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The UAE has announced a collaboration with Elon Musk on the new underground Dubai Loop project at the World Governments Summit on Thursday. The Dubai Loop is set to cover the city’s most populated areas and would help transport people underground in a seamless manner, said Omar Sultan AlOlama, the UAE’s minister of state for artificial intelligence, digital economy and...

The World Government Summit (WGS) 2025 opened on Tuesday under the theme Shaping Future Governments, attracting record international participation. Running until February 14, the 12th edition of the summit brings together heads of state, government officials, global institutions, and leading experts to explore emerging trends in governance and critical sectors. The event features multiple forums, including the Future of Work Forum,...

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Elon Musk will help uncover “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud” in federal agencies. Trump claimed that the American people want him to find “waste”, and hence, Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), will help him in achieving that goal of finding “billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of...

The United Nations warned Thursday that two southern Sudan states were “on the brink of catastrophe” after a recent eruption of violence reportedly killed at least 80 people in one city. Renewed fighting broke out last week in the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile between the army and a faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council, prohibiting any future funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Trump on Tuesday also directed the US to review its participation in the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the body that uses culture and history as a bridge-building mechanism between nations....

US President Donald Trump said on Monday there were “no guarantees” that a fragile ceasefire in Gaza will hold, as he prepares to discuss its future with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu was in Washington for talks with the new Trump administration on a second phase of the truce with Hamas, which has not yet been finalized.Just over two...

US President Donald Trump on January 31 said that he would impose 25 percent tariff on goods imported from Mexico and Canada and 10 percent on imports from China from February 1 onwards. While signing executive orders at the Oval Office, Trump was asked if there was anything the nations could do to delay the tariffs. He replied, “No, no....

The victims of a crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter included teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, an Ohio college student coming from her grandfather’s funeral and a group of hunters headed back from a guided trip in Kansas. They were among 60 travelers and four crew members on board the commercial flight...

Contradicting the allegations made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accusing some Indian agents of being involved in the killing of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canada commission report has stated that “no definitive link” with a “foreign state” was “proven” in the killing of Nijjar, reported news agency The observation was made in the 123-page report released...

Adham Bartawi had hoped for the best when he set off back to his family home in the north of Gaza after more than a year – but he was shocked at what he found. “Half our house is gone,” the 31-year-old told the BBC from the ruins of where he used to live in the northern city of al-Zahra....