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Hundreds of people stared at the smoke-blackened ruins of Gaza’s biggest hospital on Monday, horrified by the damage and death left behind by a fierce two-week battle between militants and Israeli troops. The crowd stood amid debris and large mounds of dirt at the foot of a shell-pocked five-story building in the sprawling Al Shifa complex that was once a shelter for both patients and displaced Gazans. “Bodies and martyrs are scattered in Al Shifa Medical Complex. Medical teams are still working in the field to remove the bodies and injured people around and inside,” said Fares Afanah, an ambulance…

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fools’ Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. One year, Google posted a job opening for a Copernicus research centre on the moon. Another year, the company said it planned to roll out a “scratch and sniff” feature on its search engine. The jokes were so consistently over-the-top that people learned to laugh them off as another example of Google mischief. And that’s why Page and Brin decided to unveil something no one would…

There are not many better batters than the great Mahendra Singh Dhoni when it comes to game awareness and that reflected in his maiden outing with the bat this IPL season, said Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming. The margin of defeat for CSK’s first loss of the season would have been bigger than 20 runs if it was not for Dhoni’s unbeaten 37 off 16 balls at number eight. Dhoni’s cameo against the Delhi Capitals included a thundering six over extra-cover before he unleashed a one handed maximum over mid-wicket in the 20th over. The 42-year-old, who last…

Withings ScanWatch 2 MSRP $350.00 “The desirable Withings ScanWatch 2 puts the company’s comprehensive and accurate health tech inside a classy watch case.” Pros Beautiful design Comprehensive health monitoring FDA approved for atrial fibrillation 38mm or 42mm case sizes Long battery life Cons Unreliable notifications Subscription needed to unlock features App design can frustrate If you want a smartwatch that tracks your health but doesn’t look like a piece of tech on your wrist, choosing from the usual suspects is quite challenging. What you should do instead is look at the Withings ScanWatch 2. On the surface, it appears to…

The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) has started work on the HCT-SAT 1 project, which is the institution’s inaugural student-led space mission. This is being developed in collaboration with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC). The Earth-observation CubeSat project which has a unit size of 1U (10cm x 10cm x 10cm) is set to be launched by the end of 2024. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. This collaboration involves the centre’s engineers providing comprehensive knowledge transfer and mentorship to the students across all critical phases of the satellite’s life cycle, including…

Adnoc Gas shareholders plc have approved the board of directors’ proposal to distribute a robust full-year 2023 dividend of $3.25 billion. The decision was taken at the company’s first annual general meeting (AGM) since its landmark initial public offering (IPO) in March 2023. An inaugural interim cash dividend of $1.625 billion was paid in December 2023, with a further $1.625 billion scheduled for distribution in the second quarter of 2024. Adnoc Gas is well-positioned to benefit from Adnoc’s planned expansion of oil production capacity to five million barrels per day by 2027. In addition, Adnoc has announced its intention to…

Joe Jones, last year’s runner-up from Wales, will hope to go one better when he competes alongside a quality field in this week’s second Robert Rock Abu Dhabi Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. The three-day tournament will be held at the National Course from Tuesday to Thursday. Last year’s inaugural event was won by Thomas Nesbitt from the Yas Links Abu Dhabi. A field of 32 players, including 19 boys and 13 girls aged 21 years and under, will be seen in action on the first day of the event. The Robert Rock Abu Dhabi Championship is a World…

The Nanoleaf Skylight is one of the most unique smart lights on the market. Instead of a simple light bulb or light strip, the Skylight is a series of light panels designed to be installed on your ceiling. Once in place, they act much like other Nanoleaf products, with tons of customization options and color settings available in the mobile app. However, some users are running into an “unreachable” error that prevents them from properly using their Skylight. If you’ve stumbled upon the issue, here’s a look at how to fix the “unreachable” error on Nanoleaf Skylight, along with additional…

Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi has planted 850,000 mangrove trees along Abu Dhabi emirate’s coastal areas as part of the ‘Ghars Al Emarat’ (UAE Planting) initiative to plant 10 mangroves for each visitor to COP28 at Expo City Dubai. The UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai hosted about 85,000 participants last year. Using innovative methods like drone seeding, the mangrove trees were planted in locations that offered the most suitable environments for growth, like Marawah Marine Biosphere Reserve, Al Mirfa City, and Jubail Island. The rate of carbon uptake by trees is estimated at one tonne per 5,000 mangroves. The initiative…

The world’s largest democratic election could also be one of its most consequential. With a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 million voters, India’s general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi against a broad alliance of opposition parties that are struggling to play catch up. The 73-year-old Modi first swept to power in 2014 on promises of economic development, presenting himself as an outsider cracking down on corruption. Since then, he has fused religion with politics in a formula that has attracted wide support from the country’s majority Hindu population. The six-week-long general election starts on…