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Trip timetables for water transport will be planned according to passenger demand, under the initiative that Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recently started implementing. The initiative targets ferry, abra, water taxi — all operated marine transport services and lines in Dubai. The timing and frequency of marine transport services will be adjusted according to the change in passenger numbers and occupancy rate throughout the year, under this ‘seasonal network’ operational schedule. The schedules are updated in coordination with the Business Development and Planning Department. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. RTA…

The spectacular auroras that danced across the sky in many parts of the world over the weekend are fading, scientists said Monday, as the massive sunspot that caused them turns its ferocious gaze away from Earth. Since Friday, the most powerful solar storm to strike our planet in more than two decades has lit up night skies with dazzling auroras in the United States, Tasmania, the Bahamas and other places far from the extreme latitudes where they are normally seen. But Eric Lagadec, an astrophysicist at France’s Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur, told AFP that the “most spectacular” period of…

National Bonds, the UAE’s leading Shariah-compliant savings and investment company, announced that in the first quarter of 2024 alone, 292 customers attained millionaire status through saving with National Bonds. The company’s recent data highlights a noteworthy trend: the post-millennial generation in the UAE is emerging as a beacon of financial prudence, actively saving for their future and defying stereotypes. Bondholders from Gen Z (born 1997-2012) exhibit remarkable financial discipline, becoming the quickest to amass Dh1 million with an average duration of just 3.5 years, compared to the overall average of 4.2 years. Additionally, a commendable 34 per cent of this…

England players Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Will Jacks and Reece Topley have left their respective Indian Premier League (IPL) teams to join the national side for the T20 series against Pakistan starting on May 22. The four-match T20 series at home against Pakistan is a final warm-up event for England as they bid to defend their title at the ICC T20 World Cup (June 2-29) in the West Indies and USA The four T20 internationals will be played in Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff and London. Buttler, a crucial player for Rajasthan Royals which is highly likely to qualify for the playoffs,…

American car buyers mostly know Mercedes-Benz as a luxury brand. But for decades, the automaker has also produced the tough, rugged G-Class (also known as the Geländewagen or G-Wagen), an SUV not afraid to get its leather upholstery muddy. And now, this iconic Mercedes is going electric. The 2025 Mercedes-Benz G580 with EQ Technology — the final name of the SUV previously known as the EQG — isn’t the first electric off-roader. The Rivian R1S and R1T and GMC Hummer EV have proven that electric powertrains and off-roading are a great combination. But the electric G-Wagen is different because it’s…

Israel battled Hamas in Gaza on Monday, including in far-southern Rafah, despite US warnings against a full-scale invasion of the crowded city and of the threat of post-war “anarchy” across the Palestinian territory. Clashes also raged in northern and central Gaza as Israel marked a sombre Memorial Day, which is followed by Independence Day from Monday night, more than seven months into the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack. Israelis marked a moment’s silence and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that “our war of independence is not over yet. It continues even today… We are determined to win this…

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday it would release a new AI model called GPT-4o, which reasons across voice, text and vision. OpenAI’s chief technology officer, Mira Murati, said, during a livestream event, that the new GPT-4o model would be offered for free because it is more efficient than the company’s previous models. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. OpenAI is under pressure to expand the user base of ChatGPT, its popular chatbot product that wowed the world with its ability to produce human-like written content and top-notch software code.

Environmental protestors stopped play at two matches at the Rome Open tennis tournament on Monday after invading courts in the Italian capital. Activists from climate group Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) burst onto the Pietrangeli court, where American Madison Keys was leading Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 3-1 in the women’s last 16. Wearing orange vests, they threw a liquid onto the court and confetti before being removed by security staff. After a half-hour stoppage to clean the court, Keys to complete her win over Romania’s Cirstea 6-2, 6-1. Two people also burst onto an adjacent court 12, where a men’s doubles match…

ADNOC Drilling Secures Transformational $1.7 Billion Contract to Unlock UAE’s World-Class Unconventional Energy Resources Award consolidates ADNOC Drilling’s position as leading regional provider of energy drilling services with expansion into unconventional energy. ADNOC Drilling establishes ‘’Turnwell’’ to execute the award and signs a term sheet for potential partnerships with global industry leaders SLB and Patterson-UTI Strategic joint venture, Enersol, will be instrumental in providing scalable innovative technologies to support cutting-edge AI smart drilling design, completions engineering, and production solutions. Contract award marks a significant step in recovery of Abu Dhabi’s unconventional energy resources underlining the UAE’s role meeting the world’s…

Microsoft is about to make copying and pasting much easier in Word, thanks to a new Merge Formatting option. In a Microsoft 365 Insiders blog post, the company announced the change, which was “implemented based on [user] feedback.” The change means that pasting text with formatting that doesn’t match your file will no longer ruin it, so you don’t have to spend more time fixing the formatting so it can match your formatting style. Unlike with “Keep Source Formatting,” the text you paste to your document will match your file’s formatting, font, color, and size, making the recently added text…