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Sheikh Mohammed launches AED1 billion Ramadan 2026 campaign to save five million children/image: X As Ramadan approaches, Dubai’s Ruler has placed the fight against child hunger at the centre of the UAE’s humanitarian efforts. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Friday announced the launch of the “Edge of Life” campaign, an initiative aimed at saving five million children under the age of five from death caused by malnutrition and hunger.In a message shared on social media, Sheikh Mohammed described the coming of Ramadan as a generous and cherished month, adding that it has become an annual tradition for the UAE to launch a humanitarian campaign that extends support from the people of the UAE to communities around the world. He stressed that the holy month represents an opportunity to reinforce values of compassion and collective responsibility.The campaign comes against a stark global backdrop. Sheikh Mohammed noted that more than 118 million children worldwide suffe..

Egypt lifts massive stones from the 2,000-year-old Lighthouse of Alexandria buried beneath the sea (Photo credit: GEDEON Programmes / CEAlex) Off the coast of Alexandria, divers and cranes have returned to a site that has rested underwater for centuries. Large stone blocks linked to the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria are being lifted from the seabed as part of a renewed archaeological effort. The structure, known as Pharos, once stood at the entrance to the city’s harbour and was counted among the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Thirty years after underwater remains were first identified in 1995, researchers are now raising selected architectural pieces for detailed study. The work forms part of the PHAROS project, a French-led programme that aims to document, scan and digitally reconstruct the lighthouse using both recovered blocks and fragments mapped beneath the Mediterranean.
Egypt excavation recovers twenty-two lighthouse blocks lifted from the seabedDassault Systems Foundat..

AdvertisementHong Kong propertyBusinessPrince Jewellery director sells upscale Hong Kong flat, upgrades to duplexTang Yick-ki swaps his 1,019 sq ft flat in The Cullinan for a 1,593 sq ft duplex in The Waterfront
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPCheryl ArcibalPublished: 5:05pm, 13 Feb 2026A director of Hong Kong-based Prince Jewellery and Watch has sold a flat in Kowloon and upgraded to a two-storey unit in the same neighbourhood, with an analyst saying that wealthy homeowners are taking advantage of improving sentiment to swap their dwellings.Tang Yick-ki, a director at Prince Jewellery and Sky Regal Properties, completed both deals in just over a month. Tang also serves as a director in many other companies including Just Gold, Peonia Diamond and Peonia Holdings, according to the Companies Registry.
As the city’s property market gradually shakes off a protracted slump, affluent homeowners were likely to upgrade their dwellings amid uncertain times, according to Knight Frank..

AdvertisementFranceWorldEuropeMum in France charged after 2 babies found dead in freezerThe 50-year-old woman was charged after she was arrested and admitted to freezing her newborns
Reading Time:1 minuteWhy you can trust SCMPAgence France-PressePublished: 5:03pm, 13 Feb 2026The mother of two infants found dead in a freezer in eastern France has been charged and placed in pre-trial detention, a prosecutor said on Friday.The case is the latest suspected instance of infanticide to emerge in France in recent years.
Prosecutor Cedric Logelin said the 50-year-old woman was charged late on Thursday, a day after she was arrested in the western Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and admitted to freezing her newborns.
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The grim discovery was made after the woman, who had nine children from three different fathers, had abruptly left the family home in the eastern town of Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont in December.
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