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$150 for a wave: the Abu Dhabi wave pool targeting the ultra-rich

Abu Dhabi has many of the things that surfers hunt for in their quest for perfect waves: warm weather, year-round sun and clear water. The only thing it did not have was waves. That changed in October 2024, when Surf Abu Dhabi opened. Offering the longest artificial wave in the world, the company hopes to …

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Egypt Independent September 4, 2025

Iran confirms third wave of attacks on Israel

Iran confirms third wave of attacks on Israel Iranian news media have reported a new wave of ballistic missiles launched

Middle East Eye June 16, 2025

Putin threatens to strike Ukraine again with new missile after wave of attacks on energy

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to strike Ukraine again with a new nuclear-capable ballistic missile following Moscow’s latest widespread attack on critical energy infrastructure. More than a million households in Ukraine were left without power following the overnight bombardment, authorities in the country said Thursday. It’s Russia’s 11th large-scale assault …

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Egypt Independent December 1, 2024

The new wave of pop stars who are getting young voters tuned into the 2024 election

CNN — Hear that? That’s the sound of a wave of young pop artists powering Vice President Kamala Harris on TikTok. A video shared this week by the Harris campaign on the platform, set to pop star Chappell Roan’s song “Femininomenon” from her 2023 album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” paints her in stark …

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Egypt Independent August 1, 2024

Cameron, Bedford win appeals amid AFL tackle shock wave

Brisbane Lions star Charlie Cameron and GWS tagger Toby Bedford have sensationally had their respective three-match suspensions for rough conduct

Australian Associated Press July 19, 2024

Heat waves are getting longer and more brutal. Here’s why your AC can’t save you anymore

CNN — When Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana with catastrophic flooding and powerful winds in August 2021, more than 1 million people lost power. Then came the heat wave. Temperatures rose above 90 degrees Fahrenheit — a sucker punch to those sweltering in their homes, unable to turn on air conditioning as power outages stretched on …

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Egypt Independent July 6, 2024

Delhi suffers extreme weather whiplash as heat waves give way to record rain and deadly flash floods

CNN — Deadly flash flooding due to sudden heavy rains has inundated India’s capital, replacing one of the worst heat waves in Delhi’s history that sent temperatures soaring well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). An observatory in New Delhi on Friday reported 228.1 millimeters (nearly 9 inches) of rainfall in a 24-hour period, the …

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Egypt Independent July 1, 2024

A summer wave of Covid-19 has arrived in the US

CNN — Covid-19 levels have been rising in the United States for weeks as new variants drive what’s become an annual summer surge. Covid-19 surveillance has been scaled back significantly since the US public health emergency ended more than a year ago — individual cases are no longer counted, and severe outcomes are based on …

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Egypt Independent July 1, 2024

New virus variants threaten a summer Covid-19 wave, but experts say the risk remains uncertain

CNN — Covid-19 levels are about the lowest they’ve ever been in the United States, but another new crop of virus variants once again threatens to disrupt the downward trend as the country heads into summer. KP.2 — one of the so-called FLiRT variants — has overtaken JN.1 to become the dominant coronavirus variant in …

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Egypt Independent May 19, 2024

New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it

CNN — Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors. This technology is also being used below sea level. …

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Egypt Independent February 2, 2024