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The demand for unique skills such as resilience, emotional intelligence and conflict management is growing in UAE as learners focus on leadership development, according to the Global Skills Development Report 2024 released by Coursera. The other top skills that people in the UAE are learning include people development, leadership development, supply chain systems, blockchain, audit, general accounting and change management. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. “Learners focus on leadership development, resilience, and blockchain skills, preparing for roles such as operations manager, IT project manager, and business analyst. This aligns with the UAE’s…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked free on Wednesday from a court on the U.S. Pacific island territory of Saipan after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law, in a deal that will see him return home to Australia. His release ends a 14-year legal saga in which Assange spent more than five years in a British high-security jail and seven years in asylum at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, battling extradition to the U.S., where he faced 18 criminal charges. During the three-hour hearing, Assange pleaded guilty to one criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified national defence…
The R&A has saluted the Oman Golf Association for its commitment to the long-term growth of the game through initiatives focused on promoting women and junior players. The R&A engages and supports activities to ensure that golf is a thriving sport 50 years from now for all on a global scale, with 165 overseas affiliates, across 146 countries including the Sultanate of Oman, supported. The R&A is committed to investing 100 million Omani riyals over ten years in developing golf and supports the growth of the sport internationally, including the development and management of sustainable golf facilities. Sayyid Azzan bin…
Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for! A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing…
For Dubai parent Banasri Brandon, the term social media bullying gives her nightmares. Her 16-year-old daughter was trolled mercilessly by peers who she thought were friends. “My daughter was involved in a situation where some known friends, after a disagreement, created an Instagram page to bully her,” she said, speaking to Khaleej Times. “They further added friends from various other schools and instructed them to tease her about her looks, even using AI-generated pictures to distort her appearance.” Banasri is one of the millions of parents worldwide who struggle to navigate the murky world of social media that their children…
England’s Tyrrell Hatton ended a three-and-a-half-year wait to win the Individual title at LIV Golf Nashville to help his Legion XIII team of Jon Rahm, Caleb Surratt and Kieran Vincent to honours in the Team event. It was in January 2021 that Hatton won his last tournament – the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links Abu Dhabi. Hatton romped to victory shooting a final-round 65 for a six-shot win over Majesticks GC’s Sam Horsfield and a total of 19 under par. “Having not won for 3 ½ years, you wonder if you’d be able to do it again in…
The New York Times has plenty of word games on its roster today — with Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard crossword puzzle still reigns supreme. The daily crossword is full of interesting trivia, helps improve mental flexibility and, of course, gives you some bragging rights if you manage to finish it every day. While the NYT puzzle might feel like an impossible task some days, solving a crossword is a skill and it takes practice — don’t get discouraged if you can’t get every single word in a puzzle.…
Four months into his job, Dubai resident Syed Pasha faced a double blow — he was terminated during probation period and then denied job loss insurance claim. Instead, an oversight by his employer left him grappling with uncertainty and financial distress. As a subscriber to the Involuntary Loss of Employment (ILOE) scheme, Syed had hoped the insurance would support him for the next few months. Under the scheme, subscribed individuals are entitled to up to 60% of their average basic salary from the six months prior to job loss. Eligible employees who have paid the monthly premium for at least…
Austria’s aggressive and hard running approach propelled them into the last-16 of the European Championship on Tuesday as a thrilling 3-2 victory over the Netherlands saw them not only progress but also snatch first place in Group D. The Dutch also advanced as one of the four best third-placed finishers despite giving away an early own goal, putting on a pedestrian first half performance and losing to a sucker punch as Marcel Sabitzer struck for Austria 10 minutes from time. With France held to a 1-1 draw by Poland in the group’s other game in Dortmund, Austria topped the table…
SpaceX has successfully launched a weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) using its triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, the SpaceX rocket deployed the GOES-U satellite, which will orbit 22,300 miles above Earth and monitor weather conditions across the U.S., Central America, and South America. Once it reaches operational orbit, the satellite will be renamed GOES-19. The Falcon Heavy comprises three Falcon 9 boosters and so has three times the power of SpaceX’s workhorse rocket, creating around 5.5 million pounds of thrust at launch. Following booster separation, the…