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Dozens Of Flights Cancelled, Roads Flooded As Rare Rainstorm Hits UAE
UAE airport authorities cancelled or delayed dozens of flights and roads were flooded in major cities as the heaviest rainstorm in months lashed the desert nation on Friday.
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Watch: Saudi Arabia's Desert Turns White With Rare Winter Snowfall
A video has captured an unusual scene along the Saudi-UAE border, showing a vast stretch of land completely covered in snow.
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Pulitzer-Winner Peter Arnett, Who Reported On Vietnam And Gulf Wars, Dies At 91
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died.
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8 Destinations Loved By Travellers For Their Floral Beauty
Visiting these destinations isnt just about seeing pretty flowers; its about witnessing the earth at its most vibrant.
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Desert Vipers Beat Dubai Capitals By Four Wickets In World ILT20 Opener
Desert Vipers humbled defending champions Dubai Capitals by four wickets in the opening fixture of World ILT20 in Dubai.
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"Will Add More Value To Viewership": With Inclusion Of Indian Players, ILT20 Season 4 Eyes More Attention
The fourth edition of the DP World ILT20 will kick-start from Tuesday, December 2, where the defending champions Dubai Capitals will be squaring off against Desert Vipers.
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What Is The First City In The World? It Is Not In India. But You Can Visit It
The world's first city was built long before the Harappans, and its ruins still stand in a quiet desert far from the usual tourist map. Here is what makes it historic and how Indian travellers can visit it today.
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Max Verstappen Seeks Qatar Desert Hat-Trick, But Lando Norris Remains Title Favourite
Max Verstappen is seeking a hat-trick of wins at the Qatar Grand Prix this weekend as this year's Formula One world championship reaches boiling point in the Arabian Gulf.
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6 Remote Places On Earth You Can Still Travel To
Searching for remote destinations that seem straight out of a dream? Check out this list of the world's loneliest places you can still visit.
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"Fighter" Owl Flies 2 Weeks After It Was Found Covered In Concrete In Utah
The great horned owl was found at the Black Desert Resort in the southwestern part of the state and arrived at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, earlier this month with its face, chest and right wing covered in dried concrete.
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X-59, NASA's Quiet Supersonic Jet, Flies Over US Desert In First Test Flight
NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound barrier with little noise, paving the way for faster commercial air travel.
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Billions On Line As Saudi Arabia Woos Investors At 'Davos In The Desert'
Saudi Arabia kicked off a major investment conference featuring heads of state and the global business elite on Tuesday as it seeks support for its sprawling "gigaprojects" and sky-high AI ambitions.
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Operation Move Earth: How Ousted Syrian Leader Assad Moved Mass Grave To Secret Location
The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria's largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found.
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India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve Gets UNESCO Tag, Now 13 Sites On List
India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, perched high in the trans-Himalayan region, is among the 26 new biosphere reserves across several countries, designated by UNESCO, the world body announced on Saturday.
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World's Oldest Dome-Headed Dinosaur Found In Mongolia, And It's Almost Perfectly Preserved
Researchers said the fossil represents a juvenile of a previously unknown species they have named Zavacephale rinpoche.
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Dozens Of Flights Cancelled, Roads Flooded As Rare Rainstorm Hits UAE
UAE airport authorities cancelled or delayed dozens of flights and roads were flooded in major cities as the heaviest rainstorm in months lashed the desert nation on Friday.
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Watch: Saudi Arabia's Desert Turns White With Rare Winter Snowfall
A video has captured an unusual scene along the Saudi-UAE border, showing a vast stretch of land completely covered in snow.
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Pulitzer-Winner Peter Arnett, Who Reported On Vietnam And Gulf Wars, Dies At 91
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died.
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8 Destinations Loved By Travellers For Their Floral Beauty
Visiting these destinations isnt just about seeing pretty flowers; its about witnessing the earth at its most vibrant.
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Desert Vipers Beat Dubai Capitals By Four Wickets In World ILT20 Opener
Desert Vipers humbled defending champions Dubai Capitals by four wickets in the opening fixture of World ILT20 in Dubai.
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"Will Add More Value To Viewership": With Inclusion Of Indian Players, ILT20 Season 4 Eyes More Attention
The fourth edition of the DP World ILT20 will kick-start from Tuesday, December 2, where the defending champions Dubai Capitals will be squaring off against Desert Vipers.
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What Is The First City In The World? It Is Not In India. But You Can Visit It
The world's first city was built long before the Harappans, and its ruins still stand in a quiet desert far from the usual tourist map. Here is what makes it historic and how Indian travellers can visit it today.
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Max Verstappen Seeks Qatar Desert Hat-Trick, But Lando Norris Remains Title Favourite
Max Verstappen is seeking a hat-trick of wins at the Qatar Grand Prix this weekend as this year's Formula One world championship reaches boiling point in the Arabian Gulf.
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6 Remote Places On Earth You Can Still Travel To
Searching for remote destinations that seem straight out of a dream? Check out this list of the world's loneliest places you can still visit.
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"Fighter" Owl Flies 2 Weeks After It Was Found Covered In Concrete In Utah
The great horned owl was found at the Black Desert Resort in the southwestern part of the state and arrived at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, earlier this month with its face, chest and right wing covered in dried concrete.
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X-59, NASA's Quiet Supersonic Jet, Flies Over US Desert In First Test Flight
NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound barrier with little noise, paving the way for faster commercial air travel.
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Billions On Line As Saudi Arabia Woos Investors At 'Davos In The Desert'
Saudi Arabia kicked off a major investment conference featuring heads of state and the global business elite on Tuesday as it seeks support for its sprawling "gigaprojects" and sky-high AI ambitions.
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Operation Move Earth: How Ousted Syrian Leader Assad Moved Mass Grave To Secret Location
The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria's largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found.
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India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve Gets UNESCO Tag, Now 13 Sites On List
India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, perched high in the trans-Himalayan region, is among the 26 new biosphere reserves across several countries, designated by UNESCO, the world body announced on Saturday.
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World's Oldest Dome-Headed Dinosaur Found In Mongolia, And It's Almost Perfectly Preserved
Researchers said the fossil represents a juvenile of a previously unknown species they have named Zavacephale rinpoche.
