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UAE Moments
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- UAE Moments
Abu Dhabi's First Night Beach Lets You Swim After Sunset
Fancy a dip after dark? Abu Dhabi just made it happen. The capital's first-ever night swimming beach is now officially open at Marsana East Beach on Hudayriyat Island, offering a refreshing and unique way to cool off during the hot summer months. Swim Under the Stars Running from July through the end of September, the new beach experience comes alive after sunset. The shoreline is fully floodlit, creating a safe and scenic atmosphere for evening swims. And yes, it's supervised—professional lifeguards will be on duty until 10 PM on weekdays and midnight on weekends. Families can relax on cozy loungers by the shore, with complimentary towels and mini coolers stocked with water included. Whether you're looking to unwind or enjoy a quality night out with the kids, this spot ticks all the boxes. More Than Just a Swim The beach isn't just about taking a dip. Expect a full night-out experience with: Themed summer events Family-friendly activities Exclusive dining offers from eight nearby restaurants There's even on-demand food and beverage service. Just scan a QR code and have your meal or drinks delivered straight to your lounger. No lines, no hassle. Premium Beach Experience Marsana East Beach is now a standout in Abu Dhabi's growing leisure scene. With luxury beach furniture, a relaxed vibe, and extended night hours, it's designed for both residents and tourists looking for a new way to enjoy the capital. Entry Prices Monday to Thursday (Sunset to 10 PM): Adults (12+): AED 50 Children (6–11): AED 25 Children under 5: Free Friday to Sunday & Public Holidays (Sunset to 12 AM): Adults: AED 100 Children: AED 50 Children under 5: Free Whether you're after a peaceful evening swim or a fun family night with good food and activities, Hudayriyat Island's night beach is the place to be this summer.
Khaleej Times
16 hours ago
- Khaleej Times
Abu Dhabi opens Marsana night beach; entry tickets go up to Dh100 on weekends
To ensure safety of swimmers, the beaches will have illuminated waters and with mini coolers available on site Want to take a dip in Abu Dhabi while escaping the summer heat? The Capital now has its own night beach, which has opened its gates on Hudayriyat Island. Located on Marsana East Beach, Marsana Night Beach offers visitors a chance to swim under the moonlit sky with lifeguard supervision while enjoying amenities like cozy loungers and dining options. The season begins on Tuesday, July 1, and is set to go on until Tuesday, September 30. On weekdays, night swimming will be permitted from sunset until 10pm. Meanwhile, from Friday to Sunday and on holidays, the beach will be open from sunset until midnight. To ensure safety of swimmers, the beaches will have illuminated waters and there will be an availability of mini coolers with water to offer relief from the summer heat. To access the beach, visitors will have to pay a fee, which differs on the basis of the days. It is free of cost for children under the age of six. Monday to Thursday: Dh50 (over the age of 12); Dh25 (children aged 6-11) Friday to Sunday and holidays: Dh100 (over the age of 12); Dh50 (children aged 6-11) Meanwhile in Dubai, a city that is alive 24/7, night beaches are available at Jumeirah 2, Jumeirah 3 and Umm Suqeim 1. In 2023, authorities also made these beaches accessible to people of determination For those looking for summer activities in Abu Dhabi, Yas Waterworld has opened its extension to the public on July 1. Located on Yas Island, it extends over an area of 13,445 square metres.
CBS News
a day ago
- Health
- CBS News
Wildwood Beach Patrol now outfitted with high-tech material offering sun protection
New Jersey's Wildwood Beach Patrol now outfitted with high-tech material offering sun protection New Jersey's Wildwood Beach Patrol now outfitted with high-tech material offering sun protection New Jersey's Wildwood Beach Patrol now outfitted with high-tech material offering sun protection The Wildwood Beach Patrol is ready for the Fourth of July weekend at the Jersey Shore, now outfitted with new sun safety information. The Wildwood Beach Patrol is getting sun safety tips from the RDK Melanoma Foundation. Sue Diverio from the foundation also emphasized the importance of applying broad-spectrum sunscreen thoroughly and often. "Save lives through knowledge and information about sun-smart practices and behaviors," she said. Part of that is issuing the lifeguards new tops made with a high-tech material. "The new uniforms are UPF 50," DeBario said. "So, they block 98% of the UV rays." CBS News Philadelphia The Wildwood Beach Patrol was named the first sun-safe beach by the foundation. "We have a lot in common. I used to be a lifeguard when I was a young boy," Phillies legend Mike Schmidt said. Schmidt, a spokesperson for the foundation, had a personal message for the Wildwood Beach Patrol. "My wish to you would be to be safe this summer and use as much sun protection as you can," Schmidt said. CBS News Philadelphia Sun exposure is the leading cause of skin cancer. Melanoma, the most deadly form, is increasing significantly. "We never really put such a focused effort on being skin-smart, sun-smart and protecting our lifeguards," Ed Schneider, captain of the Wildwood Beach Patrol, said. Schneider said there's now a new awareness. "Our goal is to keep our lifeguards, who are the first responders to water emergencies, safe," Schneider said. All about everyone enjoying summer fun while guarding against sun dangers.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Four members of Syrian family 'sexually abuse nine girls aged 11 to 17 at German swimming pool'
Four members of a Syrian family have been accused of sexually abusing girls aged 11 to 17 at a swimming pool in Germany. The children, who told lifeguards they had been sexually harassed in the water, were reportedly sent back into the water before any police were called. Four young Syrian men aged between 18 and 28 have been identified as suspects. Officers were able to speak to three of the men at the pool on Sunday, while a fourth had already left the premises. Christian Litzinger, the mayor of Gelnhausen, said all four men were known to authorities and live locally in the Main-Kinzig district. The alleged incident took place at the Barbarossabad outdoor pool in Gelnhausen, Hesse, where five schoolgirls initially came forward and reported being assaulted in the water. Despite their claims, pool staff is said to have told the girls to return to swimming, allegedly asking them to report back if anything else happened. In an interview with local outlet Hessenschau, pool manager Nils Tischer said: 'Since we couldn't see exactly what had happened, we sent the girls back into the water with the instruction that they should please let us know if anything happened.' It wasn't until more girls approached lifeguards, saying they too had been sexually harassed, that police were finally called to the scene. Police has since told Bild that they are now probing the claims of nine girls, aged between 11 and 17, who say they were inappropriately touched by a group of men in the whirlpool area of the pool. Tischer added to Bild: 'Of course, the shock is great. We are paying increased attention to our guests at the current channel, i.e. the location of the incident, and are grateful for the police's support.' The mayor also said: 'This is the first incident of its kind in Barbarossabad. Before that, it was limited to minor thefts or insults. So we never expected something like this here.' The city has since banned all four men from entering the pool and has increased police presence to support pool staff. Investigations into the alleged assaults are ongoing. Germany is home to the largest Syrian population away from the Middle East. Many fled from the devastation of the Syrian war. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel came under fire from political opponents when she welcomed hundreds of thousands of refugees.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Readers sound off on a lack of lifeguards, Mamdani's promise and Planned Parenthood
Brooklyn: As another summer season is upon us, the NYC Parks Department is once again taking advantage of the people of Coney Island and South Brooklyn by not supplying any lifeguards on the beach for a mile stretch between the Coney Island Pier and W. 37th St., the end of the Boardwalk. For the past few years, they have placed lifeguards on one bay on the amusement-area side of the pier where all non-local residents come off the trains and head to the beach, while Brooklyn residents are told that if they want to go into the water and cool off, they can all cram into the one bay, which isn't realistic. They should at least put some lifeguards toward the end of the Boardwalk at W. 33rd St., which seems to be a crowded area for the locals. There is a bathroom and some parking at that spot. Instead, the Parks Department has employees walking up and down the shore blowing whistles, telling people to get out of the water, which is mostly ignored because people have come down to the beach to cool off and relax. Take the money given to the ignored whistleblowers and hire a few lifeguards. Local politicians have been informed, with no response received. Do we have to wait for some drownings to occur before someone acts on this problem? William Blitzer Bayside: As a recent NYC retiree, I am very frightened of the prospect of having to change my current Medicare benefits to Medicare Advantage. Why can't the city just put new hires on the Advantage plan and leave the rest of us alone? $600 million is a drop in the bucket for NYC. What will they use it for, another needless bike lane? Mary Santora Yonkers: With their proclivity to never learn from past disasters, the radical Democrats have again demonstrated the definition of insanity by nominating Zohran Mamdani. The term 'democratic socialist' is perhaps the most glaring oxymoron in political history, and this purportedly educated mob continuously displays its baneful nescience, obviously having missed the history classes showing that socialism has been a failure — a deadly failure — wherever it has been employed. A death knell has been sounded, and New York City (and state) has one more chance to save itself from perdition. James McCaffrey Manhattan: Ranked-choice voting worked. Mamdani didn't win because of a trick. He won because enough New Yorkers ranked him first (and second and third) that he'll easily prevail when they run the tabulation. That's democracy, not a glitch. Suzy Sandor Astoria: A letter to NYC real estate: Do you think that many New Yorkers are struggling to afford a decent place to live? And that real estate has a role in building a brighter future for the city? Do you think it's worth listening to young people and their hopes? Do you think NYC has always been defined by its cultural and economic diversity? If yes to any of these, then please stop the tired, simplified critiques of Mamdani's Democratic primary victory. However you voted — and however you will vote in November — talk to the guy. Some in the real estate world are freaked out by this result, painting it in apocalyptic terms. But buildings need people who can afford to inhabit, frequent and maintain them. I invite you to imagine that the future Mamdani envisions might not be so bad. It may even be worth building together. Annabel Short Brooklyn: Voicer Art Gunther is correct. Pay is too low and now, no benefits. I married in 1970 and got my first apartment. I also started a job with New York Telephone Company, a union job. My one week's pay covered my rent. My total bills for rent and utilities were under $125 a month. My pay included free health care and a pension plan. When my daughter was born, the total bill was $12.50 for the phone and a bracelet while in the hospital. My wife was a stay-at-home mom and I purchased a second car for my wife to use. Those kinds of jobs are now hard to find. Minimum wage is a joke. Profits pay CEOs millions and investors get the rest. I blame politicians for allowing unbridled corporate greed. The lower and middle classes are losing out. Until they reform how campaigns are financed, money will always rule this country. Greg Ahl Manhattan: The 'One Big Beautiful Bill' seems to be one big beautiful bomb — and the bomb has only put us in a position where those in charge might have taken a better look at outcomes or, for that matter, things that happened before the bomb dropped. Those pesky photos of lines of trucks at the Iran nuclear facility days before the airstrikes come to mind. What were they loading? Where were they taking their loads? Did anyone look at those photos before the big drop was executed, and did anyone know what they were looking at? If they did, they certainly didn't do anything about it. Talk about closing the barn door after the cows are gone. More mind-boggling incompetence. Don Cerrone Nyack, N.Y.: Why would the ayatollah keep his enriched uranium in the mountain where CBS News said it was for the past decade? We know that Americans are highly uneducated, but you would have to wear a bib because you could not keep the spit in your mouth to not figure this one out. Stephen Boyle Dumont, N.J.: Is White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt a graduate of the Baghdad Bob School of Propaganda? Walter Wolfgang Papenfass San Francisco: The beating and arrest of an immigrant father of three U.S. Marines, who has lived here for decades peacefully and lawfully, is only one example of the cruelty and insanity of President Trump and arch-villain Stephen Miller. There have been many other stories of active servicemembers whose spouses and/or parents have been swept up to meet deportation quotas. The master of disaster (President Dunce) had promised to go after murderers, rapists, etc. and also promised to go easy on farm and hotel workers and other service workers. He has broken both of those promises in spectacular fashion, as only he can. The F-bomber-in-chief is an embarrassment to the United States of America. Jimmy Layton Rego Park: Is there a point at which New York or any large city anywhere in the world might say, 'That's it, we can't accommodate any more people'? Jeff Rosenblatt Glendale: Voicer Laurie Aron believes that demonstrations on June 14, which attracted estimated crowds of 8 to 11 million people nationwide, prove that Republicans are on the wrong side of history. Laurie, I have news for you: Election Day 2024, with about 75.5 million voters, demonstrates that you are on the wrong side of history since they voted for Trump. Most Trump supporters act like adults when things don't go their way, while many liberals throw public temper tantrums. Since there are only two Trump rallies I recall that had violence associated with them, most people can name them (Charlottesville and the so-called insurrection). Meanwhile, liberals have so many violent rallies that no one can keep track of them. For example, in 2017 on Inauguration Day, Washington, D.C. had a violent rally with cars burned as a result of an election, since no action was yet taken by the president. Thomas Murawski Kew Gardens: Once again, the American public is being duped into thinking that Planned Parenthood is an abortion clinic ('Supremes say states can deny funds from Medicaid to Planned Parenthood,' June 27). Planned Parenthood provides all types of health care for women and men, including cancer screenings, contraception, prenatal care, menopause treatment, health education and even smoking cessation programs. Only 3-4% of their services account for abortion care. So why are people so willing to give up other health care services they offer? Sometimes, these clinics are the only ones available. Planned Parenthood also provides services to individuals regardless of insurance. No one is turned away if they can't pay, and they offer sliding-scale fees. Do you know any doctors who do that? L. Duzant
