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About a dozen students arrested by police, clearing a sit-in at a Denver college campus, emerged from detainment to cheers from fellow pro-Palestinian protesters. Several protesters were waving yellow court summons like tiny victory flags and imploring fellow demonstrators not to let their energy fade. A key question for protesters, school administrators and police is just how much staying power the student demonstrations over the war in Gaza will have. These demonstrations have sprung up in Denver and at dozens of universities across the United States. Graduation ceremonies are being held, summer break is coming up, and high-profile encampments are…
Salik Company PJSC, Dubai’s exclusive toll gate operator, saw 122.8 million cars passed through its eight toll gates from January to March this year, resulting in Dh562 million first quarter revenue, up by 8.1 per cent in the same period last year. The company released its Q1 2024 revenues on Monday. During the first quarter of 2024, Al Maktoum Bridge gate saw the number of revenue-generating trips (excluding paid taxi trips) increase 49.0 per cent YoY (year on year), due to the ongoing closure of the nearby Floating Bridge and diversion of traffic through the gate. Stay up to date…
شركة بن غاطي للتطوير تستحوذ على مصنع لتصنيع الحديد الحديث في دبي دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة، الاثنين 13 مايو 2024 – أعلنت بن غاطي للتطوير، الشركة الرائدة في مجال العقارات في دبي عن استحواذها على إحدى شركات التطوير العقاري لصناعة الحديد في دبي. ويمثل الاستحواذ الجديد على المصنع إنجازًا بارزًا يعكس التزام بن غاطي بالابتكار والتميز في القطاع العقاري. وسيتم تجهيز المصنع بأحدث التقنيات، بحيث يكون مركزًا رئيسيًا لفريق بن غاطي الداخلي المتخصص من المصممين والمهندسين المعماريين وخبراء التصنيع. ومن المتوقع أن يتم تصنيع هياكل تصميم الواجهات في المعمل، وتتضمن عناصر من التيجان المميزة التي تشتهر بها أحدث مشاريع بن…
There’s a revolution in the making. Those of us who’ve been watching closely know that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chips are rumored to be just around the corner. And they’re about to ignite a bomb in the world of Windows laptops. That might sound like exaggeration at first blush. But Qualcomm has spent the better part of this year trotting around a demo unit with this chip, and the performance so far looks pretty astounding. Not only is Qualcomm claiming that its new chips will run circles around Intel’s latest Core Ultra chips — but it’s even pitting them against…
Dubai-based Emirates Group has announced its strongest financial performance to date for the fiscal year 2023-24, hitting new record profit, revenue, and cash balance levels. The group reported a total profit of Dh18.7 billion, marking an exceptional 71 per cent surge compared with an Dh10.9 billion profit for last year. Both Emirates and dnata saw significant profit and revenue increases in 2023-24, as the Group expanded its operations around the world to meet strong customer demand for its high-quality products and services. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The company’s revenue was Dh137.3…
A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Monday, spewing a huge ash tower more than five kilometres into the sky after authorities raised its alert level to the second-highest last week. No damage or casualties were immediately reported but images showed a column of ash soaring into the sky on Halmahera island in North Maluku province. Authorities said it reached more than five kilometres above the volcano’s peak, one of the biggest eruptions in recent months. The grey-black ash column was observed with “thick intensity, leaning towards the west,” Geology Agency head Muhammad Wafid said in a statement Monday. Wafid…
The Emirates Group has awarded its employees with bonus equivalent to 20 weeks’ salary, to be deposited into their May salaries. The bonus comes as a celebration from the group for its record performance in the fiscal year 2023/2024, during which it achieved its highest-ever profitability, recording record profits of Dh18.7 billion and revenues of Dh137.30 billion. The total number of employees in the group rose by 10% to 112406- their largest ever employee workforce to date as Emirate and Dnata saw significant profit and revenue increases in the last year. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow…
SpaceX currently launches the Starship — the most powerful rocket ever built — from its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, but it also wants to launch it from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For that to happen, its plans will first have to be cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by way of an environmental review, the agency announced on Friday. NASA carried out a similar review five years ago and saw no issue with SpaceX launching the Starship from Kennedy, but since then the Elon Musk-led spaceflight company has adjusted its plans for the Starship and…
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced results for Class 12 on Monday. The board has provided three links for students to log in to check their results. However, they are facing log-in issue due to high traffic on the website. Speaking to Khaleej Times Pramod Mahajan, Principal, Sharjah Indian School, said, “Students are trying to log in to check their results as the results have just been declared. Some got lucky and could see their results but others are still trying to open the link and are unable to do so as too many people are on the…
During an inspection campaign conducted by the Saudi Ministry of Interior across the Kingdom from May 2 to May 8, a total of 19,710 violations were recorded. These included 12,961 violations related to residency, 4,177 violations pertaining to border security, and 2,572 violations concerning labour laws. Some 979 individuals attempted to cross the border into the Kingdom illegally, of whom 43% Yemenis, 54% Ethiopians, and 3% of other nationalities; 46 people were arrested for attempting to illegally leave the Kingdom. Twelve people involved in transporting, sheltering or employing violators were arrested. A total of 49,407 expatriates (46,342 men and 3,065…