Tue 13 July 2021: On Monday, Netflix announced that Cooking With Paris will premiere on August 4. Of course, Hilton is not exactly known for her expertise in the kitchen, so the six-part series will instead focus on her “lack” of cooking skills. The series will feature the 40-year-old heiress in a very unlikely role as she […]
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Tue 13 July 2021: The Turkish parliament approved a long-awaited animal rights bill on Friday. According to the bill, the sale of cats and dogs by pet shops will be banned, as such shops are “not suitable for animal health and ethology.” Animal circuses, water circuses and dolphin parks will also be prohibited. Cat […]
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Mon 12 July 2021: The city of superlatives with the world’s tallest tower among its many records, Dubai now has the deepest swimming pool on the planet complete with a “sunken city” for divers to explore. Deep Dive Dubai, which opened Wednesday but initially by invitation only, prides itself as “the only diving facility in […]
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Sun 11 July 2021: An incredibly rare and eerie-looking ‘glass octopus’ has been photographed by deep-sea scientists during a recent expedition in the central Pacific Ocean. Photos of the one-of-a-kind creature have now been circulated on social media. The discovery was made after scientists spent around 34 days aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel […]
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Sun 11 July 2021: An unopened copy of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda that was made in 1987 has sold at auction for $870,000. “The Legend of Zelda” is the first game in the wildly popular action-adventure series. Nintendo went on to make numerous “Zelda” games, including the 2017 critically acclaimed release of “The Legend […]
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Sat 10 July 2021: Worried about getting too close to others when trading business cards in the age of social distancing? A Dubai beauty salon has come up with a novel solution – a microchip manicure that carries your digital calling card. Clients at Lanour Beauty Lounge near Dubai’s Trade center can choose to upload […]
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Tue 06 July 2021: A 44-year-old, George Ghattas, a Palestinian man from the West Bank, has established the first-ever hotel for pets in the region, xinhua reported. Father of two came up with the idea after he found out that some pets were abandoned and thrown into the streets when their owners needed to travel. […]
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Mon 05 July 2021: Google’s latest Doodle featured renowned Palestinian-born artist Maliheh Afnan on Monday. Maliheh Afnan, considered by many as one of the most important Middle Eastern artists of the 20th century. Afnan’s used mixed media in her “written paintings” and works, which are mostly inspired by archaeological scrolls. She explores themes of exile […]
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Wed 30 June 2021: Works by 20th-century masters recovered nearly a decade after audacious burglary Two paintings by eminent artists Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian have been found by Greek police nearly a decade after they were stolen from a gallery in Athens, authorities announced on Tuesday. The incident had been called the theft of […]
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Tue 29 June 2021: Two doses of the China-made COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac, are safe and produce a strong antibody response among children and adolescents aged 3-17 years, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The phase 1/2 trial on 550 young people found that over 96 per cent of children and […]
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