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Premier League referee David Coote has been sacked by English football referees' body PGMOL on Monday, after their investigation found his actions to be in serious breach of his contract.

Spinner Keshav Maharaj took five wickets as South Africa secured a 109-run victory over Sri Lanka on the last day of the second test at St George’s Park on Monday and a 2-0 sweep of the series.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler shot a blazing 9-under-par 63 on Sunday to clinch the Hero World Challenge for the second year in a row, winning by six shots over South Korea's Tom Kim at Albany Golf Course in Nassau, Bahamas.

Rebels toppling the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad prompted the country's soccer federation, on Sunday, to change the colour of the national team's kit and logo from red to green.

Lando Norris won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday to secure McLaren's first Formula One constructors' title since 1998 after teammate Oscar Piastri collided with Max Verstappen on the opening lap and finished 10th.

The UAE has announced plans to implement a minimum top-up tax of 15% on large multinational companies operating in the country, following amendments to certain provisions of the Corporate Tax Law.

The Zayed Higher Organisation for People of Determination has inaugurated a centre for assembling, packaging, storing, and distributing food products at its Innovation Centre in Al Bahia.

The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) has participated in the first GCC Economic Competitiveness Forum, organised by Qatar in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.

The World Bank Group unveiled a record $100 billion replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA), marking a significant moment for global development.

South America's agricultural sector, a key source of global food, celebrated on Friday as the regional Mercosur bloc and the European Union struck a free trade agreement, though farmers said they wanted to see the small print of the deal.

One of the world’s most wanted drug traffickers, Othman El Ballouti, has been arrested in Dubai.

The UAE's President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday welcomed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is on a working visit to the UAE.

The UAE is closely monitoring the ongoing situation in Syria and has stressed its commitment to the unity and integrity of the country, as well as the security and stability of the Syrian people.

An aid convoy carrying humanitarian supplies from the UAE entered the Gaza Strip on Monday through the Rafah border crossing.

Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, while a deal has been made to ensure the safety of Russian military bases.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a failed attempt at imposing martial law, a justice ministry official said on Monday, amid growing calls for him to step down and a deepening leadership crisis.

A volcano in the central Philippines erupted on Monday spewing an eruption column of up to 3,000 metres, the country's seismology agency said.

President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview that aired on Sunday he would act on his first day in office to pardon rioters involved in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, further building expectations for a broad granting of clemency.