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World leaders have congratulated Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he won re-election  in a historic run-off that posed the biggest challenge to his 20 years in power. Erdogan  won Turkey’s presidency with 52.14 percent of the votes, said the head of the Supreme Election Council, Ahmet Yener, on Sunday, making the results official. With 99.43 percent of ballot boxes opened, Erdogan’s rival  Kemal Kilicdaroglu  received 47.86 percent of votes, Yener said. With a gap of more than two million votes between candidates, the rest of the uncounted ballots will not change the result, he added. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3Ui-iQFIS8 The elections, in which more than 64 million Turks at home and abroad were entitled to vote, took place against a background of a cost-of-living crisis that saw inflation peak at 85 percent in October and  earthquakes  in February that killed more than 50,000 people. Erdogan, 69, who came to power in 2003, initially as prime mi...

Two major airlines, Emirates and Etihad, both based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), are set to work more closely together. This has sparked discussions about the possibility of a merger and the potential for a Mideast super airline. The UAE’s ownership of two dominant global Emirates and Etihad carriers with highly overlapping international air networks may appear extravagant at first glance. Some might question the need for two airlines in such close proximity. However, the recent announcement of an interline partnership between Emirates and Etihad has revived speculation about a potential merger, a topic often debated within aviation circles for a long time. However, local politics and the geographical separation of their prestigious hub airports, which are located an hour apart, have posed challenges to such consolidation. Earlier this month both airlines agreed on an interline partnership, prompting questions about the implications for passengers and the potentia...

The United Arab Emirates’ astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi has shared a stunning night-time view of Dubai from space – capturing some of the emirate’s most famous landmarks. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, shared the photo on his Twitter account, describing it as “an awe-inspiring photograph of Dubai taken by Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi.” https://twitter.com/HamdanMohammed/status/1653772595492188162 Last week al-Neyadi - who is currently on a six-month mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS) - made history by becoming the first Arab to perform a spacewalk. Al-Neyadi trained for more than 55 hours at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in preparation for spacewalks. https://twitter.com/Astro_Alneyadi/status/1654063551932137473 He blasted into space on March 2 from the United States’ NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of a six-month mission which will carry out experiments ...

The United Arab Emirates' first gaming resort of Wynn Al Marjan Island being built at the cost of $3.9 billion is expected to generate an annual cash flow of $400 million to $600 million. Las Vegas-based casino operator Wynn Resorts said that the resort will be built at Ras Al-Khaimah featuring exceptional entertainment and gaming amenities. However, given the advantages of location demographics, wealth, and tourism, long-term earnings potential could be even greater at Wynn Al Marjan Island. Preliminary construction work has begun on Wynn Al Marjan Island set on a man-made and hotel-studded promontory. The resort will feature 1,500 rooms, 24 dining and lounge experiences, spa and wellness services, a high-end shopping esplanade, a state-of-the-art events centre, a theatre, and more. It will also offer entertainment experiences including nightly laser and light shows, and will open in early 2027, Wynn said, revising an earlier schedule of 2026. About an hou...