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A fully functional zip-line, adventure zones, ponds, waterfalls, and stunning greenery — this is how an Emirati has transformed his home garden into an oasis of fun for his family and friends. Wait, there’s more. Count in a climbing net, a giant swing, a slide, and also a tunnel. Not surprisingly, the garden was recently declared the Most Beautiful Home Garden in Sharjah by the Sharjah Municipality, an accolade it has received twice. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Contrary to common perception, creating this garden did not entail huge expenses, its owner,…

SpaceX has successfully landed its Falcon 9 booster on a droneship for the 250th time. The first-stage of the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket made a flawless landing on the Just Read the Instructions droneship about eight minutes after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday. A video (below) captured the moment that the booster — this one making its ninth touchdown — arrived on the floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage lands on Just Read the Instructions, completing our 250th droneship landing pic.twitter.com/TOeTB1RGDr — SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 20, 2024 SpaceX has two…

Spain qualified for the last 16 of Euro 2024 with a match to spare on Thursday after beating Italy 1-0 in a dominant display which ensured that La Roja would go through as Group B winners. Riccardo Calafiori’s own goal nine minutes after half-time was the difference between the two sides at Gelsenkirchen in the biggest match to date at the tournament in Germany. But the slender margin of victory didn’t reflect a statement performance from Spain who completely nullified Italy and should have had the game won by half-time, as they did in their opening round thumping of Croatia.…

What would happen if a huge asteroid were headed toward Earth? Though this might be the topic of innumerable Hollywood movies, it’s also a real concern for space agencies like NASA and its Planetary Defense Coordination Office. This is the department responsible for organizing NASA’s response to a potentially deadly threat from the skies, and earlier this year it ran the world’s most dramatic role-play, simulating what would happen if a dangerous asteroid were spotted on a collision course with the planet. The details of the exercise that NASA played out, along with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and the…

GCC countries can enhance financial inclusion and boost the efficiency of cross-border payment services by adopting central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Washington-based fund said the adoption of CBDCs appears to be an important priority for the GCC countries, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, an IMF blog said, quoting a recent departmental paper ‘Central Bank Digital Currencies in the Middle East and Central Asia.’ At least 19 countries in the Middle East region, as well as Central Asia, are on track to issue CBDCs. While the UAE, Saudi…

The next major evolution of ChatGPT has been rumored for a long time. GPT-5, or whatever it will be called, has been talked about vaguely many times over the past year, but yesterday, OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati gave some additional clarity on its capabilities. In an interview with Dartmouth Engineering that was posted on X (formerly Twitter), Murati describes the jump from GPT-4 to GPT-5 as someone growing from a high-schooler up to university. “If you look at the trajectory of improvement, systems like GPT-3 were maybe toddler-level intelligence,” Murati says. “And then systems like GPT-4 are more…

The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high of 5.25 per cent at its last meeting before July 4’s UK election, but the prospect of a future rate cut moved closer as some policymakers said their thinking was now “finely balanced”. The BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee voted 7-2 on Thursday to keep rates on hold, in line with expectations in a Reuters poll of economists. Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden and external MPC member Swati Dhingra were the only policymakers to support a cut to 5 per cent. BoE Governor Andrew Bailey said it was…

Donald Sutherland, the enigmatic actor whose lengthy career encompassed films including The Dirty Dozen and Pride & Prejudice, has died, his son said Thursday. He was 88. “With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away,” actor Kiefer Sutherland wrote on X. “I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived.” He also starred in The Hunger…

India’s Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra won gold at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland on Tuesday and while the winning throw was well short of his personal best the Indian said he is happy with his fitness ahead of the Paris Olympics. The mop-haired 26-year-old became India’s first track-and-field athlete to win an Olympic gold in Tokyo and will carry the hopes of a nation on his shoulders in Paris. Chopra had pulled out of the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting last month after injuring his adductor muscle but there was no signs of any discomfort on Tuesday as he…

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