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Dubai records a drop in diabetes cases - GN Headlines

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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, November 17.

00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:07There has been a notable drop in diabetes cases in Dubai, according to the Dubai Health

00:12Authority.

00:13Cases of diagnosed diabetes in Dubai have declined by 2% as compared to previous statistics

00:18from 2009, as per a DHA survey.

00:22The survey of 5,000 families was conducted in collaboration with the Dubai Statistics

00:26Centre in 2014.

00:29Syrian government and Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held parts of northern Syria, including

00:35battered second city Aleppo.

00:37The renewed bombardment killed at least 35 people in Aleppo city in 24 hours and sparked

00:42anger from Washington and the United Nations.

00:45It came as President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview that US President-elect Donald

00:50Trump could be a natural ally.

00:53Japan's Premier Shinzo Abe headed to New York Thursday for talks with Donald Trump,

00:57the first leader to meet with the President-elect.

01:00The brash billionaire is set to receive Abe at his Trump Tower headquarters this evening,

01:05in an encounter that will be closely watched for hints on long-standing security pacts.

01:10The Swedish Academy says Bob Dylan is not coming to Stockholm to pick up his 2016 Nobel

01:15Prize for Literature at the December 10th prize ceremony.

01:19The Academy says Dylan told them that he wishes he could receive the prize personally, but

01:24other commitments make it unfortunately impossible.

01:27The 75-year-old American singer-songwriter was awarded the prize on October 13 for having

01:33created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.

01:38And finally, the weather.

01:39Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 23 degrees at night.

01:44That's all for now.

01:45Thanks for watching.

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