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Malala Yousafzai's father, Ziauddin, at the media preview of her film "He Named Me Malala". Mr Yousafzai has called on Pakistanis in the UAE to stand with him for the cause of girls’ education. Reem Mohammed / The National

Coronavirus: ministers should use crisis to improve education for girls, Malala’s father says

May 30, 2020
The university, founded in 1916, is at risk of using up its cash reserves. SOAS

SOAS University of London to slash budgets and cut staff amid coronavirus crisis

May 30, 2020
Historians have questioned what Queen Elizabeth II knew about the Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s removal from power in 1975. Courtesy of RAMESH SHUKLA

Gough Whitlam dismissal: Australian high court rules that Queen's secret letters can be released

May 29, 2020
Syrian defendant Anwar Raslan arrives at court for an unprecedented trial on state-sponsored torture in Syria, in Koblenz, Germany. AFP  

Activists protest outside Syrian torture trial in Germany

May 29, 2020
Norweigian Prime Minister Erna Solberg; Norway has announced an end to social distancing in schools and will further relax lockdown measures EPA  

Coronavirus: Norway’s schools to reopen fully next week as lockdown measures eased

May 29, 2020
Bob Weighton celebrating his 112th birthday. Solent News

World's oldest man, ‘a role model to us all’, dies in UK

May 29, 2020
Stacks of old issues of 'Apoyevmatini', Istanbul’s oldest daily Greek-language newspaper, in editor Mihail Vasiliadis' apartment. Declan McVeigh / The National

Istanbul's oldest Greek newspaper has survived fights and flight

May 29, 2020
Detectives from Scotland Yard have charged a man following the theft of a diamond. Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters

Man charged with £515,000 diamond theft from London home

May 29, 2020
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's government wants the US to drop sanctions before it can return to the negotiating table. AFP

Iran says nuclear operations 'unaffected' by US ending sanctions waiver

May 28, 2020
A sanitising crew clean the European Parliament chamber ahead of a plenary session sitting on Wednesday where details of the €750bn coronavirus bailout fund are set to be announced. AFP

Italy and Spain largest beneficiaries of EU’s €750bn Covid-19 bailout

May 28, 2020
Groups of people sit in a park at Tantolunden in Stockholm; Sweden, which has refused to close down schools and restaurants to contain the new coronavirus, is being closely watched as many other countries are gradually opening up their economies from stricter lockdowns. Bloomberg 

Coronavirus: Sweden’s neighbours wary of reopening borders after surge in deaths

May 28, 2020
Professor Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu uses the robot to swab Esben Ostergaard, co-founder of Lifeline Robotics the company developing the robot. The University of Southern Denmark

Robot offers ‘world’s first’ breakthrough swabbing coronavirus patients

May 28, 2020
EasyJet aircraft stand at departure gates at Manchester Airport, northern England AFP

Coronavirus: EasyJet cuts thousands of jobs as workforce reduced by 30 per cent

May 28, 2020
Relatives of Aya Hachem, who was killed in a shooting in Blackburn, Britain, carry her coffin during the funeral at a cemetery in her family's hometown of Qlaileh, near Tyre, southern Lebanon. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Lebanese student killed in crossfire in dispute between tyre companies, court hears

May 28, 2020
Boris Johnson answers questions on the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. AFP / UK Parliament

Boris Johnson faces grilling over top aide’s lockdown trip

May 27, 2020
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Worshippers wearing face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 prays at al-Mirabi Mosque in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 31, 2020. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs said mosques will open to the public for prayers from May 31 until June 20, except in Mecca, with precautionary measures and instructions. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

6m global cases, UAE latest, Dubai foundation on e-commerce - The Daily Update

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Efforts to stop the spread of malaria focus on its carrier, mosquitoes.

Beyond The Headlines: Man vs mosquito – the global battle against malaria

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Men gather to fish at the creek in the Gulf city of Dubai, after the Emirati authorities eased some of the restrictions that were put in place in a bid to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, on May 27, 2020. The Emirati / AFP / Karim SAHIB

UAE return-to-work plans, 883 new cases - The Daily Update

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Workers spray disinfectant in front of the MADE, a major club in the international tourist district of Itaewon, in Seoul, South Korea, on May 12, 2020. As South Korea significantly relaxes its rigid social distancing rules as a result of waning coronavirus cases, the world is paying close attention to whether it can return to something that resembles normal - or face a virus resurgence. Already, a mini-outbreak linked to nightclubs in Seoul has tested South Korea’s widely praised method for dealing with the disease _ essentially a combination of rapid tracing, testing and treatment, along with stringent social distancing practices. (Lim Hun-jung/Yonhap via AP)

Dubai lifts restrictions, 779 new UAE cases - The Daily Update

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