Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Dubai records a drop in diabetes cases. At least 35 killed in Aleppo city in 24 hours. Shinzo Abe heads to New York for talks with Donald Trump. Bob Dylan will not receive his 2016 for literature in person.
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, November 17.
00:05Here 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.
00:21The 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.
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