A worker wearing a protective suit disinfects a globe-shaped public garden, following the outbreak of coronavirus in Algiers, Algeria, on March 23, 2020. Reuters
A worker wearing a protective suit disinfects a globe-shaped public garden, following the outbreak of coronavirus in Algiers, Algeria, on March 23, 2020. Reuters
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a passenger at Muscat international airport in the Omani capital on October 1, 2020. AFP
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a passenger at Muscat international airport in the Omani capital on October 1, 2020. AFP
A mask-clad Iraqi man walks past a mural painting showing the digits 2020 covered by a face mask worn around the world as a means of protection against the coronavirus, in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square, on October 1, 2020. AFP
A mask-clad Iraqi man walks past a mural painting showing the digits 2020 covered by a face mask worn around the world as a means of protection against the coronavirus, in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square, on October 1, 2020. AFP
Iranian sanitary workers disinfect Qom's Masumeh shrine on February 25, 2020 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus which reached Iran. AFP
Iranian sanitary workers disinfect Qom's Masumeh shrine on February 25, 2020 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus which reached Iran. AFP
A Moroccan health ministry worker disinfects a man walking a dog and carrying a mat in the capital Rabat on March 22, 2020. AFP
A Moroccan health ministry worker disinfects a man walking a dog and carrying a mat in the capital Rabat on March 22, 2020. AFP
A mask-clad camel guide near the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) at the Giza Pyramids in Cairo on July 1, 2020. AFP
A mask-clad camel guide near the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) at the Giza Pyramids in Cairo on July 1, 2020. AFP
Expatriates returning from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon arrive to be re-tested at a Kuwaiti health ministry containment and screening zone in Kuwait City on March 16, 2020. AFP
Expatriates returning from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon arrive to be re-tested at a Kuwaiti health ministry containment and screening zone in Kuwait City on March 16, 2020. AFP
An Iraqi family mourns a relative who died of coronavirus during a reburial ceremony at the vast Wadi Al Salam cemetery in the Shiite holy city of Najaf on September 11, 2020. AFP
An Iraqi family mourns a relative who died of coronavirus during a reburial ceremony at the vast Wadi Al Salam cemetery in the Shiite holy city of Najaf on September 11, 2020. AFP
Workers clean around the Kaaba on August 1, 2020, traced with lines for easing the physical distancing in the Grand Mosque of Mecca, during the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage. AFP
Workers clean around the Kaaba on August 1, 2020, traced with lines for easing the physical distancing in the Grand Mosque of Mecca, during the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage. AFP
Muslim pilgrims circumambulating around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, while mask-clad and along specific pre-ordained rings, on the final day of the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage, August 2, 2020. AFP
Muslim pilgrims circumambulating around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, while mask-clad and along specific pre-ordained rings, on the final day of the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage, August 2, 2020. AFP
A man sells face masks in Beirut on July 29, 2020. AFP
A man sells face masks in Beirut on July 29, 2020. AFP
Sanitary workers disinfect the desks and chairs of the Lebanese Parliament in central Beirut on March 10, 2020 amid the spread of coronavirus in the country. AFP
Sanitary workers disinfect the desks and chairs of the Lebanese Parliament in central Beirut on March 10, 2020 amid the spread of coronavirus in the country. AFP
A woman walks at an empty platform of a bus station, following the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Algiers, Algeria March 22, 2020. Reuters
A woman walks at an empty platform of a bus station, following the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Algiers, Algeria March 22, 2020. Reuters
Iraqi doctors test a resident for Covid-19 in the capital Baghdad's suburb of Sadr City on April 2, 2020. AFP
Iraqi doctors test a resident for Covid-19 in the capital Baghdad's suburb of Sadr City on April 2, 2020. AFP
Members of the Libyan Red Crescent disinfect a street in the centre of the capital Tripoli on April 1, 2020. AFP
Members of the Libyan Red Crescent disinfect a street in the centre of the capital Tripoli on April 1, 2020. AFP
A worker disinfects a house in an impoverished neighbourhood in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on March 23, 2020 amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. AFP
A worker disinfects a house in an impoverished neighbourhood in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf on March 23, 2020 amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. AFP
Sanitation workers from Tadweer, the Abu Dhabi Centre for Waste Management, on the first day of the UAE sanitisation campaign on March 27, 2020. Victor Besa / The National
Sanitation workers from Tadweer, the Abu Dhabi Centre for Waste Management, on the first day of the UAE sanitisation campaign on March 27, 2020. Victor Besa / The National
The new screening drive through at Zayed Sports City in Abu Ahabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
The new screening drive through at Zayed Sports City in Abu Ahabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
A member of a medical team sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak at a tuk-tuk three wheel motorcycle in Shobra district in Cairo, Egypt, 03 April 2020. EPA
A member of a medical team sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak at a tuk-tuk three wheel motorcycle in Shobra district in Cairo, Egypt, 03 April 2020. EPA
Employees of the Fatih Municipality wearing protective suits disinfect the Hagia Sophia to prevent the spread of the Covid-19. AFP
Employees of the Fatih Municipality wearing protective suits disinfect the Hagia Sophia to prevent the spread of the Covid-19. AFP
A Palestinian taxi driver and passengers, mask-clad due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, wait to cross to the Egyptian side of Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 27, 2020. AFP
A Palestinian taxi driver and passengers, mask-clad due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, wait to cross to the Egyptian side of Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 27, 2020. AFP
A Lebanese employee wearing a protective mask looks at a bed in a ward where the first case of coronavirus in the country is being treated, at the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in the southern outskirts of the capital Beirut, on February 22, 2020. AFP
A Lebanese employee wearing a protective mask looks at a bed in a ward where the first case of coronavirus in the country is being treated, at the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in the southern outskirts of the capital Beirut, on February 22, 2020. AFP
A view of beds at a shopping mall, one of Iran's largest, which has been turned into a centre to receive patients suffering from the coronavirus disease, in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2020. Reuters
A view of beds at a shopping mall, one of Iran's largest, which has been turned into a centre to receive patients suffering from the coronavirus disease, in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2020. Reuters
Sanitation workers from Tadweer spraying the pedestrian crossing on Hamdan and Fatima Bint Mubarak Street in Abu Dhabi on March 27, 2020. Victor Besa / The National
Sanitation workers from Tadweer spraying the pedestrian crossing on Hamdan and Fatima Bint Mubarak Street in Abu Dhabi on March 27, 2020. Victor Besa / The National
A delivery driver wearing a face mask at downtown Abu Dhabi, April 6, 2020. Victor Besa / The National
A delivery driver wearing a face mask at downtown Abu Dhabi, April 6, 2020. Victor Besa / The National
Boki Prekovic, a Serbian accordion player, keeping residents stuck at home entertained from his balcony on March 19, 2020, The Greens, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Boki Prekovic, a Serbian accordion player, keeping residents stuck at home entertained from his balcony on March 19, 2020, The Greens, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Iraqi President Barham Saleh and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron great each other with an elbow bump as they hold a joint press conference at Baghdad's al-Salam Palace on September 2, 2020. AFP
Iraqi President Barham Saleh and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron great each other with an elbow bump as they hold a joint press conference at Baghdad's al-Salam Palace on September 2, 2020. AFP
Medical staff in protective gears distribute information sheets to Iraqi passengers returning from Iran at Najaf International Airport on March 5, 2020. AFP
Medical staff in protective gears distribute information sheets to Iraqi passengers returning from Iran at Najaf International Airport on March 5, 2020. AFP
A Tunisian Red Crescent member prepares food packages to be delivered to the elderly and needy families during the ongoing emergency measures over the ongoing pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease, in Ben Arous, Tunisia, March 2020. EPA
A Tunisian Red Crescent member prepares food packages to be delivered to the elderly and needy families during the ongoing emergency measures over the ongoing pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease, in Ben Arous, Tunisia, March 2020. EPA

UAE

Coronavirus: Pandemic has widened global generation gap as youth unemployment rates soar, report finds

A new global study has revealed that young people have less job security and disposable income and find it harder to afford housing

Anam Rizvi
Anam Rizvi
UAE

October 22, 2020

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The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated a gulf between generations with people aged under 25 far more likely to be unemployed, a new global report has revealed.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said unemployment rates have surged by 4.9 per cent since February - from 11.7 per cent to  16.6 per cent - for those aged 15 to 24, more than double the rise for those aged 25 and over.

The stark statistics are based on a survey of 34 OECD member countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and Spain, eight further non-member nations, the European Commission and 81 youth organisations.

The report states that while younger people are less likely to suffer ill health as a result of the virus, they are bearing a heavy cost brought about by worldwide lockdowns, the shutdown of education institutes and the ongoing impact on the economy.

Young people are likely to have less job security, less disposable income and find it harder to get on the housing ladder, the study by the intergovernmental economic organisation stated.

"Youth across OECD countries enjoy unprecedented access to information, education and technology," found the report titled Governance for Youth, Trust and Intergenerational Justice.

"However, the repercussions of the global financial crisis in the late 2000s, the Covid-19 pandemic and global transformations such as climate change, ageing, digitisation, and rising inequalities have created uncertainties about the future young people and unborn generations face."

During the pandemic, students lost part-time jobs and had fewer financial reserves to fall back on.

The study found that countrywide lockdowns and social distancing measures in place in many OECD countries had disrupted everyday life.

“The pandemic hit OECD countries at a moment when many young people had barely recovered from the repercussions of the 2007-08 global financial crisis," stated the report.

“When youth are not active in social life and the labour market, the costs for societies and economies are high.

"Their absence undermines social cohesion, productivity, and the potential for inclusive growth."

Across OECD countries, the 2007-08 crisis left 15 million young people unemployed, while one in ten jobs held by people under the age of 30 was lost, found the report.

In 2017, on average across OECD countries, one in 10 young people aged 15-24 was not in education, employment or training.

This lead to an economic cost of between 0.9 per cent and 1.5 per cent of OECD GDP.

A protester (R) wears a face shield with an image of Victoria's state premier Daniel Andrews on it as speaks to police during an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne, as the city continues to enforce strict lockdown measure to battle a second wave of COVID-19 coronavirus infections. AFP
A protester (R) wears a face shield with an image of Victoria's state premier Daniel Andrews on it as speaks to police during an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne, as the city continues to enforce strict lockdown measure to battle a second wave of COVID-19 coronavirus infections. AFP
Cast members wear personal protective equipment as they prepare backstage during the drama "Retrograde Man" in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The drama, paying tribute to medical staff, portrays a doctor's rescue of coronavirus patients during the lockdown in Wuhan. As there have been no recorded cases of community transmissions since May, life for residents is gradually returning to normal. Getty Images
Cast members wear personal protective equipment as they prepare backstage during the drama "Retrograde Man" in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The drama, paying tribute to medical staff, portrays a doctor's rescue of coronavirus patients during the lockdown in Wuhan. As there have been no recorded cases of community transmissions since May, life for residents is gradually returning to normal. Getty Images
Medical workers deliver deliver cupcakes to patients infected by the COVID-19 to celebrate new year's day of 2013 on Ethiopian calendar, at the makeshift hospital installed inside Millenium Hall, one of the country's largest event centers, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AFP
Medical workers deliver deliver cupcakes to patients infected by the COVID-19 to celebrate new year's day of 2013 on Ethiopian calendar, at the makeshift hospital installed inside Millenium Hall, one of the country's largest event centers, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AFP
A medical worker brushes the hair of a patient affected with COVID-19 in a Marseille hospital, southern France. As the Marseille region has become France's latest virus hotspot, hospitals are re-activating emergency measures in place when the pandemic first hit to ensure they're able to handle growing new cases. AP Photo
A medical worker brushes the hair of a patient affected with COVID-19 in a Marseille hospital, southern France. As the Marseille region has become France's latest virus hotspot, hospitals are re-activating emergency measures in place when the pandemic first hit to ensure they're able to handle growing new cases. AP Photo
An Indian woman wearing white protective gear mourns after taking a glimpse of her husband's body, a victim of COVID 19, at a cremation ground in Gauhati, India. India reported another record spike of 95,735 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours as the virus spreads beyond its major cities. The ministry said the surge in new infections is due to ramping of daily testing that exceeds 1 million now. However, experts caution that India’s outbreak is entering a more dangerous phase as the virus spreads to smaller towns and villages. AP Photo
An Indian woman wearing white protective gear mourns after taking a glimpse of her husband's body, a victim of COVID 19, at a cremation ground in Gauhati, India. India reported another record spike of 95,735 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours as the virus spreads beyond its major cities. The ministry said the surge in new infections is due to ramping of daily testing that exceeds 1 million now. However, experts caution that India’s outbreak is entering a more dangerous phase as the virus spreads to smaller towns and villages. AP Photo
People watch as police stand guard in front of the Shrine of Remembrance during an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne, as the city continues to enforce strict lockdown measure to battle a second wave of COVID-19 coronavirus infections. AFP
People watch as police stand guard in front of the Shrine of Remembrance during an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne, as the city continues to enforce strict lockdown measure to battle a second wave of COVID-19 coronavirus infections. AFP
A man is detained by police during an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne, Australia. Anti-lockdown protesters organised a "freedom walk" to demonstrate against Melbourne's current Stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions. While organisers claim the gathering is legal, Victoria police said they would be monitoring protest activity, with anyone considered to be breaching the Chief Health Officer's directives liable for a fine of $1652. Metropolitan Melbourne remains under stage 4 lockdown restrictions, with people only allowed to leave home to give or receive care, shopping for food and essential items, daily exercise and work while an overnight curfew from 8pm to 5am is also in place. The majority of retail businesses are also closed. Other Victorian regions are in stage 3 lockdown. The restrictions, which came into effect from 2 August, were introduced by the Victorian government as health authorities work to reduce community COVID-19 transmissions across the state. Getty Images
A man is detained by police during an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne, Australia. Anti-lockdown protesters organised a "freedom walk" to demonstrate against Melbourne's current Stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions. While organisers claim the gathering is legal, Victoria police said they would be monitoring protest activity, with anyone considered to be breaching the Chief Health Officer's directives liable for a fine of $1652. Metropolitan Melbourne remains under stage 4 lockdown restrictions, with people only allowed to leave home to give or receive care, shopping for food and essential items, daily exercise and work while an overnight curfew from 8pm to 5am is also in place. The majority of retail businesses are also closed. Other Victorian regions are in stage 3 lockdown. The restrictions, which came into effect from 2 August, were introduced by the Victorian government as health authorities work to reduce community COVID-19 transmissions across the state. Getty Images
An elderly couple wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus walks at a public park in Beijing. Even as China has largely controlled the outbreak, the coronavirus is still surging across other parts of the world. AP Photo
An elderly couple wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus walks at a public park in Beijing. Even as China has largely controlled the outbreak, the coronavirus is still surging across other parts of the world. AP Photo
A city worker holds a dog at the animal city shelter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After seeing the number of adoptions go down to zero in the beginning of the new coronavirus pandemic, the Rio city shelter is celebrating the success of their Pet Delivery program. Now, administrators running animal shelter are offering pets through a virtual system that allows prospective owners to browse online and, after choosing a pet, the shelter brings the animal to their homes, bathed, spayed and with all inoculations. AP Photo
A city worker holds a dog at the animal city shelter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After seeing the number of adoptions go down to zero in the beginning of the new coronavirus pandemic, the Rio city shelter is celebrating the success of their Pet Delivery program. Now, administrators running animal shelter are offering pets through a virtual system that allows prospective owners to browse online and, after choosing a pet, the shelter brings the animal to their homes, bathed, spayed and with all inoculations. AP Photo
A member of staff checks the temperature of theatregoers as a precaution against the transmission of the novel coronavirus upon their arrival ahead of a performance of Sleepless the Musical at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London. At the Troubadour, in Wembley Park, northwest London, on Thursday night, theatre-goers had their temperatures taken and were told to wear face masks throughout the performance. Most British theatres are have not reopened following the coronavirus lockdown but the pop-up venue has been able to adapt to social distancing rules. Its 1,200 capacity has been cut to 400 seats, and a one-way route has been put in place along with hand-washing and disinfecting facilities. Audiences complied and didn't seem to mind. AFP
A member of staff checks the temperature of theatregoers as a precaution against the transmission of the novel coronavirus upon their arrival ahead of a performance of Sleepless the Musical at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London. At the Troubadour, in Wembley Park, northwest London, on Thursday night, theatre-goers had their temperatures taken and were told to wear face masks throughout the performance. Most British theatres are have not reopened following the coronavirus lockdown but the pop-up venue has been able to adapt to social distancing rules. Its 1,200 capacity has been cut to 400 seats, and a one-way route has been put in place along with hand-washing and disinfecting facilities. Audiences complied and didn't seem to mind. AFP
A member of the "Bora Testar" or Let's Test project, interviews resident Marina Almeida, in the Paraisopolis neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The project plans to test up to 600 people for COVID-19 in the low income neighborhood, and to expand to other vulnerable communities in the country, financed by crowdfunding and donations. AP Photo
A member of the "Bora Testar" or Let's Test project, interviews resident Marina Almeida, in the Paraisopolis neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The project plans to test up to 600 people for COVID-19 in the low income neighborhood, and to expand to other vulnerable communities in the country, financed by crowdfunding and donations. AP Photo
Maria Hernandez, 38, (top, L) embraces her aunt through a transparent curtain at a Hogar Jardin de Los Abuelitos nursing home as a nurse watches them, in San Salvador, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. According to geriatrician Luis Bermudes, the use of a kind of curtain that allows the elderly guests to be hugged by their relatives without the risk of being infected from COVID-19 is a measure to avoid depression and anxiety. AFP
Maria Hernandez, 38, (top, L) embraces her aunt through a transparent curtain at a Hogar Jardin de Los Abuelitos nursing home as a nurse watches them, in San Salvador, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. According to geriatrician Luis Bermudes, the use of a kind of curtain that allows the elderly guests to be hugged by their relatives without the risk of being infected from COVID-19 is a measure to avoid depression and anxiety. AFP

The study recommended that governments remove barriers to youth participation in politics, create programmes to help young people join the public sector, and provide programmes for inter-generational learning.

Suggestions included strengthening volunteering and youth work opportunities, investing in youth strategies, and making targeted policies to help young people.

Governments also need to show a strong commitment to reduce inequalities within different age groups and promote age diversity in decision-making.

The Arab Youth Survey 2021, reported earlier in October, that one in five young Arabs said they or someone in their family had lost their job due to coronavirus.

The survey reported that 72 per cent said it was “much more difficult” or a “little more difficult” to find a job now compared with the pre-Covid era.

In the UAE, 41 per cent said finding a new job is more difficult now than before the pandemic.

The report also found that more than four in 10 people aged 18 to 24 had thought about or were attempting to emigrate.

The youth survey involved face-to-face interviews with 4,000 people in 17 countries.

The survey found that 35 per cent of respondents had personal debt, up from 15 per cent five years ago.

SPECS

Toyota land Cruiser 2020 5.7L VXR

Engine: 5.7-litre V8

Transmission: eight-speed automatic

Power: 362hp

Torque: 530Nm

Price: Dh329,000 (base model 4.0L EXR Dh215,900)

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The specs

Engine: 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbocharged and three electric motors

Power: Combined output 920hp

Torque: 730Nm at 4,000-7,000rpm

Transmission: 8-speed dual-clutch automatic

Fuel consumption: 11.2L/100km

On sale: Now, deliveries expected later in 2025

Price: expected to start at Dh1,432,000

Specs

Engine: 51.5kW electric motor

Range: 400km

Power: 134bhp

Torque: 175Nm

Price: From Dh98,800

Available: Now

ACC 2019: The winners in full

Best Actress Maha Alemi, Sofia

Best Actor Mohamed Dhrif, Weldi  

Best Screenplay Meryem Benm’Barek, Sofia  

Best Documentary Of Fathers and Sons by Talal Derki

Best Film Yomeddine by Abu Bakr Shawky

Best Director Nadine Labaki, Capernaum
 

While you're here
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THE TWIN BIO

Their favourite city: Dubai

Their favourite food: Khaleeji

Their favourite past-time : walking on the beach

Their favorite quote: ‘we rise by lifting others’ by Robert Ingersoll

Results

5.30pm: Maiden (TB) Dh82,500 (Dirt) 1,600m, Winner: Panadol, Mickael Barzalona (jockey), Salem bin Ghadayer (trainer)

6.05pm: Maiden (TB) Dh82,500 (Turf) 1,400m, Winner: Mayehaab, Adrie de Vries, Fawzi Nass

6.40pm: Handicap (TB) Dh85,000 (D) 1,600m, Winner: Monoski, Mickael Barzalona, Salem bin Ghadayer

7.15pm: Handicap (TB) Dh102,500 (T) 1,800m, Winner: Eastern World, Royston Ffrench, Charlie Appleby

7.50pm: Handicap (TB) Dh92,500 (D) 1,200m, Winner: Madkal, Adrie de Vries, Fawzi Nass

8.25pm: Handicap (TB) Dh92,500 (T) 1,200m, Winner: Taneen, Dane O’Neill, Musabah Al Muhairi

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The Penguin

Starring: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz

Creator: Lauren LeFranc

Rating: 4/5

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.
Pharaoh's curse

British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, who funded the expedition to find the Tutankhamun tomb, died in a Cairo hotel four months after the crypt was opened.
He had been in poor health for many years after a car crash, and a mosquito bite made worse by a shaving cut led to blood poisoning and pneumonia.
Reports at the time said Lord Carnarvon suffered from “pain as the inflammation affected the nasal passages and eyes”.
Decades later, scientists contended he had died of aspergillosis after inhaling spores of the fungus aspergillus in the tomb, which can lie dormant for months. The fact several others who entered were also found dead withiin a short time led to the myth of the curse.

Getting there
Flydubai flies direct from Dubai to Tbilisi from Dh1,025 return including taxes

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Results

6.30pm: Baniyas (PA) Group 2 Dh195,000 1,400m | Winner: ES Ajeeb, Sam Hitchcock (jockey), Ibrahim Aseel (trainer)

7.05pm: Maiden (TB) Dh165,000 1,400m | Winner: Al Shamkhah, Royston Ffrench, Sandeep Jadhav

7.40pm: Handicap (TB) Dh190,000 1,200m | Winner: Lavaspin, Richard Mullen, Satish Seemar

8.15pm: Maiden (TB) Dh165,000 1,200m | Winner: Kawasir, Dane O’Neill, Musabah Al Muhairi

8.50pm: Rated Conditions (TB) Dh240,000 1,600m | Winner: Cosmo Charlie, Pat Dobbs, Doug Watson

9.20pm: Handicap (TB) Dh165,000 1,400m | Winner: Bochart, Richard Mullen, Satish Seemar

10pm: Handicap (TB) Dh175,000 2,000m | Winner: Quartier Francais, Fernando Jara, Ali Rashid Al Raihe

 

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari, Jonathan Cape
 

MATCH INFO

Inter Milan 1 (Martinez 18' pen)

Juventus 2 (Dybala 4', Higuain 80')

Kareem Shaheen on Canada
SPECS
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T20 World Cup Qualifier

Final: Netherlands beat PNG by seven wickets

Qualified teams

1. Netherlands
2. PNG
3. Ireland
4. Namibia
5. Scotland
6. Oman

T20 World Cup 2020, Australia

Group A: Sri Lanka, PNG, Ireland, Oman
Group B: Bangladesh, Netherlands, Namibia, Scotland

Messi at the Copa America

2007 – lost 3-0 to Brazil in the final

2011 – lost to Uruguay on penalties in the quarter-finals

2015 – lost to Chile on penalties in the final

2016 – lost to Chile on penalties in the final

The specs

Engine: Two permanent-magnet synchronous AC motors

Transmission: two-speed

Power: 671hp

Torque: 849Nm

Range: 456km

Price: from Dh437,900 

On sale: now

Huroob Ezterari

Director: Ahmed Moussa

Starring: Ahmed El Sakka, Amir Karara, Ghada Adel and Moustafa Mohammed

Three stars

How the bonus system works

The two riders are among several riders in the UAE to receive the top payment of £10,000 under the Thank You Fund of £16 million (Dh80m), which was announced in conjunction with Deliveroo's £8 billion (Dh40bn) stock market listing earlier this year.

The £10,000 (Dh50,000) payment is made to those riders who have completed the highest number of orders in each market.

There are also riders who will receive payments of £1,000 (Dh5,000) and £500 (Dh2,500).

All riders who have worked with Deliveroo for at least one year and completed 2,000 orders will receive £200 (Dh1,000), the company said when it announced the scheme.

Western Region Asia Cup T20 Qualifier

Sun Feb 23 – Thu Feb 27, Al Amerat, Oman

The two finalists advance to the Asia qualifier in Malaysia in August

 

Group A

Bahrain, Maldives, Oman, Qatar

 

Group B

UAE, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia

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If you go

The flights Etihad (www.etihad.com) and Spice Jet (www.spicejet.com) fly direct from Abu Dhabi and Dubai to Pune respectively from Dh1,000 return including taxes. Pune airport is 90 minutes away by road. 

The hotels A stay at Atmantan Wellness Resort (www.atmantan.com) costs from Rs24,000 (Dh1,235) per night, including taxes, consultations, meals and a treatment package.
 

Uefa Nations League

League A:
Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, France, England, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Iceland, Croatia, Netherlands

League B:
Austria, Wales, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, Republic of Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Turkey

League C:
Hungary, Romania, Scotland, Slovenia, Greece, Serbia, Albania, Norway, Montenegro, Israel, Bulgaria, Finland, Cyprus, Estonia, Lithuania

League D:
Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Latvia, Faroe Islands, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Malta, Andorra, Kosovo, San Marino, Gibraltar

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