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Dubai has risen three places to become the world’s 15th most expensive city for international employees, according to the latest survey released by Mercer. The increase in the cost of living in the regional financial capital is mainly attributed to an increase in property rentals, which have been on the rise after the pandemic. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. According to the 2024 Cost of Living City Ranking by Mercer, three-bedroom properties recorded a 15 per cent increase in rents year-on-year while rents increased by 21 per cent from 2023 to 2024,…

India will launch an investigation on Tuesday into a train collision that killed nine people in the state of West Bengal and injured more than 50, a day after a top railway official blamed the incident on driver error. The death toll was revised down to nine from 15 after Monday’s accident, in which a freight train rammed into a passenger train heading for the state capital of Kolkata from the northeastern state of Tripura. The investigation by India’s top railway safety official will start on Tuesday, Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, general manager of the Northeast Frontier railway, where the accident…

Gold prices increased at the markets’ opening on Tuesday after falling Dh1.5 per gram in the previous session. According to Dubai Jewellery Group data, the 24K variant of the yellow metal was trading at Dh281.25 per gram, up from Dh281.0 per gram at the close of the markets on Monday. It fell Dh1.5 per gram in yesterday’s session. Among the other variants, the 22K, 21K and 18K were trading at Dh260.5, Dh252.0 and Dh216.0 per gram, respectively. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Globally, gold was steady at $2,321.68 per ounce at 9.10…

Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren will feature in The Last Five Years on Broadway in Spring 2025. The revival of the musical, which features a score and book by Jason Robert Brown, will be helmed by Whitney White, a Tony Award nominee for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, said The Hollywood Reporter. While The Last Five Years premiered in 2001, had Off-Broadway runs in 2002 and 2013 and a film adaptation, this will be the first time the musical has appeared on Broadway. The theatre and exact dates have not been announced yet. The Last Five Years follows two New Yorkers,…

Need a new display for your gaming rig? We’ve found some monitor deals that can help with that. This UltraGear OLED monitor is currently on sale for an astonishingly low price of $700. It’s still not cheap, but considering this OLED monitor is usually $1,500, it’s a nice deal. Read more about the UltraGear series below, then check out the deal in LG’s store. Why you should buy the LG 48-inch UltraGear OLED Monitor Optimized PC gaming relies on multiple components working in unison to achieve the kind of top-shelf visuals these displays are capable of. Thanks to the UltraGear’s…

Adding to the series of hoax call incidents hitting the national capital, a Dubai-bound plane that was scheduled to take off from Delhi received a bomb threat via email, police said on Tuesday. According to the Delhi Police, the bomb threat was received on Monday at 9:35 am. “On June 17 at 9:35 am, an email was received in the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) office, IGI Airport with the threat of a bomb inside a Delhi to Dubai flight,” the police said. They further informed that, after receiving the threat, necessary legal action was taken and nothing suspicious was…

The New York Times appeared at CES 2023 alongside Delta to confirm that the publication’s game lineup is part of the upcoming Delta Exclusives Hub. Delta Air Lines passengers will soon be able to play Wordle, Spelling Bee, and more during flights via the airline’s free Wi-Fi.Currently, those flying on a Delta flight only get free access to iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp. Starting on February 1, though, Delta Air Lines plans to offer free Wi-Fi on its flights to Delta SkyMiles members, and lots of content will be accessible from a new landing page called the Delta Exclusives Hub.When…

The UAE can expect a fair to partly cloudy weather and sometimes cloudy conditions on Tuesday, June 18, according to the the National Center of Meteorology (NCM). Al Fujairah will report a maximum temperature of 49ºC with the humidity index reaching 65 per cent, while it can dip up to 21ºC in the mountains, NCM has predicted. Mercury will reach up to 47ºC in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai today. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. On Sunday, June 16, the country recorded the hottest day of the year, with temperature reaching 49.4°C.…

In line with its mission to strengthen bridges of cooperation and giving with all brotherly and friendly nations, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has implemented the 2024 Eid Al Adha sacrificial meat campaign in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The campaign is expected this year to benefit approximately 4,000 families across Pakistan. The campaign’s scope had been expanded locally and internationally to include numerous underprivileged families, vulnerable groups, and those most affected by difficult living conditions. The ERC’s Pakistan office is committed to expanding the reach of…

The Indian rupee gained on Tuesday, June 18, boosted by dollar sales from state-run banks, likely on behalf of merchant clients, but traders expect the domestic currency’s gains to be limited as importers may step in to cover hedging requirements. The rupee was at 83.47 against the US dollar (Dh 22.47) as of 10:00 a.m. IST, up 0.08% from its close of 83.55 (Dh 22.76) on Friday. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Indian financial markets were shut on Monday for a holiday. “We expected to see bids after the lower opening (on…