ALBUQUERQUE, NM / AP Mexican-American photographer Maria Varela was present at some of the most dramatic moments of the Civil Rights Movement, capturing images of voting rights demonstrations in Alabama and efforts to create Head Start programs in poor, rural areas. As one of the few Latinas involved in the black Civil Rights Movement, historians say, her work has ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) held the first meeting of the Government Financial Policy Coordination Council for 2017 in its premises in Dubai. The meeting was headed by Younis Haji Al Khoori, Under-Secretary of MoF and Chairman of the Government Financial Policy Coordination Council; in the presence of Saeed Rashid Al Yateem, Assistant Under-Secretary of Resources ...

  DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has announced the release of his new book, titled ‘Ta’mulat fi Asa’adah Wl Ejabia’ (Reflections on Happiness and Positivity). Making the announcement, he said, “The book includes lessons, examples and stories based on a different life philosophy: ...