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Despite unscheduled delays and crowd trouble, Real Madrid beat Liverpool in the 2022 Champions League final. Despite dominating the majority of the match, Jurgen Klopp’s side was unable to convert the pressure into goals. At the end of the first half, however, Benzema slid home following a scramble in Liverpool’s penalty area. The Real striker, however, was adjudged offside after a prolonged VAR check. The second-half strike by Vinicius Jr gave Ancelotti’s team the lead and the cup. For the 14th time in history, Real Madrid won the Champions League as Liverpool failed to break through the Spanish side’s defence…

Dubai Internet City (DIC), built in 2000, remains one of the world’s preferred hubs for new economy companies. A number of high-growth, high-value-added, technology-enabled global companies had recently chosen DIC to establish their regional operations. The American content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare has joined the ever-growing list of new economy businesses that have made DIC their home. Earlier this week, Cloudflare announced its first Middle East office to support its growing EMEA operations, offering a base for the expanding team in the Middle East and Turkey. CloudFlare’s Dubai team will help the company grow brand awareness, acquire…

Egyptian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Kuwaiti, Lebanese, and Tunisian permanent representatives met Friday to discuss the water situation in the Arab region in advance of the UN’s 2023 Water Conference. Kuwait’s UN Representative, Mansour Al-Otaibi, said the meeting was organized in coordination with the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) whose members are arranging the issues and cases related to water resources for the upcoming conference. The meeting was attended by the Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA, the Special Envoy of the Netherlands for International Water Affairs, the Co-Chair of the International Steering Committee of the 2022…

Over the next 10 days, low-cost carrier easyJet (EZJ.L) plans to cancel more than 200 flights due to airport delays and other restrictions. This will disrupt travel during the school holidays. In the wake of COVID-19 restrictions being lifted, the European airline has been plagued by a series of problems including the inability to recruit enough ground staff at British airports, as well as IT issues with easyJet. According to media reports, it recently removed six seats from some A319s in order to reduce the crew it needed by one. It announced on Saturday that it would cancel around 24…

Pakistan’s rupee (PKR) has reached an all-time historic low against the US Dollar on the open market. Pakistani media reported that PKR traded at 197.61 on Thursday on the interbank market. In an announcement made by the Pakistan Central Bank on Wednesday, the PKR was trading at 198.39 to the dollar. This is a historic low, meaning it has lost almost a quarter of its value in the past year. In nine trading days, PKR has lost 6.83 percent, according to Geo TV. The PKR traded at 2.2664 against the Indian rupee, 206 against the Euro, and 244 against the…

Ray Liotta, who starred as mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s 1980 gangster film Goodfellas, as well as appearing in Field of Dreams, died while in the Dominican Republic. Jennifer Allen, the star’s publicist, says that he was on location filming Dangerous Waters. The actor, whose other films include Something Wild, Marriage Story, and Hannibal, died in his sleep while shooting his latest project in the Dominican Republic. Liotta’s big break came when he starred as ex-convict Ray Sinclair in the black comedy Something Wild in 1986. The role earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Later, he starred in Dominick…

A fire in a Senegalese hospital resulted in the tragic death of 11 babies, as mothers emerged in tears after the horrific incident. Ndeye Absa Gueye and Diali Kaba rushed to the hospital where Kaba’s two-week-old daughter was being cared for, and 11 babies lost their lives. Following other incidents at hospitals in Senegal, the tragedy in Tivaouane angered the nation. According to the report, she heard about the fire at the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital during the night. However, she didn’t realize it was inside the neonatal unit, which was in the neonatal ward. In the early…

To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, financial inclusion remains a prerequisite. It is the first step towards full personal and business wellbeing. Yet, more than half of the world is yet to gain equitable access to finance, which remains one of the biggest challenges we face today. In driving forward the agenda of stakeholder capitalism, the World Economic Forum has consistently emphasized financial inclusion and its role in helping communities prosper. As part of the ongoing WEF at Davos, several global stakeholders convened to discuss this issue on the second day. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands opened the session raising…

For the first time ever, the United Nations said Monday that the number of forcibly displaced people in the world has surpassed 100 million for the first time in history, as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. In recent years, the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has reached the astounding milestone of 100 million. For the first time, such a high number has been reached. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), this dramatic increase in refugee numbers has been caused by both the Ukraine crisis as well as other deadly…

Eleven civilians have been killed in attacks on two villages in northern Burkina Faso in recent days, according to a statement from the regional governor. The two communities in Seno province were attacked by unidentified armed assailants. Governor Rodolphe Sorgho, in a statement released on Monday, did not provide any further details about the attacks but called for people to remain vigilant. It has been reported that an additional 14 civilians have been found dead after being reported as missing in the wake of the raids. This is according to a local official speaking on condition of anonymity. Mali and…