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James Langton

James Langton

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James was one of the original founding editors for The National back in 2008, responsible for news features. Now back in the UK, he contributes to The National on a wide range of topics from space flight to heritage. In a long career in journalism, he worked for the London Telegraph and Evening Standard, and as a correspondent in New York.
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Juwaiza oil rig pictured from above in 1957. Courtesy: Adnoc Drilling
How Abu Dhabi’s first drilling misfire 75 years ago is now a gas bonanza

Advances in technology led by Adnoc means Ras Sadr field is not not quite the failure first thought all those years ago

UAEMarch 02, 2025
James Langton
Credit cards transformed the way consumers pay. Photo: Antonie Robertson / The National
Credit cards turn 75: How payment revolution is still changing the world

As it celebrates a milestone birthday, the familiar plastic card is increasingly going digital

UAEFebruary 06, 2025
James Langton
A technician tests for sleeping sickness at Poste de Sante de Yindi, in Guinea, West Africa. The country has just announced the eradication of the disease. EPA
World marks milestone victories in fight to eradicate tropical diseases

A host of countries have eliminated diseases over the past year but there is still much work to be done to support poorer nations, experts say

UAEJanuary 30, 2025
James Langton
A new biography details the life of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai. Photo: Archive
Sheikh Mohammed's path to Ruler of Dubai captured in new biography

Official biography tells story of leader's youth, including years of study in England and fierce commitment to making Dubai successful

UAEDecember 14, 2024
James Langton
Al Jahili Fort in Abu Dhabi, circa 1904. Photo: Getty Images
The search for justice for four Abu Dhabi sailors killed 120 years ago

The killings at sea by three Persian brothers shocked the emirate, new research reveals

UAEDecember 07, 2024
James Langton
Shamsa Noor Ali Rashid with her father at an exhibition of his photography. @Noor Ali Rashid Archive
UAE's earliest moments preserved in photo archive

Noor Ali Rashid was a friend to Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and photographed the nation over five decades

UAEDecember 01, 2024
James Langton
President Sheikh Mohamed with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Meshal upon his arrival for a state visit earlier this year. UAE Presidential Court
President Sheikh Mohamed's state visit to Kuwait reflects deep ties

Kuwaitis still remember how the UAE went to their aid in 1990 and the sacrifices its soldiers made in the first Gulf War

UAENovember 09, 2024
James Langton
David Heard at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair in 2013. Christopher Pike / The National
David Heard: Remembering the man who made Abu Dhabi 'the place for me'

After arriving in the 1960s to work in the oil industry, he played an important part in the development of the UAE

UAEOctober 24, 2024
James Langton
Author David Heard has lived in Abu Dhabi since 1963 and has witnessed the decades of deepening ties between his native country and the one they call home. Christopher Pike / The National
David Heard, long-time Abu Dhabi resident and Gulf oil historian, dies aged 85

Heard arrived in the emirate in 1963 and quickly became an established figure in the expat community

UAEOctober 22, 2024
James Langton
President Sheikh Mohamed with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Abu Dhabi in December 2023. UAE Presidential Court
UAE and Russia look to build on growing relationship

President Sheikh Mohamed heads for Moscow and the annual Brics summit in Kazan

UAEOctober 20, 2024
James Langton
President Sheikh Mohamed talks with US President Joe Biden during the G20 summit in India last year. Ryan Carter / UAE Presidential Court
History beckons with first visit of a UAE President to Washington

Sheikh Mohamed will be received at the White House by Joe Biden on Monday

UAESeptember 20, 2024
James Langton
Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Ruler of Fujairah, arrives in Tunis to attend the Arab Summit in March 2019. AFP
Celebrating 50 years of Fujairah's Ruler Sheikh Hamad

From palm frond houses to high-speed trains, it has been quite the ride for the emirate

UAESeptember 18, 2024
James Langton
Scholars have uncovered insights from 4,000-year-old tablets detailing catastrophic forecasts. Photo: The Trustees of the British Museum
Ancient Babylonian tablets reveal astrologers' predictions of disaster

New findings include warnings of fire, floods and famine

MENAAugust 19, 2024
James Langton
The distinctive pointed nose of Concorde Delta Golf at Bahrain in 1974. Photo: Michael Stokes
When the sonic boom of Concorde echoed across the Gulf

In 1974, when Michael Stokes was 17 and living in Bahrain, he volunteered to board a test flight that turned out to be 'supremely surreal' - despite the unprecedented speed

GulfAugust 09, 2024
John Dennehy
Dr Ahmad Ma’ali, the first Palestinian chief executive of the historic St John’s of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group, at the London fundraising headquarters for talks about the $6 million emergency appeal. Victoria Pertusa / The National
Beleaguered St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital in jeopardy even if the Gaza war ends soon

Charitable healthcare provider's urgent fundraising mission to restore vital services that help Palestinians see a brighter future

MENAAugust 02, 2024
James Langton
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