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Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza’s overwhelmed remaining hospitals which can’t deal with the tens of thousands people hurt in Israeli’s military offensive, a UN health emergency expert said on Wednesday, while a doctor with the International Rescue Committee called the situation in Gaza’s hospitals the most extreme she had ever seen. The two health professionals, who recently left Gaza after weeks working in hospitals there, described overwhelmed doctors trying to save the lives of thousands of wounded people amid collapsing hospitals that have turned into impromptu refugee camps. The World Health Organisation’s Sean Casey, who left Gaza recently…

Axis Communications, an industry leader in video surveillance, sees the UAE as its strongest market in the Middle East and expects the trend to continue. “We have been in the UAE for 23 years, and 2023 has been our best year yet. With infrastructure developments that are taking place now, along with tremendous population growth. So with growth comes opportunity. Along with this there are very strong regulations locally in Dubai and also now Abu Dhabi, and those are very favourable for IoT providers,” Ettiene van der Watt, Regional Director for Middle East and Africa at Axis, told Khaleej Times…

Ariana Grande announced on Wednesday that her new album, titled Eternal Sunshine, will be released on March 8. Last Friday, Grande released her first single from Eternal Sunshine, a house-informed pop kiss-off to the haters, “yes, and?” News of the album first broke Dec. 27, when the two-time Grammy award winner teased the future full-length album on her Instagram page. It will be her seventh studio album and first since 2020’s Positions. “See you next year,” she wrote in the caption of the Instagram post, which included images in a studio and in front of a mixing board, and a…

Asha Devi, a widowed mother of three, works as an artisan at Purkal Stree Shakti Samiti (PSSS), a Dehradun-based social enterprise nestling at the foothills of the picturesque Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. The 38-year-old stitches and sews ‘memorial quilts’, a unique service that involves upcycling garments of the deceased for families keen to preserve the memories of their loved one in the form of a tangible heirloom. The project helps Devi earn a steady income even as bereaved families can have a permanent physical connection to their departed relative through a priceless memento. Even better, the sustainable project leaves zero…

Qaser Al Kout brings flavours of Kuwait to Sharjah Serving pure and authentic Kuwaiti cuisines in Sharjah, Qaser Al Kout is all set to spread flavours on Jan.21SHARJAH: 18-01-2024:Today, a press conference was held to launch the Qaser Al Kout restaurant in Sharjah, in the presence of:DirectorsAbdul Salam Fossil,Mohamed Aslam,Ramees Vazhayil. Come Jan.21, food lovers from across the UAE will throng the most thriving food districts of Sharjah, Muwaileh, to get a taste of authentic Kuwaiti’s cuisines. Bringing a wealth of experience and purity with them, Qaser Al Kout’s spacious dining restaurant is one of its kinds in the region,…

Whether you’re dealing with regular power cuts or you enjoy going camping while having some of the creature comforts of home, having a good solar power station can make a big difference. On the bright side, there are a ton of options out there for pretty much any need, and while it might feel a little bit overwhelming at first glance, it’s actually not that bad. In fact, we’ve looked around and picked some of our favorite solar power stations for various needs by drawing on our own experiences in tech and commerce to make sure you get the bast…

In a shift towards healthier living, residents in the UAE are turning towards organic fruits and vegetables, according to local farmers. Farmers at the inaugural edition of Al Dhaid Agriculture Exhibition told Khaleej Times that they have seen a massive increase in their sales since 2020. “Our client base has shot up post Covid-19 and we have several loyal clients who order veggies once a week,” said Abdullah Al Bloushi from Al Jimi Organica, which started in 2017. “We sell most of our veggies and fruits online and through social media. We also get orders over phone where we deliver…

Normalising ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia is a key element of ending the war with Hamas and a gamechanger for the entire Middle East, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Thursday at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss town of Davos. “It’s still delicate, it’s fragile, and it will take a long time, but I think that it is actually an opportunity to move forward in the world and the region towards a better future,” Herzog said. It comes days after Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, said on a Davos panel that the…

For the fourth straight year, cyber-attacks have been listed as the most common and most impactful causes of business outages across organizations, a study showed. Veeam Software, the leader by market share in data protection and ransomware recovery, on Thursday released insights from the company’s fifth annual Veeam Data Protection Trends Report. While companies say they will spend more trying to fend off cyber-attacks, the survey found IT leaders are feeling even less protected and more concerned about their ability to recover and restore mission-critical data. Respondents shared that cyber-attacks remain the top cause of outages and that while organizations…

Pakistani supermodel, actor and fashion entrepreneur Hasnain Lehri, hit the popularity charts when he unexpectedly proposed to to co-star Loujain Adada in the finale of the Netflix series Dubai Bling’s latest season. In a conversation with City Times, Lehri talks of his glamorous career and how his on-screen ladylove in the series Loujain Adada, has been his off-screen love too. You straddle two worlds – being a successful businessman and then belong to the world of high fashion in Pakistan. I am from Balochistan and continue to be a successful businessman in the fashion industry, having won numerous awards, including…