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Cafe owner Merat Behnam rides her yellow scooter through Tehran, defying traffic rules and social restrictions/Image: AP In Tehran’s dense traffic, where millions of cars and motorbikes jostle daily for space, a quiet transformation is taking shape. Women, long excluded from the city’s motorbike culture by regulation and taboo, are beginning to ride for themselves,…

New York City’s incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani has sparked an extraordinary wave of interest before even stepping into City Hall. His transition team revealed that more than 50,000 people have already applied through the official portal, transition2025.com, hoping to secure a role in the administration he promises will put working people at the centre of…

Glen Powell’s Saturday Night Live debut hasn’t even aired yet, but the internet has already declared him a winner. All it took was one promo, one cleaning cart, and one very committed attempt at “walking like Walken.” The result? A viral moment that has fans delighted, confused and ready to vote Powell into the Five-Timers…

Lead singer of Decessus, Ignacia Fernandez surprised judges with death metal act, securing Miss Mundo Chile/Image: Instagram In a world where beauty pageant talent shows often feature piano pieces, ballet routines, or pop songs, Ignacia Fernandez offered something entirely unexpected: the guttural, unrelenting sound of death metal. Her performance at the Miss Mundo Chile semi-finals…

UAE launches first private astronaut training centre 2025 / Image source: File A new private human spaceflight training centre is set to open in the UAE, the region’s first licensed private facility focused on astronaut readiness, space medicine and analogue mission simulations. The project is a public-private push to build local capability, create specialist jobs…

Muhammad Yunus (ANI image) Bangladesh’s interim chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Thursday announced that Dhaka will hold a national referendum on implementing the landmark “July Charter” for state reform on the same day as its parliamentary elections in February 2026. The charter, drafted following last year’s deadly student-led uprising, aims to reshape the country’s political…

Nina Lin doesn’t think she’ll be invited to this year’s Streamer Awards due to her sexual assault controversy involving FaZe Silky’s assistant Said (Image via: @ninadaddyisback/Instagram) A new controversy has reignited discussions in the Twitch and streaming community, this time involving banned streamer Nina Lin and creator Wendy Ortiz. During a recent livestream, Nina Lin…

Dubai’s Unified Licence now allows businesses to open bank accounts in just five days efficiently/Representative Image Dubai has dramatically simplified business operations with the Dubai Unified Licence (DUL), cutting the average time to open a business bank account from 65 days to just five. The initiative, led by the Dubai Business Registration and Licensing Corporation…

Ronaldo’s Saudi gamble turns into global Football triumph / Image Credit: Al-Nassr FC Cristiano Ronaldo told a Riyadh audience that those who called his move to Saudi Arabia “crazy” were wrong, and that he now “feels like a Saudi.” He praised the kingdom’s safety, tourism projects such as AlUla and the Red Sea developments, and…

Dubai’s Emirates Airlines and Dubai Land Department partnered with Crypto.com to enable cryptocurrency payments for flights and real estate. Dubai’s vision of a crypto-integrated economy Dubai is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s most forward-thinking cities in adopting digital technologies, with cryptocurrency taking a prominent place. Known for its innovation, tax efficiency, and investor-friendly…