Fog over the Liver Buildings
A view of the Royal Liver Buildings surrounded by early morning fog in Liverpool, England.
Kentucky tornado aftermath
Debris viewed from a cinema after tornadoes ripped through several US states, in Mayfield, Kentucky.
Funeral in Kashmir
People offer funeral prayers for police constable Rameez Ahmad Baba, who Indian police said succumbed to his injuries after he was on a bus attacked by militants on Monday, in Kashmir's Ganderbal district.
Haiti explosion
Firefighters stand next to what remains of a fuel tank after it overturned and exploded in Cap-Hatien, Haiti. The explosion engulfed cars and homes in flames, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens.
Ngerebeg ritual
Children take part in the sacred Ngerebeg ritual in a village in Gianyar, in Bali. The sacred Ngerebeg ritual takes place every six months and is mainly aimed at driving away evil spirits. Participants decorate their bodies with colourful paint and march through their villages.
Formula One testing
Red Bull's Max Verstappen and mechanics during post-season testing at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi.
Peruvian Santa Claus
Paul Heinz Suarez Gamarra, known as the Peruvian Santa Claus, arrives at the Villa Panamericana hospital using the local volunteer firefighter brigade's ladder basket to give presents to young Covid-19 patients in Lima.
Vaia Dragon
A dog stands near the 'Vaia Dragon', a sculpture made by Venetian artist Marco Martalar in Lavarone near Trento, in the Alps region of north-eastern Italy. Martalar creates his works from wooden debris of the Vaia windstorm that hit the Veneto region in October 2018, destroying thousands of hectares of forest and shattering the Italian forest system. The sculpture represents the fury of nature.
Broye Luminis Light Festival
People walk on a one-kilometre long path in the illuminated forest during the first Broye Luminis Light Festival, in Lully, Switzerland. From December 10 to 19, Broye Luminis will highlight the forest through an enchanting and multisensory journey in the 'Bois de la Faye', near the Rose de la Broye restoroute in Estavayer-le-Lac.
Lake Geneva fog
A couple is silhouetted by a sea of fog hanging above Lake Geneva, at Mont de Gourze in western Switzerland, after sunset.
Sir Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton is made a Knight Bachelor by Britain's Prince Charles at Windsor Castle in England.
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
Cryopreservation: A timeline
- Keyhole surgery under general anaesthetic
- Ovarian tissue surgically removed
- Tissue processed in a high-tech facility
- Tissue re-implanted at a time of the patient’s choosing
- Full hormone production regained within 4-6 months
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
The specs
Engine: 3.0-litre six-cylinder turbo
Power: 398hp from 5,250rpm
Torque: 580Nm at 1,900-4,800rpm
Transmission: Eight-speed auto
Fuel economy, combined: 6.5L/100km
On sale: December
Price: From Dh330,000 (estimate)
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
Anghami
Started: December 2011
Co-founders: Elie Habib, Eddy Maroun
Based: Beirut and Dubai
Sector: Entertainment
Size: 85 employees
Stage: Series C
Investors: MEVP, du, Mobily, MBC, Samena Capital
The smuggler
Eldarir had arrived at JFK in January 2020 with three suitcases, containing goods he valued at $300, when he was directed to a search area.
Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the deceased for the afterlife.
Also found was a cartouche of a Ptolemaic king on a relief that was originally part of a royal building or temple.
The largest single group of items found in Eldarir’s cases were 400 shabtis, or figurines.
Khouli conviction
Khouli smuggled items into the US by making false declarations to customs about the country of origin and value of the items.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he provided “false provenances which stated that [two] Egyptian antiquities were part of a collection assembled by Khouli's father in Israel in the 1960s” when in fact “Khouli acquired the Egyptian antiquities from other dealers”.
He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service in 2012 after admitting buying and smuggling Egyptian antiquities, including coffins, funerary boats and limestone figures.
For sale
A number of other items said to come from the collection of Ezeldeen Taha Eldarir are currently or recently for sale.
Their provenance is described in near identical terms as the British Museum shabti: bought from Salahaddin Sirmali, "authenticated and appraised" by Hossen Rashed, then imported to the US in 1948.
- An Egyptian Mummy mask dating from 700BC-30BC, is on offer for £11,807 ($15,275) online by a seller in Mexico
- A coffin lid dating back to 664BC-332BC was offered for sale by a Colorado-based art dealer, with a starting price of $65,000
- A shabti that was on sale through a Chicago-based coin dealer, dating from 1567BC-1085BC, is up for $1,950
Common OCD symptoms and how they manifest
Checking: the obsession or thoughts focus on some harm coming from things not being as they should, which usually centre around the theme of safety. For example, the obsession is “the building will burn down”, therefore the compulsion is checking that the oven is switched off.
Contamination: the obsession is focused on the presence of germs, dirt or harmful bacteria and how this will impact the person and/or their loved ones. For example, the obsession is “the floor is dirty; me and my family will get sick and die”, the compulsion is repetitive cleaning.
Orderliness: the obsession is a fear of sitting with uncomfortable feelings, or to prevent harm coming to oneself or others. Objectively there appears to be no logical link between the obsession and compulsion. For example,” I won’t feel right if the jars aren’t lined up” or “harm will come to my family if I don’t line up all the jars”, so the compulsion is therefore lining up the jars.
Intrusive thoughts: the intrusive thought is usually highly distressing and repetitive. Common examples may include thoughts of perpetrating violence towards others, harming others, or questions over one’s character or deeds, usually in conflict with the person’s true values. An example would be: “I think I might hurt my family”, which in turn leads to the compulsion of avoiding social gatherings.
Hoarding: the intrusive thought is the overvaluing of objects or possessions, while the compulsion is stashing or hoarding these items and refusing to let them go. For example, “this newspaper may come in useful one day”, therefore, the compulsion is hoarding newspapers instead of discarding them the next day.
Source: Dr Robert Chandler, clinical psychologist at Lighthouse Arabia
