music Awards winners:
Artist of the Year
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Justin Bieber
Post Malone
Roddy Ricch
The Weeknd
New Artist of the Year
WINNER: Doja Cat
Lewis Capaldi
DaBaby
Lil Baby
Roddy Ricch
Megan Thee Stallion
Collaboration of the Year
WINNER: Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber, 10,000 Hours
Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, WAP
DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch, Rockstar
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, Rain On Me
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyonce, Savage (Remix)
Favourite Social Artist
WINNER: BTS
Billie Eilish
Exo
Ariana Grande
NCT 127
Favourite Music Video
WINNER: Taylor Swift, Cardigan
Doja Cat, Say So
Future featuring Drake, Life Is Good
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, Rain On Me
The Weeknd, Blinding Lights
Favourite Male Artist – Pop / Rock
WINNER: Justin Bieber
Post Malone
The Weeknd
Favourite Female Artist – Pop / Rock
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Dua Lipa
Lady Gaga
Favourite Duo or Group – Pop / Rock
WINNER: BTS
Jonas Brothers
Maroon 5
Favourite Album – Pop / Rock
WINNER: Harry Styles, Fine Line
Taylor Swift, Folklore
The Weeknd, After Hours
Favourite Song – Pop / Rock
WINNER: Dua Lipa, Don’t Start Now
Lewis Capaldi, Someone You Loved
Post Malone, Circles
Roddy Ricch, The Box
The Weeknd, Blinding Lights
Favourite Male Artist – Country
WINNER: Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Favourite Female Artist – Country
WINNER: Maren Morris
Gabby Barrett
Miranda Lambert
Favourite Duo or Group – Country
WINNER: Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
Favourite Album – Country
WINNER: Blake Shelton, Fully Loaded: God’s Country
Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get
Morgan Wallen, If I Know Me
Favourite Song – Country
WINNER: Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber, 10,000 Hours
Maren Morris, The Bones
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, Nobody But You
Favourite Male Artist – Rap / Hip-hop
WINNER: Juice WRLD
DaBaby
Roddy Ricch
Favourite Female Artist – Rap / Hip-hop
WINNER: Nicki Minaj
Cardi B
Megan Thee Stallion
Favourite Album – Rap / Hip-hop
WINNER: Roddy Ricch, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial
Lil Baby, My Turn
Lil Uzi Vert, Eternal Atake
Favourite Song – Rap / Hip-hop
WINNER: Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, WAP
DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch, Rockstar
Roddy Ricch, The Box
Favourite Male Artist – Soul / R&B
WINNER: The Weeknd
Chris Brown
John Legend
Favourite Female Artist – Soul / R&B
WINNER: Doja Cat
Jhene Aiko
Summer Walker
Favourite Album – Soul / R&B
WINNER: The Weeknd, After Hours
Doja Cat, Hot Pink
Summer Walker, Over It
Favourite Song – Soul / R&B
WINNER: The Weeknd, HeartlessChris Brown featuring Drake, No Guidance
Summer Walker, Playing Games
Favourite Male Artist – Latin
WINNER: Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Ozuna
Favourite Female Artist – Latin
WINNER: Becky G
Karol G
Rosalia
Favourite Album – Latin
WINNER: Bad Bunny, YHLQMDLG
Anuel AA, Emmanuel
Bad Bunny, Las que no iban a salir
Favourite Song – Latin
WINNER: Karol G and Nicki Minaj, Tusa
Bad Bunny, Vete
Black Eyed Peas X J Balvin, RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)
Favourite Artist – Alternative Rock
WINNER: Twenty One Pilots
Billie Eilish
Tame Impala
Favourite Artist – Adult Contemporary
WINNER: Jonas Brothers
Lewis Capaldi
Maroon 5
Favourite Artist – Contemporary Inspirational
WINNER: Lauren Daigle
For King and Country
Kanye West
Favourite Artist – EDM
WINNER: Lady Gaga
Kygo
Marshmello
Favourite Soundtrack
WINNER: Birds of Prey: The Album
Frozen II
Trolls: World Tour
Additional reporting by Reuters
MATCH INFO
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Manchester City 1 (Sterling 16')
Man of the match: Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
Our House, Louise Candlish,
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Ferrari 12Cilindri specs
Engine: naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12
Power: 819hp
Torque: 678Nm at 7,250rpm
Price: From Dh1,700,000
Available: Now
COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Kumulus Water
Started: 2021
Founders: Iheb Triki and Mohamed Ali Abid
Based: Tunisia
Sector: Water technology
Number of staff: 22
Investment raised: $4 million
ESSENTIALS
The flights
Emirates flies from Dubai to Phnom Penh via Yangon from Dh2,700 return including taxes. Cambodia Bayon Airlines and Cambodia Angkor Air offer return flights from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap from Dh250 return including taxes. The flight takes about 45 minutes.
The hotels
Rooms at the Raffles Le Royal in Phnom Penh cost from $225 (Dh826) per night including taxes. Rooms at the Grand Hotel d'Angkor cost from $261 (Dh960) per night including taxes.
The tours
A cyclo architecture tour of Phnom Penh costs from $20 (Dh75) per person for about three hours, with Khmer Architecture Tours. Tailor-made tours of all of Cambodia, or sites like Angkor alone, can be arranged by About Asia Travel. Emirates Holidays also offers packages.
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How much do leading UAE’s UK curriculum schools charge for Year 6?
- Nord Anglia International School (Dubai) – Dh85,032
- Kings School Al Barsha (Dubai) – Dh71,905
- Brighton College Abu Dhabi - Dh68,560
- Jumeirah English Speaking School (Dubai) – Dh59,728
- Gems Wellington International School – Dubai Branch – Dh58,488
- The British School Al Khubairat (Abu Dhabi) - Dh54,170
- Dubai English Speaking School – Dh51,269
*Annual tuition fees covering the 2024/2025 academic year
RESULTS
Catchweight 63.5kg: Shakriyor Juraev (UZB) beat Bahez Khoshnaw (IRQ). Round 3 TKO (body kick)
Lightweight: Nart Abida (JOR) beat Moussa Salih (MAR). Round 1 by rear naked choke
Catchweight 79kg: Laid Zerhouni (ALG) beat Ahmed Saeb (IRQ). Round 1 TKO (punches)
Catchweight 58kg: Omar Al Hussaini (UAE) beat Mohamed Sahabdeen (SLA) Round 1 rear naked choke
Flyweight: Lina Fayyad (JOR) beat Sophia Haddouche (ALG) Round 2 TKO (ground and pound)
Catchweight 80kg: Badreddine Diani (MAR) beat Sofiane Aïssaoui (ALG) Round 2 TKO
Flyweight: Sabriye Sengul (TUR) beat Mona Ftouhi (TUN). Unanimous decision
Middleweight: Kher Khalifa Eshoushan (LIB) beat Essa Basem (JOR). Round 1 rear naked choke
Heavyweight: Mohamed Jumaa (SUD) beat Hassen Rahat (MAR). Round 1 TKO (ground and pound)
Lightweight: Abdullah Mohammad Ali Musalim (UAE beat Omar Emad (EGY). Round 1 triangle choke
Catchweight 62kg: Ali Taleb (IRQ) beat Mohamed El Mesbahi (MAR). Round 2 KO
Catchweight 88kg: Mohamad Osseili (LEB) beat Samir Zaidi (COM). Unanimous decision
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
The Sand Castle
Director: Matty Brown
Stars: Nadine Labaki, Ziad Bakri, Zain Al Rafeea, Riman Al Rafeea
Rating: 2.5/5
THE POPE'S ITINERARY
Sunday, February 3, 2019 - Rome to Abu Dhabi
1pm: departure by plane from Rome / Fiumicino to Abu Dhabi
10pm: arrival at Abu Dhabi Presidential Airport
Monday, February 4
12pm: welcome ceremony at the main entrance of the Presidential Palace
12.20pm: visit Abu Dhabi Crown Prince at Presidential Palace
5pm: private meeting with Muslim Council of Elders at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
6.10pm: Inter-religious in the Founder's Memorial
Tuesday, February 5 - Abu Dhabi to Rome
9.15am: private visit to undisclosed cathedral
10.30am: public mass at Zayed Sports City – with a homily by Pope Francis
12.40pm: farewell at Abu Dhabi Presidential Airport
1pm: departure by plane to Rome
5pm: arrival at the Rome / Ciampino International Airport
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The biog
Favourite film: The Notebook
Favourite book: What I know for sure by Oprah Winfrey
Favourite quote: “Social equality is the only basis of human happiness” Nelson Madela. Hometown: Emmen, The Netherlands
Favourite activities: Walking on the beach, eating at restaurants and spending time with friends
Job: Founder and Managing Director of Mawaheb from Beautiful Peopl
Benefits of first-time home buyers' scheme
- Priority access to new homes from participating developers
- Discounts on sales price of off-plan units
- Flexible payment plans from developers
- Mortgages with better interest rates, faster approval times and reduced fees
- DLD registration fee can be paid through banks or credit cards at zero interest rates
Huddersfield Town permanent signings:
- Steve Mounie (striker): signed from Montpellier for £11 million
- Tom Ince (winger): signed from Derby County for £7.7m
- Aaron Mooy (midfielder): signed from Manchester City for £7.7m
- Laurent Depoitre (striker): signed from Porto for £3.4m
- Scott Malone (defender): signed from Fulham for £3.3m
- Zanka (defender): signed from Copenhagen for £2.3m
- Elias Kachunga (winger): signed for Ingolstadt for £1.1m
- Danny WIlliams (midfielder): signed from Reading on a free transfer
The specs
Engine: 4 liquid-cooled permanent magnet synchronous electric motors placed at each wheel
Battery: Rimac 120kWh Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (LiNiMnCoO2) chemistry
Power: 1877bhp
Torque: 2300Nm
Price: Dh7,500,00
On sale: Now
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360Vuz PROFILE
Date started: January 2017
Founder: Khaled Zaatarah
Based: Dubai and Los Angeles
Sector: Technology
Size: 21 employees
Funding: $7 million
Investors: Shorooq Partners, KBW Ventures, Vision Ventures, Hala Ventures, 500Startups, Plug and Play, Magnus Olsson, Samih Toukan, Jonathan Labin
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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Sole survivors
- Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
- George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
- Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
- Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
New schools in Dubai
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In numbers
- Number of children under five will fall from 681 million in 2017 to 401m in 2100
- Over-80s will rise from 141m in 2017 to 866m in 2100
- Nigeria will become the world’s second most populous country with 791m by 2100, behind India
- China will fall dramatically from a peak of 2.4 billion in 2024 to 732 million by 2100
- an average of 2.1 children per woman is required to sustain population growth
F1 The Movie
Starring: Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Rating: 4/5
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UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Moon Music
Artist: Coldplay
Label: Parlophone/Atlantic
Number of tracks: 10
Rating: 3/5
Milestones on the road to union
1970
October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar.
December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.
1971
March 1: Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.
July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.
July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.
August 6: The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.
August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.
September 3: Qatar becomes independent.
November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.
November 29: At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.
November 30: Despite a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa.
November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties
December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.
December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.
The specs
Engine: Four electric motors, one at each wheel
Power: 579hp
Torque: 859Nm
Transmission: Single-speed automatic
Price: From Dh825,900
On sale: Now
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