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Oscar-winning writer and director Spike Lee will return to Saudi Arabia to head this year's Red Sea International Film Festival jury. Reuters

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Israeli army vehicles pass by a protest sign showing a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they move along the northern border.

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Pollution surged to unsafe levels in Delhi this week as cities in India and Pakistan were shrouded in smog. EPA

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Teenage Moroccan winger Eliesse Ben Seghir is now in his third season at Ligue 1 side Monaco.

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People displaced by conflict fasten the ropes tying their make-shift shack together while sheltering along the corniche waterfront in Ain al-Mreisseh in central Beirut on October 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

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A farmer carries a bundle of wheat on a farm in the Nile Delta province of Al Sharqia, Egypt. AP

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Adia Lab advisory board member and former US energy secretary and Steven Chu spoke about AI's impact on energy consumption and energy efficiency. Photo: Cody Combs

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An Abu Dhabi Public Art Biennial installation on the Corniche by artist Wael Al Awar. Victor Besa / The National

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Israeli army vehicles pass by a protest sign showing a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they move along the northern border.

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Pollution surged to unsafe levels in Delhi this week as cities in India and Pakistan were shrouded in smog. EPA

Trees, rice and prefab homes: Ideas to clean up India and Pakistan's air

Teenage Moroccan winger Eliesse Ben Seghir is now in his third season at Ligue 1 side Monaco.

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People displaced by conflict fasten the ropes tying their make-shift shack together while sheltering along the corniche waterfront in Ain al-Mreisseh in central Beirut on October 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

PodcastThe lingering impact of mass displacement in Lebanon

A farmer carries a bundle of wheat on a farm in the Nile Delta province of Al Sharqia, Egypt. AP

CommentInnovation is at the heart of tackling climate change, but it costs money

Adia Lab advisory board member and former US energy secretary and Steven Chu spoke about AI's impact on energy consumption and energy efficiency. Photo: Cody Combs

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An Abu Dhabi Public Art Biennial installation on the Corniche by artist Wael Al Awar. Victor Besa / The National

EditorialWhat the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial means for the art world, at home and abroad

Mahmoud Assaf. Rakan Abed El Rahman for The National

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Israeli army vehicles pass by a protest sign showing a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they move along the northern border.

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