The United Arab Emirates’ first “gaming” resort will open in four years and cost $3.9 billion to build, said US casino operator Wynn Resorts, while sharing details of the flamboyant project. Wynn operates casinos in Las Vegas and Boston as well as Macau. The resort will feature “exceptional entertainment and gaming amenities,” the operator said. Preliminary construction work has begun on Wynn Al Marjan Island, set on a man-made, hotel-studded promontory off Ras Al-Khaimah. The resort, with 1,500 rooms, 24 dining and lounge areas, spa facilities, high-end shopping and nightly lase
Turkey has gifted the Mexico army a new search puppy after the death of a Mexican rescue dog that helped in finding survivors of February’s massive earthquake. Mexico deployed rescue dogs to Turkey after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook a huge area near the southern border with Syria, causing at least 54,000 deaths across both nations. The three-month-old German Shepherd will join Mexico’s famous canine unit specialised in helping locate survivors in a country prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters. After an online vote, the black and beige canine was named Arkadas, whic
King Charles' and his wife Queen Consort Camilla were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London on May 6. Charles III was on Saturday crowned monarch of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth nations after a lifetime as heir apparent to his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Camilla, his wife, was crowned immediately after.’ The coronation — a symbolic coming together of the monarchy, church and state — was attended by dignitaries from around the world, and thousands of people gathered in London to take in all the pageantry. It was Britain's first coronation in 70 years. Cries of
An ancient structure, which provides an evidence of a “modern society” that existed thousands of years ago, has been discovered from Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India In a survey that started on April 1, archeologists found many archaeological treasures from the national park. The researchers found paintings from the past, man-made water bodies used to collect rainwater, and a few other pieces of evidence to suggest that a modern society once existed here. The team said that the famous tiger reserve was once most likely part of an old trade route where travelling trade
Researchers have discovered an over 900-foot-deep ‘blue hole’ in the Western Caribbean off the Mexican coast. Spread over an area of 13,660 square meters, the giant, underwater cavern is located in Chetumal Bay and has been named Taam Ja’, which means ‘deep water’ in Mayan. Taam ja' Blue Hole is now the world’s second-deepest known blue hole, after the Great Blue Hole in Belize. The newly discovered blue hole has a nearly circular shape at its surface. The blue holes found on coastal karst platforms around the world, including the Caribbean Sea and the Yucatán Peninsula, co
The United Nations has said that the world’s glaciers dissipated significantly last year and many of them will disappear. It added that saving the glaciers is essentially a lost cause as climate change indicators have reached record highs. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) underlined that the last eight years have been the warmest ever observed and greenhouse gas concentrations, such as carbon dioxide, have increased tremendously. “Antarctic sea ice fell to its lowest extent on record and the melting of some European glaciers was, literally, off the charts,” the WMO said in
A 24,500-square-feet plot in Jumeirah Bay in Dubai has sold for 125 million dirham ($34 million or ₹278 crore), making it the most expensive plot to be sold in the UAE, says a report. Worth 5,100 dirham per square foot, the plot has been sold to an international buyer, who will build a mansion on the plot, the report adds. Earlier, the most expensive land deal in the UAE was 91 million dirham ($24 million), according to property consultant Knight Frank. The sale “solidifies the island’s status as a super-prime destination,” Knight Frank said in a press release announcing the deal.
Skywatchers in Europe, Asia and North America were treated on the night of April 23 to witness the most widespread displays of the aurora borealis (northern lights or) since the autumn solar storms of 2003. Similar impressive shows of the aurora australis (southern lights) were seen in Australia and New Zealand. The widespread international display of lights was due to a severe solar storm. An intense solar storm has the northern lights gracing the skies farther south than usual. A blast of superhot material from the sun recently threw sweltering gases known as plasma towards Earth at abou
India’s first water-based metro, Kochi Water Metro recorded a footfall of 6,559 passengers on the first day of service. The water metro was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, April 25. The commercial operations started at 7 am on Wednesday and closed at 8 pm. Initially, the service — an eight electric-hybrid boats — will ply on two routes of High Court-Vypin and Vyttila- Kakkanad. On its first day, the water metro operated every 15 minutes in the High Court-Vypin route from both terminals. The service on the Vyttila-Kakkanad route began on Thursday. A
A portrait by Anglo-Hungarian painter Philip de Laszlo of two Indian soldiers who fought in World War-I was placed under a temporary export bar by the government of the United Kingdom. It has been done to allow time for a UK institution to acquire the work to prevent it leaving the country. The ₹6.6-crore unfinished painting depicts cavalry officers Jagat Singh and Man Singh. The unfinished portrait is valued at around GBP 650,000. The painting is extremely rare in depicting active Indian participants in the First World War. It shows cavalry officers Risaldar Jagat Singh and Risaldar Man