Delphine Haidan, left, and Karine Deshayes. Courtesy M Premiere
Delphine Haidan, left, and Karine Deshayes. Courtesy M Premiere
Delphine Haidan, left, and Karine Deshayes. Courtesy M Premiere
Delphine Haidan, left, and Karine Deshayes. Courtesy M Premiere

5 things to do: See 2 Voices, 1 Passion.Grand Operas, Great Voices or watch Slumdog Millionaire


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See 2 Voices, 1 Passion. Grand Operas, Great Voices. As part of the World Classical Music Series, the French opera singers, Delphine Haidan, a mezzo, and Karine Deshayes, a mezzo-soprano, will perform some masterpieces by Mozart, Rossini, Bizet and Offenbach. They will be accompanied by Thomas Palmer. Doors open at 7pm, concert begins at 8pm, from Dh250, One&Only Royal Mirage, Al Sufouh Road, Dubai, 050 870 2674, www.platimumlist.net.

Catch the last days of the Winter Fair at The Galleria, where you can enjoy the twinkling lights and a bazaar featuring artisanal products, home decor and gifts. Stalls serve hot chocolate and Dutch pancakes, plus there is a snowball park, a reindeer rodeo station and more. Open 4pm to 11pm, The Galleria, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, 02 616 6999, www.thegalleria.ae.

End the week with some fun at Yalla Laugh's Rooftop Comedy at Up & Below, featuring some of the best local comedians including Salman Qureshi, Junaid Akram, Omar Kazim, Osman Rohail, Ray Addison, Liz Zamorski, Jon Boulton and the MC Erik Thornquist. 8pm, free entry, Up and Below, Courtyard by Marriott, World Trade Center, Abu Dhabi, www.yallalaughs.com.

Plan to attend the Pop-Up Market and Car Boot Sale at Zayed Sports City, where you will find great deals on pre-loved and gently used household goods and other items such as books and toys. Tomorrow, 8am-2pm, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, thelittlebirdiemarket@gmail.com.

Watch the Oscar-winning 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire at the Beach Movie Night. The winner of eight Oscars, including Best Picture, the film follows 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) who is sitting in the hot seat of the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and the flashbacks that he experiences as he answers each question. 7pm, free, Bayshore Beach Club, InterContinental Abu Dhabi, www.facebook.com/InterContiAD.

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Centre Court

Starting at 10am:

Lucrezia Stefanini v Elena Rybakina (6)

Aryna Sabalenka (4) v Polona Hercog

Sofia Kenin (1) v Zhaoxuan Yan

Kristina Mladenovic v Garbine Muguruza (5)

Sorana Cirstea v Karolina Pliskova (3)

Jessica Pegula v Elina Svitolina (2)

Court 1

Starting at 10am:

Sara Sorribes Tormo v Nadia Podoroska

Marketa Vondrousova v Su-Wei Hsieh

Elise Mertens (7) v Alize Cornet

Tamara Zidansek v Jennifer Brady (11)

Heather Watson v Jodie Burrage

Vera Zvonareva v Amandine Hesse

Court 2

Starting at 10am:

Arantxa Rus v Xiyu Wang

Maria Kostyuk v Lucie Hradecka

Karolina Muchova v Danka Kovinic

Cori Gauff v Ulrikke Eikeri

Mona Barthel v Anastasia Gasanova

Court 3

Starting at 10am:

Kateryna Bondarenko v Yafan Wang

Aliaksandra Sasnovich v Anna Bondar

Bianca Turati v Yaroslava Shvedova

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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Based: Dubai

Launch year: 2017

Number of employees: 90

Sector: Online gaming industry

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List of alleged parties

 

May 12, 2020: PM and his wife Carrie attend 'work meeting' with at least 17 staff 

May 20, 2020: They attend 'bring your own booze party'

Nov 27, 2020: PM gives speech at leaving party for his staff 

Dec 10, 2020: Staff party held by then-education secretary Gavin Williamson 

Dec 13, 2020: PM and his wife throw a party

Dec 14, 2020: London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey holds staff event at Conservative Party headquarters 

Dec 15, 2020: PM takes part in a staff quiz 

Dec 18, 2020: Downing Street Christmas party 

Dhadak 2

Director: Shazia Iqbal

Starring: Siddhant Chaturvedi, Triptii Dimri 

Rating: 1/5