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India’s highest-rated International Master (IM) Aronyak Ghosh pulled ahead of the field after scoring his second straight point in Sunday night’s second round of the 24th Dubai Open Chess Tournament at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. The 20-year-old Ghosh, who took the bronze medal in the 2023 Indian national championships ahead of several grandmasters, defeated 15-year-old prodigy IM Kevin George Micheal of Egypt to move up to two points in the nine-round Swiss system tournament. Playing the black side of a Sicilian Defence game, the Indian made a rare foray of the black queen to a5 on the sixth…

The Nintendo Switch is one of the bestselling consoles of all time, and with the additions of the Switch Lite and the Switch OLED , that shouldn’t change anytime soon. Nintendo paid a lot of attention to playing on the go when designing the Switch, and, thankfully, there are numerous ways to enjoy your system in the living room, too. The Joy-Con grip is fine — we’ll get to just how well it can work later on — but a proper controller makes the Switch feel much more like a home console. It doesn’t matter if you prefer fast first-person…

Spain’s foreign minister condemned as “scandalous and execrable” a video posted by his Israeli counterpart suggesting Hamas would be grateful to Spain, in a growing spat between the two countries over the Gaza war. Spain last week announced it would recognise Palestine as a state and in recent days, two Spanish government ministers referred to a genocide in Gaza. A short video posted by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on the social media platform X on Sunday says “Hamas: Gracias España” (“Hamas: Thanks Spain”). Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The video shows…

Digital trade activities in the UAE are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 12.3 per cent between 2023 and 2028, a new study showed. According to a joint paper issued by the Ministry of Economy and the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, more than 40 per cent of consumers in the UAE relying on the “buy now, pay later (BNPL)” models and FinTech digital technology systems. The paper titled “Introducing Trade by Modern Technological Means: Economic Outlook and Federal Decree-Law No. 14/2023 – BEI Research 360° Paper”, showed that digital trade in Abu Dhabi…

Barely a week after their historic President’s Cup triumph, Al Wasl clinched the 2023-2024 UAE Pro League title with an impressive 3-0 win over city rivals Shabab Al Ahli in Dubai on Sunday. With just two games remaining in the season, Al Wasl (61 points) have taken a nine-point lead over second-placed Shabab Al Ahli (52 points). The Dubai giants completed a grand double by winning the league title after their emphatic 4-0 win over Al Nasr in the President’s Cup final at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain last week. Sunday’s win over Shabab Al Ahli gave Al…

Taking a road trip is one of the most fun things you could do if you want to experience freedom, adventure, and discovery. If you want to relieve that thrill of going on a road trip, some movies have captured its exhilarating experience.  These films shine a light on the ups and downs of going on a road trip with loved ones — or even complete strangers. They take a look into what makes road trips so fun, whether it’s the dramatic moments of self-discovery, the high-octane action sequences, or the hilarious mishaps that make us laugh out loud. So,…

An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, with nearly a million people fleeing inland for concrete storm shelters away from howling gales and crashing waves. “The severe Cyclone Remal has started crossing the Bangladesh coast,” Bangladesh Meteorological Department Director Azizur Rahman told AFP, adding the raging storm could continue hammering the coast until at least the early hours of Monday morning. “We have so far recorded maximum wind speeds of 90 kilometres per hour, but the wind speed may pick up more pace.” Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp…

A lot of questions remain regarding the new Sonos Ace headphones. Chief among them is how do they sound? Next probably is why don’t they really take advantage of all the things the Sonos app does? (Or, maybe, what it currently doesn’t do?) Those will come in due time. But here’s one thing we can gnaw on while we wait: Which color Sonos Ace should you get? First, a little context if you’re just stumbling onto this. Yes, after years of speculation (and, presumably, development work), Sonos now makes headphones. We’ve already gotten a fairly decent first look at the…

Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has said it will bring back national service if it wins power again in the UK general election on July 4. Eighteen-year-olds would either choose to join the military full-time for 12 months or spend one weekend every month volunteering in their community over a year, under the plans announced late Saturday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the scheme would “create a shared sense of purpose among our young people and a renewed sense of pride in our country”. “This new, mandatory national service will provide life-changing opportunities for our young people, offering them the chance…

R&H Properties, a real estate firm based out of Dubai’s Business Bay, is organising a gathering of industry experts on June 10 in Dubai as it unveils its robust plans for bridging the gap between Africa, Dubai, and the rest of the world. R&H Properties has the largest network of investors translating to $1 trillion in investment portfolios across the globe – a net worth that no other UAE-based real estate firm has reached. Also, its prominence extends to some of the wealthiest and most influential crypto investors, positioning the company as a diversified investment powerhouse. initiative to invite global…