Meet the Emirati royal set to direct Australia’s largest arts festival
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Meet the Emirati royal set to direct Australia’s largest arts festival

International curator Hoor Al Qasimi,the youngest daughter of the Emir of Sharjah,is to lead the artistic direction of the next Biennale of Sydney.

  • byLinda Morris

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Australian grandmother stranded – and uncontactable – in Dubai Airport

Australian grandmother stranded – and uncontactable – in Dubai Airport

Doreen Farrington,76,was meant to be in Dubai for 90 minutes,but she’s still there more than 40 hours later after torrential rain caused airport chaos – and worried family members have been unable to contact her.

  • byHannah Kennelly
Australian Paralympians stranded in Dubai by torrential rain

Australian Paralympians stranded in Dubai by torrential rain

The swimmers are travelling to compete in Portugal,but had to sleep overnight at the airport after the weather caused flight chaos.

  • byHannah Kennelly
Heavy rains lash Dubai and disrupt flights,toll rises in Oman

Heavy rains lash Dubai and disrupt flights,toll rises in Oman

Parts of the UAE received 2½ times the average annual rainfall in 24 hours. Emirates says it has suspended check-ins for the day.

  • byJon Gambrell
How the US is exploiting the world’s oil cartel
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How the US is exploiting the world’s oil cartel

Saudi Arabia and the rest of the OPEC+ cartel have been desperately trying to prop up oil prices over the past 18 months. But they have paid a heavy price.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Hungry Palestinians crowd on beaches as food is dropped from planes

Hungry Palestinians crowd on beaches as food is dropped from planes

One in six children under age 2 in northern Gaza suffers from acute malnutrition and wasting,a coordination director of the UN told the body.

  • byMichelle Nichols andSuleiman Al-Khalidi
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The world’s second-busiest airport is also one of the best
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The world’s second-busiest airport is also one of the best

If you were to find yourself living in an airport terminal this would be the place to do it.

  • byJenny Hewett
Superjumbos to keep flying ‘well into’ 2030s

Superjumbos to keep flying ‘well into’ 2030s

Reports of the death of the A380 have been greatly exaggerated,at least for one airline.

  • byJulietta Jameson
Mining,chickens,equity fund. Hamas’ money machine ignored by Israel

Mining,chickens,equity fund. Hamas’ money machine ignored by Israel

The ledgers,pilfered from the computer of a senior Hamas official,listed assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Netanyahu “didn’t care much about it”.

  • byJo Becker andJustin Scheck
Away from the glitter of Dubai,a village is being devoured by sand

Away from the glitter of Dubai,a village is being devoured by sand

Rising out of the desert,the futuristic metropolis of Dubai hosted a historic global agreement this week. Nearby,nature takes its toll.

  • byLucy Cormack
The abandoned desert village of Al Ghuraifa
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The abandoned desert village of Al Ghuraifa

Al Ghuraifa is an abandoned settlement less than 100 kilometres from the Gulf city of Dubai.