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Euro 2020 rankings: Kits rated ahead of the tournament from worst to best

Here's what nation will win the football fashion stakes

FootballJune 08, 2021

Emirates plans to restore up to 40 more Airbus A380 double-deckers to service by summer. Reuters

UK to UAE holidays, Emirates India flights, Netanyahu in trouble, 1,810 new cases - The Daily Update

Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending including abducted students in Nigeria, fears of a third Covid wave in Gaza and China's new space station

PodcastsMay 31, 2021

Muslim boys hold balloons after performing an Eid al-Fitr prayer at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Millions of Muslims across the world are marking a muted and gloomy holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan - a usually joyous three-day celebration that has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Muslims around the world celebrate Eid Al Fitr - in pictures

Faithful offer prayers and families celebrate the end of the holy month

WorldMay 13, 2021

Adnoc Distribution completed its book building process for its combined offer at a price of Dh4.82 per share, 5.7% higher than its 3-month volume weighted average share price and less than 1 per cent below yesterday's closing price of Dh4.85. Courtesy Adnoc Distribution

UAE petrol prices to rise slightly in May

Motorists will pay more at the pumps for Super and Special, but diesel price falls

EnergyApril 29, 2021

ADGM Courts granted an order freezing asset sales by Mr Shetty and five of his companies. Ryan Carter / The National

BR Shetty’s assets, Dubai drink-driving, 1,759 new cases - The Daily Update

Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including the Damascus Gate, John Kerry and Karen forces in Myanmar

PodcastsApril 27, 2021

Workers are seen next to a container ship which was hit by strong wind and ran aground in Suez Canal, Egypt March 24, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Suez Canal blockage causes meme frenzy

The stricken 400-metre, 224,000-tonne 'Ever Given' container vessel provides ample material for meme creators

EgyptMarch 25, 2021

Indian captain Mohamed Azharuddine (R) receives the Coca Cola trophy after winning the Sharjah cricket final against Australia 25 April. (Photo by RABIH MOGHRABI / AFP)

Nine of the most ridiculous trophies in cricket

From the original Ashes urn to the Moose Cup - here's a look at some dodgy silverware

CricketJanuary 26, 2021

Criminals took advantage of a heightened demand for face masks in 2020. Pawan Singh / The National

Dubai police seize fake masks, travellers to the UK must quarantine, 2,404 new cases - The Daily Update

Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending including Stop the Steal, Malaysia's king and Lebanon's lockdown

PodcastsJanuary 14, 2021

A person of interest after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2020 Image courtesy Metropolitan Police Department

Rogues' gallery: Capitol riots persons of interest - in pictures

Photos released by Washington's Metropolitan Police Department for Trump supporters suspected of 'unlawful entry'

The AmericasJanuary 07, 2021

The Hamra district in the centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut shows a smoke plume rising following a huge explosion that rocked the port of Beirut.AFP

The World in 2020 - in pictures

From the Beirut port explosion to the global coronavirus pandemic, our world in pictures

WorldDecember 30, 2020

Composite of Mina Zayed Plaza demolition before and after, Friday morning, Abu Dhabi. SVictor Besa / The National

Gone in 10 seconds: Mina Plaza demolition - in pictures

The blast was heard across the capital as 144 floors were razed to the ground to make way for port regeneration

UAENovember 27, 2020

epa08708142 French UN peacekeepers soldiers work and clean-up at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, 30 September 2020. At least 190 people were killed, and more than six thousand injured in the Beirut blast that devastated the port area on 04 August and believed to have been caused by an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse. The explosion damaged some 50 thousand housing units, and left 300 thousand people homeless. Preparations for the restoration of partially damaged buildings began in the areas of Karantina, Gemmayze, and Mar Mikhael facing the port of Beirut. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

The Middle East Framed: regional photos of the day

We bring you the best images from the Middle East and North Africa

October 01, 2020

Moroccan workers stand at the terrace of a building in the Moroccan city of Fnideq overlooking the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on August 28, 2020. Deprived of a livelihood because of the border closures, thousands of Moroccan cross-border workers despair of returning to work in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla (north), after six long months of paralysis linked to the pandemic of the new coronavirus. / AFP / FADEL SENNA

The Middle East Framed: regional photos of the day

We bring you the best images from the Middle East and North Africa

September 03, 2020

FILE - In this June 10, 2020, file photo, Olivia Chan's father helps her with a new mask she received during a graduation ceremony for her Pre-K class in front of Bradford School in Jersey City, N.J. School districts that plan to reopen classrooms in the fall are wrestling with whether to require teachers and students to wear face masks. In Iowa, among other places, where Democratic-leaning cities like Des Moines and Iowa City have required masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while smaller, more conservative communities have left the decision to parents. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Face masks in Abu Dhabi schools, 305 new cases, hydrogen-fuelled aircraft - The Daily Update

On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, details of exemptions under cancelled visa ruling and Abu Dhabi schools to require children to wear face masks in September

PodcastsJuly 25, 2020

Icelandic horses play on a meadow of a stud farm in Obernhain near Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo

World in focus: best photos of the day

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

WorldJuly 23, 2020