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Researchers have detected one of the highest-energy particles ever falling to Earth. Cosmic rays are high-energy particles that come from sources in space such as the sun, but this recent detection is more powerful than anything that can be explained by known sources in our galaxy or even beyond. The particle had an energy of 2.4 x 1020eV, which is millions of times the energy of the particles produced in a particle collider. The detection was made in May 2021 using a facility called the Telescope Array, located near Salt Lake City in Utah. It has 500 surface detectors which…

The Abu Dhabi Winter Shopping Season returns by offering residents and tourists fun activities, festive celebrations, activations, shop-and-win opportunities, and mega sales at malls and shopping centres in the emirate till January 31, 2024. Between December 1 and 28, Bawabat Al Sharq Mall is giving customers a chance to enter the big draw on an all-new MG ZS EV 2024 electric car upon shopping for Dh200 from any store, or for Dh400 at Carrefour. The name of this year’s lucky winner will be announced on December 29. All F&B outlets at the mall are included in the ‘shop and win’…

Iran has executed a 17-year-old convicted of murder, two rights groups said on Saturday, expressing outrage that the country continues to hang people for crimes committed as minors. Hamidreza Azari was executed on Friday in prison in the eastern town of Sabzevar in Razavi Khorasan province, the Norway-based Hengaw and Iran Human Rights (IHR) groups said in separate statements. Persian-language satellite TV channel Iran International also reported the execution, saying Azari was the only child in his family and despite his age had already a few years ago started working as a scrap worker. Citing documents they had seen, both…

Black Friday has come and gone, but there are still a ton of Black Friday deals sticking around. Many of them make a great opportunity to add a new TV to your home theater — or to any other room in your house — at a pretty substantial discount. Best Buy alone has more than 300 TVs still seeing Black Friday discounts, and they range in size from models that would go well on a desk to models that would go a long way toward creating a cinema-like experience at home. Prices start as low as $50, so click over…

A Saudi specialist heart surgeon based in the US – who has performed numerous successful heart surgeries, including a lifesaving operation on a foetus inside a mother’s womb – has been named on Saturday as the inaugural winner of the Great Arab Minds Award for Medicine. Dr. Hani Najm from Saudi Arabia, head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Ohio, US, was commended for his distinguished medical achievement. Launched last year by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the…

At least four students were killed and more than 60 people were injured in a stampede during a music programme held as part of a tech fest at Kerala’s Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) on Saturday evening. At least four of the injured students are in critical condition, local media reported. The music programme by Nikita Gandhi was ongoing at a hall in the university and around 1,000 students were attending the event. However, more than 2,000 students were outside the auditorium as entry was allowed only for the students technical courses. Those who were standing outside the…

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Juice mission is heading to Jupiter, but it isn’t traveling all that way in a straight line. Instead, like most solar system missions, the spacecraft makes use of the gravity of other planets to give it a push on its way. But Juice will be making an unusual maneuver next year, carrying out the first gravity assist flyby around both Earth and the moon. This week, the spacecraft made its longest maneuver yet to get into position ahead of the first of its kind flyby in 2024. On November 17, the Juice spacecraft burned 10%…

The Dubai Police on Saturday urged motorists to take extra caution on the roads as unstable weather conditions continue across the country. Dubai residents saw heavy rains this morning but stopped a few hours later. In other emirates, the downpour continued until afternoon, prompting the UAE’s National Centre of Meteorology to issue yellow and orange alerts. During heavy rain, drivers should steer clear of valleys and bodies of water, the police said in its advisory. In fact, entering flooded valleys — regardless of level of danger — is a serious offence punishable by a Dh2,000 fine, 23 black points, 60-day…

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched through central London on Saturday to call for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the latest in a series of similar weekend demonstrations in the capital since the seven-week war began. Saturday’s rally took place during a four-day truce between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, the first break in the fighting, but protesters said that was not enough. “We need full support for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza,” protester Kate Hudson, 64, told Reuters at the rally as demonstrators carrying signs such as “Ceasefire Now!” and “Stop the War on Gaza”…

For WWE fans, November means one thing: Survivor Series. As one of the WWE’s Big Five events, Survivor Series is the second longest premium live event in the company behind WrestleMania. In 2022, Survivor Series was rebranded as Survivor Series: WarGames to spotlight the men’s and women’s WarGames matches. The theme returns this year for the 2023 Survivor Series: WarGames. WarGames is one of the most innovative matches in the WWE. Teams of four to five superstars compete across two rings, side by side, inside a massive steel cage. Two superstars start the match, and every couple of minutes, another…