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Podcast: Trending Middle East
Episode: Messi crowned Fifa Player of the Year, Elon Musk reclaims world’s richest title — Trending
Description: Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.
On today's episode, Nasa has set a new launch date for the SpaceX rocket carrying Emirati astronaut Dr Sultan Al Neyadi after Monday's blast-off was postponed. The Crew-6 mission from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station is provisionally scheduled for launch at 9.34am UAE time on Thursday.
The UAE has requested a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the worsening violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. A UN diplomat told The National that...