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The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning to fly its new heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket for the first time this summer. Those working on the project — including ESA, the French space agency CNES, and the main contractor ArianeGroup — are planning the get the new rocket airborne on its maiden mission in the first two weeks of July. Josef Aschbacher, director general of ESA, confirmed the time frame in a post on social media on Tuesday, saying: “Happy to announce that as we get nearer to liftoff of Ariane6, teams at ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup have narrowed down the…

UAE companies employing 50 or more workers must meet their half-yearly Emiratisation target by June 30, authorities said in a reminder on Tuesday. These firms should have expanded their Emirati workforce by 1 per cent before the deadline, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (Mohre) said. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Starting July 1, the ministry will monitor companies’ compliance and impose fines. Private companies in the country are required to increase the percentage of their Emirati workforce by two per cent every year to reach at least 10 per cent…

Tens of thousands of Iranians flocked to the streets of Tehran Wednesday to join the funeral processions of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. In the centre of the city, people holding portraits of Raisi gathered in and around Tehran University, where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is due to lead prayers for Raisi and his companions. Raisi’s helicopter crashed Sunday on a fog-shrouded mountainside in northern Iran on the way to the city of Tabriz after the group attended the inauguration of a dam project on the border with Azerbaijan.…

Dubai has announced the launch of the world’s first and largest Artificial Intelligence (AI) prompt engineering training initiative. Titled ‘One Million Prompters’, the programme aims to upskill one million people in prompt engineering over the next three years. The launch of the initiative was announced on Tuesday by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF). “With this global initiative, overseen by DFF, we aim to prepare, develop and empower competencies with the skills needed to…

Strands is a brand new daily puzzle from the New York Times. A trickier take on the classic word search, you’ll need a keen eye to solve this puzzle. Like Wordle, Connections, and the Mini Crossword, Strands can be a bit difficult to solve some days. There’s no shame in needing a little help from time to time. If you’re stuck and need to know the answers to today’s Strands puzzle, check out the solved puzzle below. How to play Strands You start every Strands puzzle with the goal of finding the “theme words” hidden in the grid of letters.…

Keeping pace with the growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) in the UAE, the government has grand plans in place to make fast-charging stations accessible to the masses. The UAE has been witnessing a staggering rise in sales of EVs. Last year, overall sales of EVs hit 11.3 per cent, a significant rise from just 3.7 per cent in 2022. The government has set a target to increase the share of EVs to 50 per cent of the total vehicles on the UAE’s roads by 2050. Further boosting the adoption of EVs, addressing range anxiety, and accelerating the country’s march…

More than 140 passengers and crew from a Singapore Airlines flight hit by heavy turbulence that left dozens injured and one dead finally reached Singapore on a relief flight Wednesday morning after an emergency landing in Bangkok. The scheduled London-Singapore flight on a Boeing 777-300ER plane diverted to Bangkok after the plane was buffeted by turbulence that flung passengers and crew around the cabin, slamming some into the ceiling. A 73-year-old British passenger died of a suspected heart attack, and at least 30 people were injured. “I saw people from across the aisle going completely horizontal, hitting the ceiling and…

SpaceX’s Starlink service now has more than 3 million customers globally, the company announced this week. “Starlink is connecting more than 3M people with high-speed internet across nearly 100 countries, territories, and many other markets,” SpaceX said in a social media post on Tuesday that also included a short video showing Starlink satellite dishes set up and providing an internet connection in various places around the world. Starlink is connecting more than 3M people with high-speed internet across nearly 100 countries, territories and many other markets. Thank you to all of our customers around the world! 🛰️🌎❤️ → https://t.co/D6L8BSisQq pic.twitter.com/yo6f2gtJCJ…

When 24-year-old Dr Lahal Abdulla boarded his Indigo airlines flight from Chennai to Ras Al Khaimah, he was looking forward to a restful time at home with his parents and siblings. He had just finished four years of medical school and a year of internship to qualify as a doctor. However, he had no idea that his first job would be an emergency, 35,000 feet above sea level. Dr Lahal turned saviour for a woman during his flight from Chennai to Ras Al Khaimah on Wednesday, May 15. As the only medical professional on board, he helped the passenger who…

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends. Some days are trickier than others. If you’re having a little trouble solving today’s Connections puzzle, check out our tips and hints below. And if you still can’t get…