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SWFI FORT Dubai 2024 Culminates with Major AI Innovation and Global Collaboration Dubai, UAE – February, 2024 – Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI) successfully concluded its Family Office Round Table (FORT) Dubai 2024 at Dubai’s iconic Museum of the Future on February 2nd. “Abundance for the Future”, co-hosted with US-based Patel Family Office brought together policymakers, innovators and global wealth leaders managing an estimated $2 trillion in assets from 46 countries. Across a unique and varied blend of high-level panel discussions, keynote speeches, fireside chats, awards, networking sessions, notable attendees included H.H. Shaikha Jawaher Bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, Founder and…

More rumors have emerged of a new Nothing smartphone, and unlike its predecessors, it’s missing a big part of what made Nothing notable. According to leaks released by Steve McFly (with SmartPrix), the new Nothing Phone 2a will not use the company’s innovative Glyph lighting system, eschewing it in favor of … well, a plain back panel. The claimed official renders show the back panel of Nothing’s upcoming midrange smartphone. It’s clad in white, with two vertically arranged camera lenses in the top-left corner, reminiscent of Nothing’s past phones. The Nothing Phone 2a still has the see-through-style design, where internal…

The market value of the investment portfolio managed by the Knowledge Fund Establishment reached Dh1.01 billion at the end of 2023, marking a 47.2 per cent increase from the end of 2022. The Establishment allocated more than 2.8 million square feet of educational assets in Dubai for investors and operators in the education sector in 2023, a 211 per cent increase from 2022. The allocated assets are expected to serve over 18,000 students in the emirate through the forthcoming launch of educational projects including schools and early education centres offering British, Indian, French and American curricula. The assets cover various…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for another Middle East crisis tour, hoping to secure a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war as Gaza saw no let-up in fighting. On his fifth trip to the region since Hamas’s October 7 attack that triggered the war, Blinken landed in Riyadh and was later expected to visit Israel, Egypt and Qatar. Ahead of the trip he stressed the need for “urgently addressing humanitarian needs in Gaza”, after aid groups have repeatedly sounded the alarm over the devastating impact nearly four months of war have had on…

Mubadala Investment Company on Monday announced that it is investing in Manipal Health Enterprises (Manipal). Temasek, a Singapore-headquartered global investment company, will continue to hold a majority stake in Manipal. Manipal offers affordable, high-quality healthcare through its multispecialty and tertiary care network which currently serves around six million patients a year through more than 30 hospitals nationwide. Employing more than 5,000 doctors, the company is India’s second-largest hospital chain by number of beds. “Manipal is one of India’s leading healthcare networks, distinguishing itself through its commitment to clinical excellence, its strong patient-centric approach, and its impeccable standards of corporate governance,”…

 نجاح مبهر وابتكارات رائدة في مجالات التعاون العالمي والذكاء الاصطناعي اختتام فعاليات مؤتمر فورت 2024 دبي بتنظيم من معهد صناديق الثروة السيادية دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة – 4 فبراير 2024 اختتم معهد صناديق الثروة السيادية فعاليات مؤتمر المكاتب والشركات العائلية دبي 2024 (فورت) بنجاح لافت، حيث انعقد هذا الملتقى الهام في متحف المستقبل بدبي في الثاني من فبراير، بمشاركة واستضافة شركة باتيل فاميلي أوفيس الأمريكية. وقد تميز المؤتمر، الذي حمل شعار “وفرة من أجل المستقبل”، بحضور نخبة متميزة من صُناع السياسات ورواد الأعمال والخبراء العالميين الذين يشرفون على إدارة أصول بقيمة إجمالية تقدر بنحو 2 تريليون دولار، موزعة عبر 46…

Atlus announced when players will finally be able to get their hands on the Persona 3 Reload remake, and it’s coming out during what’s currently looking like a surprisingly packed month for new game releases.Persona 3 Reload — Meet the S.E.E.S. Trailer | Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PCSpecifically, Persona 3 Reload will launch on February 2, 2024, which is less than three months after strategy game spinoff Persona 5 Tactica. The release date was revealed at the end of a new trailer that introduces the main cast of the JRPG, who make up the Specialized Extracurricular…

Dubai Health on Monday announced that the emirate’s first integrated, comprehensive cancer hospital would be opened in 2026. The design of the Hamdan Bin Rashid Cancer Hospital was unveiled at a ceremony attended by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai. The event also announced the hospital’s groundbreaking model of care. The ceremony was held at the site allocated for the hospital in the presence of Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Health Board of Directors; Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al…

Days before Pakistan’s election, a masked and headscarf-clad Komal Asghar led a team of similarly dressed women through alleys in the eastern city of Lahore. Their mission: To knock on doors and distribute campaign pamphlets adorned with photos of jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan. Asghar, a 25-year-old insurance company employee, gave up her day job for a month to canvass for Khan’s embattled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Khan has been in prison since August. Numerous PTI candidates are behind bars or on the run from criminal…

Saudi Arabia’s 2023 budget recorded a surplus of 16 billion riyals ($4.27 billion) compared to the government’s previous forecast deficit of 82 billion riyals, the investment ministry said on Monday, citing preliminary data. The Saudi government had forecast the deficit for 2023 with lower crude production and prices weighing on revenue. Saudi Arabia also turned a deficit of 35.8 billion riyals ($9.54 billion) in the third quarter of 2023 into a surplus of 60 billion riyals ($16 billion) in the fourth quarter. The surplus “might be due to the decline in the government’s expenditure,” which fell 40.7 per cent, the…