September 21, 2026
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Sharjah announces traffic diversions near University city for Etihad rail works; Motorists face delays until August

Etihad Rail Station Access Roads Project: Sharjah announces traffic diversions near University city for Etihad rail works; Motorists face delays until August | World News

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Sharjah motorists advised to plan ahead as Etihad rail construction alters key roads / Image – file Motorists travelling through one of Sharjah’s busiest educational corridors will need to plan their journeys carefully over the coming weeks after authorities announced a temporary traffic diversion to facilitate construction linked to the UAE’s ambitious Etihad Rail Station…

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Flying from Dubai this summer? Emirates issues travel alert, asks passengers to reach airport 3 hours early

Flying from Dubai this summer? Emirates issues travel alert, asks passengers to reach airport 3 hours early

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Emirates has issued a travel advisory Emirates has issued a travel advisory for passengers flying out of Dubai during the peak summer holiday rush, warning of longer wait times at the airport as passenger traffic surges in the coming weeks.The airline has urged travellers to arrive well ahead of their scheduled departure times and take…

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Quote of the day by Kobe Bryant: "I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for…" - a blunt lesson on accountability, effort and refusing to make excuses

Quote of the day by Kobe Bryant: “I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for…” – a blunt lesson on accountability, effort and refusing to make excuses | World News

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Quote of the day by Kobe Bryant (AP photo) Talent and opportunity certainly help, but sustained achievement usually comes down to something far less glamorous, plain discipline. Kobe Bryant made his own view on this bluntly clear. “I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success,” he said….

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Death penalty sought for man who killed Indian-origin grocery store owner Suresh Patel in Tennessee; shot Bangladeshi immigrant Shahed Rana Mohsin at a gas station

Death penalty sought for man who killed Indian-origin grocery store owner Suresh Patel in Tennessee; shot Bangladeshi immigrant Shahed Rana Mohsin at a gas station

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Corey Houge (middle) killed an Indian-origin grocery store owner (left) and a Bangladeshi gas station worker in two separate incidents in Tennessee. The man who opened fire and killed Suresh Patel, an Indian-origin grocery shop owner, in Tennessee’s Jackson on August 20, faces the death penalty in another murder. Corey Houge was arraigned in Crockett…

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US student visas for Indians drop 62%; CIS report urges scrapping of OPT programme

US student visas for Indians drop 62%; CIS report urges scrapping of OPT programme | World News

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The number of US student visas issued to Indian nationals has fallen by 62% in 2025, according to a new report that also recommends scrapping the Optional Practical Training (OPT) programme.The report, authored by George Fishman, Senior Legal Fellow at the Centre for Immigration Studies (CIS), said the US issued 22,149 student visas to Indian…

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Iranian woman sentenced to death for filming burning store during January protests

Iranian woman sentenced to death for filming burning store during January protests | World News

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An Iranian woman has been sentenced to death by hanging after she was accused of involvement in the arson of a grocery store she had photographed during anti-government protests in January.Leila Abolhasani, 43, mother of two, was arrested on January 8 in Shahin Shahr, a satellite city in Iran’s central Isfahan province, after taking pictures…

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Texas man, charged with murder of his wife, escapes to Milan just before trial; Italy delays extradition, seeks formal assurance that there would be no death penlty

Texas man, charged with murder of his wife, escapes to Milan just before trial; Italy delays extradition, seeks formal assurance that there would be no death penlty

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Texas man, charged with murder of his pregnant wife, flees to Italy just before trial. 40-year-old Lee Mongerson Gilley, a Texas man charged with killing his pregnant wife, fled to Milan with a fake passport and preferred to be imprisoned in Italy instead of Texas, as the state has the death penalty for the crime…

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A polar bear destroyed almost an entire seabird colony in Alaska; scientists say changing food habits may explain why

A polar bear destroyed almost an entire seabird colony in Alaska; scientists say changing food habits may explain why | World News

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Female polar bear near Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska. Image Credit: Alan Wilson/Wikipedia A single polar bear destroyed 89% of an entire ‘eider bird colony’ on an Alaskan barrier island in less than a day, giving scientists a striking example of how a changing Arctic is altering relationships between predators and seabirds. The incident, recorded on…

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In 2008, Allen University paid $116,000 to move a historic 1903 house two blocks and promised restoration; 18 years later, the work never came and the house is being demolished

In 2008, Allen University paid $116,000 to move a historic 1903 house two blocks and promised restoration; 18 years later, the work never came and the house is being demolished

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The building has suffered damage from years of neglect (Photos: AOL) A historic house in Columbia, South Carolina, that was once linked to generations of Black community and civil rights leaders is now being demolished after years of efforts to save it failed, AOL reported.The Robert Weston Mance House was built in 1903 and was…

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