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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
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On today's episode, the UAE's Rashid rover, carried by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, is expected to launch on Wednesday and will attempt to land on the Moon at the end of April.
Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in 38 years.
Elon Musk said Apple has stopped most of its advertising on Twitter and accused the company of threatening to remove the social platform from its app store.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced plans to transform Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport into massive aviation hub.
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.
On today's episode, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, has congratulated Arab nation Morocco on their win against Belgium in the Fifa World Cup in Qatar, while in Brussels, several football fans smashed shop windows in anger.
The Arab Monetary Fund has signed a $1 billion agreement to support Yemen's economic reform programme under the internationally recognised government.
The zero-Covid strategy of Chinese President Xi Jinping was challenged by thousands of demonstrators in cities across China — with some calling for his removal.
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.
In today's episode, two people die in Saudi Arabia's western coastal city of Jeddah as strong winds and heavy rains close roads and sweep away cars.
Abu Dhabi’s economy expands by 11.2 per cent in the first six months of the year, driven by a robust performance of the oil and non-oil sectors.
Lebanon's divided parliament fails to elect the country's next president for a seventh time.
Americana, the largest quick-service restaurant operator in the Mena region, raises $1.8 billion through its initial public offering.
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.
In today's episode, Iraq says it will send Border Guard units to its borders with Turkey and Iran as part of efforts to stop continuous attacks from its neighbours against dissident Kurdish groups.
Noura Al Kaabi, UAE Minister of Culture and Youth, calls for collective action to tackle climate change, food insecurity and conflict in an address to the UN Alliance of Civilisations Forum in Morocco.
The global ratio of debt to gross domestic product fell for a sixth consecutive quarter in the July-September period to 343 per cent of GDP.
Japan claims the biggest upset in the World Cup after coming from behind to beat Germany in Doha.
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.
On today's episode, Saudi Arabia pull off a major upset by defeating Argentina 2-1 at the World Cup, with the win already being described as one of the most shocking upsets in World Cup history.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, outlines the UAE government's vision for the next decade.
Egypt’s Health Minister says that the rise in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections is overwhelming the country’s schools.
Meta dismisses a report that Mark Zuckerberg is set to resign as chief executive next year.
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.
On today's episode, Bahrain's King Hamad reappoints Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad as Prime Minister, with a mandate to lead the next government.
Rescuers work into the night after an earthquake shook Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, killing 162 and injuring hundreds more.
A petition to return the Rosetta Stone to Egypt gains 100,000 supporters while Sam Bankman-Fried’s bankrupt cryptocurrency empire owes its 50 biggest unsecured creditors a total of $3.1 billion, new court papers show.
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.
On today's episode, the World Cup is now under way in Qatar, with the hosts losing 2-0 to Ecuador in the opening game.
Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in spectacular fashion, battling to lead from the moment the lights turned green and taking the honours for the third year running.
Protests in Iran show no sign of abating, after demonstrators set fire to the ancestral home of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the architect of the country's 1979 revolution.
Donald Trump's Twitter account was reinstated after a majority of respondents in a poll run by Elon Musk said they wanted him unbanned.
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.
On today's episode, Twitter employees were told that the company’s office buildings would be temporarily closed but would later reopen on November 21st. Meanwhile the decentralised social media platform Mastodon has become increasingly popular over the past few weeks.
The UAE has begun the countdown to the launch of the first Emirati mission to the Moon after a new launch date of November 28 was announced.
Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell met fans at Yas Marina Circuit as the teams touched down for the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.
In today's episode, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, has set out plans to make public transport in the emirate emission-free by 2050.
Blockchain services provider Binance said it has received a Financial Services Permission from the regulatory authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market.
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says efforts to get Iran to co-operate with inspectors are not bearing fruit and G20 leaders in Bali agree to pursue efforts to limit the global average rise in temperatures to 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels.
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.
In today's episode, former US President Donald Trump announces that he is once again running for president, telling supporters that “America's comeback starts right now”.
Despite growing signs that major breakthroughs are unlikely at Cop27, the Egyptian hosts are tenaciously clinging to hopes for a “meaningful and robust” outcome.
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati endorses Sleiman Frangieh’s candidacy for president.
Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts will launch a new blockchain-based system that will digitally certify judgments and allow their availability and enforcement anywhere in the world.