Nothing much lies on Qatar’s border with Saudi Arabia. A few sunbaked outposts and miles and miles of vast, empty desert in all directions. Then, earlier this year, something very different appeared in the middle of this nowhere: A huge, gleaming luxury hotel complex, complete with its own theme park. The Hilton Salwa Beach Resort...
There is a rhythm to the frenzy in this tailoring shop in the heartland of Nigeria’s oil zone. The whirring of four electric sewing machines snips from two industrial-sized scissors and the sizzle of moist fabric as steam billows from a large pressing iron. But another sounds jars as the six sweaty men work: the...
As many as half a million workers are striking across Britain on Wednesday, closing schools, canceling university lectures, and bringing most of the rail network to a standstill in what unions say is the biggest single day of walkouts in more than a decade. Teachers, university staff, train drivers, and civil servants — including staff checking passports at airports — are...
King Charles III will not feature on Australia’s new five dollar note, the country’s central bank has announced. The new design will pay tribute to “the culture and history” of Indigenous Australians, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) says. A portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on the current design of the five-dollar...
Before the pandemic, Mark had a lot of autonomy in his job in the IT department of a US industrial firm. He and his teammates were able to get their work done, he says, “without our manager doing much, you know, managing”. That changed abruptly when the company transitioned to working from home. “The monitoring...
Influencer Andrew Tate has appeared in court in Romania to appeal against his detention after more than a month in custody. Handcuffed to his brother Tristan, he shouted to waiting for reporters that he was innocent. The pair have been held since late December as police investigate allegations of rape and exploitation, which both men...
A man who lost £500,000 betting has described how his gambling addiction started with gaming as a teenager. Jordan Lea, from Llysfaen, Conwy county, started placing bets at about 14, and by his late 20s, was in huge debt. He has set up a gambling help charity that is seeing “a huge amount” of young...
Several suspects have been arrested in connection with Monday’s suicide bomb blast in a mosque in Pakistan’s northern city of Peshawar that killed more than 100 people. More arrests will take place following a major police investigation into the attack that injured another 217 people, Peshawar Police Chief Mohammad Aijaz Khan said. Authorities are also investigating...
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