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Lady Gaga performed an iconic French cabaret classic at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.

Australian field hockey player Matt Dawson has gone to extraordinary lengths to compete at the Paris Olympics, amputating part of a finger to ensure he will be fit for his third Games.

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) removed head coach Bev Priestman on Thursday following her suspension by Canada Soccer over a drone spying scandal that has thrust the 2020 Olympic gold medalists into an unsavory global spotlight.

France aims to wow the world on Friday with an extravagant Olympics opening ceremony through the heart of Paris, officially kicking off a Games fraught with security risks at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions.

Spain playmaker Aitana Bonmati scored once and created another goal as the world champions came from behind to beat Japan 2-1 in the opening Group C match of Olympics women's football competition in Nantes.

At the 14th BRICS Trade Ministers Meeting in Moscow, the UAE reiterated its call for stronger cooperation among member nations.

Around 80 countries reached an agreement on Friday on rules governing global digital commerce including recognition of e-signatures and protection against online fraud, but failed to bring the United States on board.

Abu Dhabi Customs has won six gold awards at the 2024 Harvard Business Council International Awards, based in New York City, for its excellence in applying the best international practices and standards of quality and institutional excellence.

Dubai Taxi Company (DTC) has reported its financial results for the six months (H1) ending June 30, 2024, showing a 14 per cent year-on-year revenue growth to AED 1.09 billion.

More than 97 per cent of Windows sensors are back online, CrowdStrike's CEO George Kurtz said on Thursday, nearly a week after a software update by the cybersecurity firm triggered a global outage.

The UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced new guidelines to standardise and enhance the medical examination procedures for newborns.

Motorists involved in minor traffic accidents in Abu Dhabi are being urged to use the 'Saaed' app from August 1, instead of calling the emergency hotline 999.

The UAE has distributed urgent aid, date parcels, and gallons of drinking water to displaced Palestinian families in shelter camps in Khan Younis, through its humanitarian arm Operation Chivalrous Knight 3.

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has revoked the licence of Galaxy Insurance Broker and struck the company's name off its official register.

The Emirati Police Support Team has commenced its mission to help secure the Paris 2024 Olympics as part of a joint international effort.

The UAE has called for an immediate halt to violence, and facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid to people in Sudan. 

Gabriel Boric Font, President of Chile, is set to begin an official visit to the UAE from Monday, July 29.

The UAE has won the bid to host COSPAR 2028, one of the largest space science conferences in the world.

Vandals targeted France's high-speed train network with a series of coordinated actions that brought major disruption to some of the country's busiest rail lines ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and the son of his ex-partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were arrested on Thursday in El Paso, Texas, in a major coup for US authorities that may also reshape the Mexican criminal landscape.

Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign blitz to the largest US teachers' union on Thursday, promising a "fight for the future" as new opinion polls showed her narrowing the gap with Republican rival Donald Trump.

US Vice President Kamala Harris pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to help reach a Gaza ceasefire deal that would ease the suffering of Palestinian civilians, striking a tougher tone than President Joe Biden.

US District Judge Reed O'Connor should reject a "sweetheart" plea deal the Justice Department struck with Boeing, relatives of 15 of the 346 people killed in two fatal 737 MAX crashes said on Thursday.

The Bolivian department of Santa Cruz has declared a state of emergency through the end of this year due to extreme weather including wildfires, the departmental government said in a decree published on Thursday.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday in Laos, where the two leaders agreed to resolve border issues as soon as possible.

Greater Manchester Police have suspended a police officer after a video showed a British policeman kick and stamp on a man's head during an arrest at Manchester airport.