Air Arabia expanded its fleet to 83 aircraft and launched 13 new routes in the first half of 2025/ Image: Air Arabia Air Arabia reported a solid AED 415 million net profit for the second quarter of 2025, showing resilience despite geopolitical turbulence and sector-wide challenges. With robust passenger growth, high seat load factors, and…
The University of Kansas has announced a transformational, record-setting gift of roughly $300 million from alumnus and investing pioneer David G. Booth. Timed just ahead of the Jayhawks’ Aug. 23 football opener, the donation is among the largest single contributions in college athletics and the largest in KU history. Booth’s commitment immediately advances Phase II…
Scientists are warning of a potentially catastrophic mega-tsunami that could strike parts of the US Pacific Coast, triggered by a major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ). Stretching roughly 600 miles from Northern California to Vancouver Island, this fault line accumulates massive tectonic stress as the Juan de Fuca Plate slides beneath the North…
Canada wildfires (AP photo) Almost 20,000 people in western Canada were on standby on Wednesday as a wildfire swept across Mount Underwood, overlooking the city of Port Alberni. Authorities say the blaze is “out of control” and could spread further. Wildfires are also threatening other parts of the country. In Newfoundland and Labrador, parts of…
A Breeze Airways flight bound for Los Angeles was diverted to a Colorado airport after an unruly passenger, waving a skateboard and shouting racial slurs, clashed with fellow passengers and flight attendants and twice escaped his restraints, as per airline and local authorities.Breeze Airways Flight 704, which departed Norfolk, Virginia, at 9.17 am (local time)…
The world’s superpowers met in 1945 in the Black Sea port of Yalta to divide up Europe after the defeat of Nazi Germany. They drew lines on the map that tore apart countries, effectively delivered Eastern Europe to Soviet occupation and dismembered Poland. And none of those countries were represented. As President Trump prepares to…
Melania Trump, Hunter Biden (AP) US First Lady Melania Trump has issued a $1 billion legal notice to Hunter Biden, alleging that he made “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” about her regarding her connections with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. She is demanding that he remove the content, retract his statements, and issue a…
A divided US federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration can proceed with billions of dollars in cuts to foreign assistance programs.In a 2-1 decision, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned a lower court ruling that would have required the restoration of aid funds approved by…
Ivanka Trump with her father, Donald Trump (Instagram: ivankatrump) President Donald Trump reportedly wants his daughter, Ivanka Trump, to participate in planning and organizing an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight on the White House lawn to commemorate America’s 250th Independence anniversary next year. This comes despite her having stepped back from politics.Since Trump’s reelection…
At least six people were killed when a pickup truck ran a stop sign and collided with a van in a rural area of Michigan, authorities said.The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon in Gilford Township, Tuscola County, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Detroit.Thirteen people were in the two vehicles at the time, including ten…