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Amer, the one-stop shop that allows UAE residents to complete all visa and residency transactions under one roof, has recorded a significant 21.3 per cent increase in the number of transactions completed in 2023 as compared to 2022, according to the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affair (GDRFA) Dubai. Last year, Amer – which now has 75 branches across Dubai – registered 4,925,939 transactions, up by 21.3 per cent, as compared to 3,875,374 transactions completed in 2022. GDRFA noted the numbers are expected to go up this year as transactions completed in the first quarter of 2024 have reached…

Tickets to watch Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo train with the national team in an open session on Friday at their Euro 2024 tournament base in Westphalia are on sale for as much as 800 euros ($858.32). Ronaldo, the leading scorer in men’s international football with 128 goals in 204 official matches, will be playing in his sixth Euros, having reached the final on his tournament debut in 2004 and winning the competition in 2016. The 39-year-old has played in Saudi Arabia since his move there in 2023. The 6,000 free tickets for Friday’s training session were snapped up in a few…

Germany feel pressure to deliver as hosts of Euro 2024 but the team should feel privileged to play a major tournament on home soil, midfielder Toni Kroos said on Tuesday. The Germans kick off the tournament on Friday with their opening Group A match against Scotland in Munich before also playing Hungary and Switzerland. The 34-year-old Kroos, who won the Champions League with Real Madrid on June 1 and will retire from football following the Euros, said there was pressure for the hosts to do well after a decade without any major international title. But he urged his teammates to…

Smartphones have become a central part of our lives, whether you’re just using something basic to make phone calls or something really advanced. If you’re the latter, then you’ll want to grab one of the best phones on the market, which is currently the Galaxy S24 Ultra if you’re an Android user. Of course, aiming for the top means paying a high cost, but luckily, Samsung has a great discount on the S24 Ultra, bringing it down to $1,300 from its original $1,420 price tag, saving you a nice $120 in the process. Plus, you can get up to $750…

The UAE is making home loan applications easier for Emiratis in a new government project announced on Tuesday. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said the government would “simplify and reduce” the procedures. Instead of 11 entities, applicants will have to deal with only one. Documents that require approval will also be slashed from 10 to only two, Sheikh Mohammed said. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. This comes under the launch of the ‘Manzili’ housing services bundle, which includes eliminating 2,000…

India’s match-winner Jasprit Bumrah will be hoping to produce another deadly spell against USA in the T20 World Cup match in New York on Wednesday. Fresh from his man-of-the-match winning performance (4-0-14-3) against Pakistan on the same ground on Sunday, the Indian pace spearhead could be too hot to handle for the cricket minnows who had stunned Pakistan in their second game of the tournament. Bumrah is in a rich spell of form, following a strong IPL campaign with a 2-6 spell against Ireland in the Group A opener before Sunday’s show. But amid the heady praise Bumrah, who suffered…

If less is more, then yesterday’s AI announcement from Apple was both modest and well, by implication, huge. Sure, you can use AI to create your own emojis, find the right images for a presentation, or transcribe phone calls, but the real theme of Apple’s long-awaited AI fiesta was the ability to remove content from your life. And I’m not talking about crushing centuries of human ingenuity into an iPad. Apple Intelligence, as Cupertino’s AI variant is called, feels more like a Marie Kondo for your iPhone than a Picasso painting — and it comes at a time that the…

A UAE resident is attempting to be the first woman ever to to row the Arctic Ocean. Orlagh Dempsey will be part of a three-member team from the UAE who will set off from Tromsø, Norway in late July. They will travel over 1,500km in an 8-metre boat with no engine, no motor, or sails, completely unassisted and unsupported — in an attempt to set three world records. Apart from setting world records, the team of adventurers that also includes Toby Gregory and Andrew Savill, will use specialist equipment on the boat to progress scientific understanding in a remote and…

Rory McIlroy improved his finishing position each of the past five US Opens culminating with a second place last year in Los Angeles when Wyndham Clark took home the trophy. On a run of five consecutive top-10 finishes in the event, matched or exceeded only by Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Xander Schauffele, McIlroy was runner-up to Clark at Los Angeles Country Club in the 2023 U.S. Open. “I’m more confident than ever that I’m right there,” McIlroy said Tuesday of winning the US Open for the first time since 2011, when he tamed Congressional for his first major victory…

As part of ‘Dubai Real Estate Brokers programme’ Dubai Land Department partners with Danube Properties to Empower National Brokers Dubai, UAE, June 11, 2024 – Danube Properties is working alongside the Dubai Land Department (DLD) for the latter’s groundbreaking initiative ‘Dubai Real Estate Brokers Programme’. This partnership aims to bolster the onboarding of new UAE national brokers into the vibrant real estate community and strengthen Emiratisation within the industry. His Excellency Eng. Marwan bin Ghalita, Acting Director General of Dubai Land Department stated: “Collaborating with Danube Properties means jointly empowering UAE talent in the real estate industry. By providing special…