Sharjah metro link could cut traffic woes. Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn has quits. Comic strip artist Mort Walker, dead at 94. Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, January the 28th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08A metro link connecting Sharjah with Dubai's Green Line could reduce traffic on congested
00:14highways by more than 30% a new study has found.
00:17Conducted by global transport planning firm Oricon, the study highlights the economic
00:22impact of congestion between the two emirates.
00:26It shows how a direct link between Al Qaeda metro station and Sharjah city centre could
00:31offset at least a third of the current traffic problems.
00:36Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn has quit as finance chairman of the Republican Party's
00:42fundraising arm.
00:43The resignation comes a day after a newspaper reported that he routinely subjected women
00:48who worked for him to unwanted sexual advances.
00:52The billionaire has denied the accusations but said he was resigning to avoid unnecessary
00:57distraction.
00:59Comic strip artist Mort Walker, a World War II veteran who tickled millions of readers
01:04with the antics of the lazy private Beatle Bailey, died on Saturday.
01:09Walker, who was 94, died at his home in Connecticut.
01:13Walker began publishing cartoons at age 11 and was involved with more than a half dozen
01:19comic strips in his career.
01:21And finally, the weather.
01:22Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.