Abu Dhabi, UAE – The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) at the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), has announced the translation of nine new books into five languages.As part of SZBA’s Translation Grant, the Arabic books have been translated into English, French, Italian, Ukrainian and, for the first time under the initiative, Greek. This means that a total of 24 titles have now been published with funding from the grant since it was launched in 2018.The Translation Grant offers up to US $19,000 in financial support…
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Morocco players and officials applaud the fans after their third-place match against Croatia at the Khalifa International Stadium yesterday. REUTERS Morocco coach Walid Regragui has declared Africa can win the World Cup in 15 to 20 years – drawing from the exploits of the Atlas Lions, who made history in Qatar 2022. Morocco became the first African side to reach the semi-final of football’s prestigious showpiece when they knocked out Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. However, successive losses to France in the semis and Croatia in the third-place match means the North Africans leave the FIFA World Cup Qatar without a medal.…
QUINUA, Peru (AP) — This rural hamlet nestled high in the Peruvian Andes was the site of a major battle that secured South America’s independence from Spain in the 19th century.But on Saturday, the streets of Quinua were overrun by weeping residents commemorating a far more senseless loss: the death of Clemer Rojas, a 23-year-old student who left his parents’ home Thursday to protest the ousting of President Pedro Castillo and never returned. A funeral procession of a few thousand peasant farmers, led by a steady drumbeat and people speaking in their native Quechua language, carried Rojas’ casket draped in…
ESTERO Saturday night will be the latest installment in the tradition of fans tossing teddy bears onto the ice when the Florida Everblades score against the Orlando Solar Bears. After the Everblades scored their first goal, fans threw hundreds of stuffed animals on the ice. The best part about the celebration was knowing kids at the Golisano Children’s Hospital will get the teddy bears. WINK News spoke with fans Chase and Mandy McFarlane about the celebration. “They score their first goal and you throw it on the ice and there is like a lot of bears… and we sit down…
“That Lorca is completely bonkers,” says the actress in Spanish, prompting laughter from a group of British teenagers at London’s Cervantes Theatre. Artistic director Paula Paz, who co-founded the theatre with the actor and director Jorge de Juan, said Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca is a firm favourite with audiences in Britain. From an unassuming corner of south London, the venue is helping to drive a growing interest in Spanish, which is now the most-studied foreign language in Britain. The theatre, built from scratch in a former garage under railway arches, opened in 2016 with Lorca’s 1933 tragedy “Bodas de…
Official says at least 17 people were hospitalised and in critical condition following a huge wave at Durban’s Bay of Plenty.A freak wave has killed three swimmers and injured many others at a popular beach in South Africa’s southeastern city of Durban, according to officials. Robert Mckenzie, a spokesman for KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Medical Services, said the wave on Saturday washed swimmers at the Bay of Plenty out to sea, drowning at least three of them. At least 17 others were injured and were “in serious or critical condition”, he added. The incident occurred at approximately 5.00pm local time (15:00 GMT)…
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature50th over: Australia 218-9 (Carey 14, Lyon 0)Australia’s innings hangs by a thread by Alex Carey will not be cowed. He scampers a single from Rabada’s first delivery, showing trust in Nathan Lyon’s ability with the blade which, as it turns out, is not warranted. Lyon gets a thick edge to Rabada’s third ball and after the starting the day in a shambles Rabada is heading for the showers with 4 for 76 as Australia fall fro 218 all out.50th over: Australia 217-9 (Carey 21, Lyon 0)For a handsome…
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Anti-LGBTQ protesters gathered outside a Chelsea special needs library in Chelsea on Saturday morning in an attempt to disrupt a Drag Story Hour event there. New York City Drag Story Hour, a non-profit that organizes storytelling and creative arts programs for children and teens, hosted a reading event at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library at 11 a.m. The library provides talking books and braille for people who are blind or otherwise unable to read standard print. The event was able to continue as planned, though the demonstrators shouted slurs at people coming…
Johannesburg, South Africa — Three swimmers died and 17 others were seriously injured Saturday when a freak wave struck a popular beach in South Africa’s southeastern city of Durban, the emergency services said. “There was a freak wave that washed some people to sea, three have drowned and 17 people have been taken to hospital,” Robert McKenzie, spokesman of the KwaZulu-Natal provincial first responders services told AFP. He said one of the dead was a child around 7 or 8 years old, while those injured are “in serious or critical condition.” The incident occurred around 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) at…
Elaine Haddad, 92, of Rocky Hill, CT passed away peacefully on December 15, 2022. She was the oldest of six siblings and is survived by three sisters, Jeannette Fitts of Cromwell, CT, Marguerite “Bunny” Sherman (Wayne) of Cromwell, CT, Georgette Armstrong of Lake Placid, FL and by two brothers, Adeeb S. Haddad of Portland, CT and Theodore S. Haddad of Tappahannock, VA.Elaine was born in Willimantic, CT and received her BA from the University of Connecticut in 1952 and her MA from the University of Wisconsin in 1953. Subsequently, she worked as a clerk-typist at Pratt and Whitney for two…