For many people who work as tour guides, showing people around a new city involves a little bit of getting off the beaten track. But when there is no track at all, you just have to blaze one yourself. [...]

Myanmar military occupies hospitals and universities ahead of mass strike

Troops in Myanmar have occupied hospitals and university campuses, and ramped up nighttime raids ahead of a nationwide strike to protest against the military coup, according to local media reports. [...]

Amid Mosul rubble, Pope declares hope 'more powerful than hatred'

Standing amid the rubble left behind by the now defeated ISIS terrorists in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Pope Francis on Saturday declared hope to be "more powerful than hatred and peace more powerful than war." [...]

Sheikh Hamdan launches Dubai Schools; focus on Arabic, Islamic

School model result of 'unique partnership' between the government and private sector. [...]

UAE authority slams rumour on offices closing over Covid

Official clarifies that only 3 maids tested positive for Covid as 350 PCR tests were conducted. [...]

Dubai Police foil gang's bid to steal Dh1.3 million Lamborghini

The suspects, who had taken residence in an upscale Dubai neighbourhood, planned to steal and smuggle high-end cars. [...]

1.4 million more Sinovac doses to arrive this month, says Galvez

(Eagle News) – Some 1.4 million additional doses of Sinovac vaccines are expected to arrive in the country this month, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. In an interview over government television PTV-4 on Sunday night, Galvez said that 317,359 doses or more than half of the initial 600,000 doses delivered on Feb. 28 of the Sinovac vaccines had already been deployed nationwide to health workers as their first dose. The second dose […] [...]

No holds barred: Meghan and Harry’s historic interview

by Thomas URBAIN, with Ben SHEPPARD in Washington Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Meghan Markle opened up about battling suicidal thoughts, Prince Harry disclosed a painful rift with his father — and both settled a fair few scores in their history-making interview with Oprah Winfrey. The gloves came off as the pair lifted the veil on their dramatic exit from royal life, holding little back as they alleged racism in […] [...]

PHL reports 3,356 additional COVID-19 cases; total at 597,763

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 597,763 after the Department of Health reported 3356 additional cases. This is the fourth consecutive day the Philippines recorded over 3,000 additional cases in a day in 2021. Of these, 39330 were active. Of the active cases, 91.2 percent were mild, 4 percent asymptomatic, 2 percent critical, 2 percent severe, and 0.83 percent were moderate. Sixty-one additional recoveries pushed the COVID-19 recovery total to 545912. Five […] [...]