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U.S. Food And Drug Administration To Taylor Farms Sorry We Said Your Lettuce Gives People Explosive Diarrhea Published July 20, 2026 6:11 AM PDT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is apologizing to Taylor Farms
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Sanad, a global leader in aerospace engineering and asset management solutions wholly owned by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (Mubadala), on Monday announced strong financial and operational results for the first half of 2026, reporting Dhs
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First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has launched the Jaywan Debit Card, issued under the UAE’s national card scheme, managed by Al Etihad Payments, and backed by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE).The card is
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Record teams, record runs, 2.1 billion cumulative viewership for Arab matches: beIN SPORTS reveals historic viewership figures from the FIFA World Cup 2026Egypt’s first-ever Round of 16, Morocco’s back-to-back quarter-finals, and a record eight Arab nations made history on the pitch, while fans across the region made history on beIN, with 192.6 million watching the Pharaohs’ epic against ArgentinaThis has been a FIFA World CupTMlike no other for Arab football – and the region has watched it like never before. With a record eight Arab teams competing at the expanded 48-team tournament, Egypt reached the Round of 16 for the first time in FIFA World Cup history, while the Pharaohs and Morocco became the first two Arab nations ever to reach the last 16 at the same finals. Fans across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) responded in extraordinary numbers, beIN SPORTS can reveal, with Egypt’s last-16 epic against Argentina drawing 192.6 million viewers – the most-watched of the tournament's 29 matches involving Arab teams – and Morocco’s quarter-final against France attracting a viewership of 151.6 million, according to independent audience measurement by Ipsos. beIN, the leading sports broadcaster in the region, has shown every match of this summer's tournament live and exclusive, with rights spanning 24 markets across MENA. With the finals staged in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, kick-offs have arrived at 01:00, 04:00 and 06:00 MECCA – and the region has risen for its teams every time, with pre-dawn audiences of more than 100 million proving that when Arab teams make history, distance and time zones are no barrier to passion. Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia carried the region's hopes to North America – and the history-making began early. Qatar claimed their first-ever World Cup point by holding eventual quarter-finalists Switzerland, while debutants Jordan scored in all three of their group matches – including against world champions Argentina, watched from the stands by King Abdullah II and by 65 million viewers at home. Algeria, meanwhile, progressed to the knockout rounds, where 123.1 million rose for the 06:00 MECCA kick-off of their last-32 tie with Switzerland. No side made more history than Egypt. The Pharaohs claimed a first-ever World CupTM victory by beating New Zealand 3-1, then a first knockout win by seeing off Australia in front of more than 157 million viewers – setting up a maiden Round of 16 appearance against world champions Argentina. Leading 2-0 with 12 minutes remaining, Egypt pushed the champions to the very brink before falling 3-2 in an unforgettable finale. With a prime-time 19:00 MECCA kick-off, 192.6 million viewers tuned in – the biggest audience of any Arab match at the tournament. In Egypt itself, 94% of the entire adult population watched the match – a nation united behind its team. Morocco, history-making semi-finalists in 2022, wrote a new chapter of their own by becoming the first African and Arab team to reach two consecutive quarter-finals. The Atlas Lions defeated the Netherlands (81.1m) in the last 32 to join Egypt in the Round of 16 – an Arab double never before seen at a FIFA World Cup – before overcoming co-hosts Canada (149m) to reach the last eight. Their quarter-final against France in Boston kicked off at 23:00 MECCA and was watched by 151.6 million, including a remarkable 97% of Morocco's adult population. The group stage set the tone. The most-watched first-phase match was Egypt’s 1-1 draw with Iran, which drew more than 107 million viewers to a 06:00 MECCA kick-off. The Pharaohs’ 1-1 draw with Belgium (91.7m) and landmark win over New Zealand (84.8m) also attracted huge audiences, as did Morocco’s opening 1-1 draw with five-time champions Brazil (75.5m) – a 01:00 MECCA start – and Iraq’s meeting with Africa Cup of Nations 2025 finalists Senegal (71.4m). Even Saudi Arabia’s 03:00 MECCA encounter with Cabo Verde drew 44.9 million. In total, the 29 matches involving Arab teams attracted a cumulative viewership of more than 2.1 billion. The 23 group-stage fixtures drew 1.25 billion viewers – an average of more than 54 million per match – before the knockout rounds lifted audiences higher still: the six Arab ties drew a combined 854 million viewers, at an average of more than 142 million per match. Mohammed Al-Bader, Managing Director of beIN Channels – MENA, said: “This has been a historic FIFA World CupTM for Arab football, and it has been an honour to bring every moment of it live and exclusive to fans across the region. A record eight Arab nations, Egypt’s first Round of 16, and Morocco’s back-to-back quarter-finals are achievements that belong to the entire region – and the record audiences that followed them tell their own story about the passion of our fans and the connection they share with their national teams. These are moments that will inspire a generation across the region, and we are proud that fans experienced every one of them on beIN." beIN has been the exclusive home of the FIFA World Cup across the Middle East and North Africa since 2014, cementing its position as the undisputed home of football in the region. Throughout the tournament, beIN SPORTS has delivered comprehensive trilingual coverage live and exclusive across an array of eight dedicated channels.
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Gulf NetworkMykonos usually sells itself through movement: beach clubs, late dinners, crowded terraces, and a social calendar that rarely slows in summer. Mileo Mykonos takes the opposite route. Its appeal begins with the possibility of
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi have stressed, during a telephone conversation, the importance of immediately ceasing all military actions, adding that these actions would trigger a broader regional conflict.They underlined that it is highly essential to prioritize political and diplomatic solutions, as well as ramp up coordination and consultation among Arab nations to safeguard the security and stability of the region and their peoples' assets.In a statement on Monday, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Abdelatty reemphasized during the conversation that Egypt condemns the Iranian attacks on several areas in Jordan.He confirmed that his country fully stands side by side with Jordan and backs all measures it takes to protect its security, stability, and sovereignty, expressing his flat-out rejection of any assault that undermines the security and sovereignty of Arab nations.On the Palestinian cause, the two ministers underscored the need to implement all gains of the first phase of US President Donald Trump's plan and ensure the unhindered flow of life-saving humanitarian aid, as well as relief and medical assistance, into the Gaza Strip.Both sides asserted that this aid would mitigate the suffering of the Palestinian people, stressing the importance of reaching an agreement on the second phase of this plan, which includes the Israeli withdrawal from the enclave.The two ministers also condemned the ongoing Israeli violations in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as a non-starter.In addition, both sides concurred on continuing closer coordination and consultation between Egypt and Jordan and beefing up the existing cooperation mechanisms to serve their shared interests, achieve the aspirations of their peoples, and ensure that coordination proceeds on a variety of regional and international issues of mutual concern. Related Story
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Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni is set to travel to mediator Pakistan's capital on Monday, a Pakistani interior ministry source said. The source confirmed to AFP that the minister would have talks with Pakistani officials but did not elaborate on whether the trip was linked to Pakistan's long-running mediation efforts to end fighting between the United States and Iran.Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson had signalled on Monday that diplomatic exchanges with the United States via mediators were ongoing despite US military strikes on the country. Pakistan said last week it would encourage the warring nations to stop violence and resume talks under a memorandum of understanding it helped mediate last month. The interim agreement and a possible path towards a permanent halt to the war had come into question when fresh fighting broke out this month.Momeni has previously taken part in mediation talks and met with Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi when he visited Iran
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-More than 1,200 people have fled a major new wildfire raging north of Madrid on Monday that has been burning through a mountainous area dotted with tiny villages, firefighters said.The fire started Thursday in a forest-covered mountainous area near the village of La Mierla in the Castilla-La Mancha region, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Madrid. The authorities ordered the evacuation of four more villages late on Sunday, bringing to over 1,200 the number of people who have had to flee their homes, the regional forest fire response service said on X.The fire has devoured more than 26,000 hectares (65,000 acres) of land, an area roughly equivalent to the Scottish city of Edinburgh.The head of the regional government, Emiliano Garcia-Page, said the authorities were making a 'truly titanic' effort to contain the blaze. 'We will defeat this fire, people should have no doubt about that,' he told reporters, saying the 'absolute priority' was to 'protect towns and population centres'.The fire's 'complexity' was that it was raging through 'the emptied Spain, the Spain of abandoned territories'.'These are immense areas dotted with micro-villages, tiny population centres. We have nearly 30 hamlets inside the fire zone, surrounded by flames,' Garcia-Page said. An AFP journalist saw bright red flames and smoke rising from the ground late on Sunday night from a commercial plane flying over the affected region.Firefighters on Sunday managed to curtail the spread of another wildfire near Zaragoza in northeastern Spain after burning around 15,000 hectares.Earlier this month, Spain suffered one of its deadliest wildfires in recent history when a blaze in the southern province of Almeria killed 13 people and destroyed around 7,000 hectares. Scientists say human-caused climate change is increasing the length, intensity and frequency of heatwaves, drying out vegetation and raising the risk of destructive wildfires.In 2025, more than 393,000 hectares were destroyed by fire, according to the European Forest Fire Information System -- the most in Spain's recent history
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Supporters of India's youth-led Cockroach movement clashed with police Monday as thousands tried to march to Parliament to demand the education minister’s resignation, while the government appeared to make its first outreach to the movement’s
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One year after the inscription of the Faya Palaeolandscape on UNESCO's World Heritage List, Sharjah has demonstrated what sustained stewardship of a World Heritage Property looks like in practice.Over the past twelve months, the emirate
