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We have to wait another week for the DP World Tour to start their 2024 campaign with the Dubai Invitational By By Nick Tarratt, Khaleej Times Guest Golf Writer The PGA Tour kicks off this week with its opening event of 2024 – the Sentry, at the Plantation Course in Maui – the first signature event of the season with golfers playing for a purse of $20 million. Previously, the rebranded signature events were called designated events. The winner’s dollar share will be announced this week before the first ball is struck in anger. We have to wait another week…
If you’re here, you’ve likely just had this experience; needing to enter your digits for an account of some sort, you realize you don’t remember your own phone number. As you don’t call your own phone number very often, this isn’t an extremely uncommon scenario. And it gets even worse if you frequently use a second phone number alongside your main one. It’s still embarrassing enough, however, to not want to ask your partner or buddy, “Hey, what’s my phone number?” Luckily, the ability to locate phone number data comes directly on your phone, so checking your friend’s address book…
The weather in the UAE will be fair to partly cloudy today, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). There is a chance of light rain hitting parts of the country, particularly towards the north. It will be humid by night and Thursday morning over some internal areas, with the probability of mist forming as well. Light to moderate winds will blow. The sea will be moderate to rough in the Arabian Gulf, and slight to moderate in the Oman Sea. Temperatures will drop to 18°C and 20°C in Abu Dhabi and Dubai respectively. The mercury will hit 25°C…
Every night she goes to bed with the same dream and wakes up each new day filled with the determination to make it a reality. Last month in Oman, Intissar Rich took a significant step towards her ultimate goal of turning professional when she won the individual gold medal while leading the UAE Ladies team to victory at the GCC Golf Championships. The rush of being surrounded and congratulated by teammates, the adrenaline of competition still surging through her body was something new to her. But sport has a way of pulling emotions out of people, good or bad. This…
Shopping for a new cell phone plan can be … a lot. There are numerous carriers to consider, countless plans to look at, and seemingly endless features shoved in your face. Having so much to choose from is great, but it can also become very overwhelming very quickly. That’s where we come in. We’ve taken a look at all of the cell phone plans available in 2024 and rounded up the best ones right here. No matter your budget or what kind of smartphone you have, these are the best cell phone plans you can get right now. At a glance Service Category T-Mobile…
A young Emirati man who went missing for three days was finally found yesterday. Ahmed Mohammed Awad Al Menhali was driving to his farm in Saudi Arabia when he went missing. The last contact made with him was at a petrol station. A Saudi volunteer organisation received a report from the police and coordinated the search operation in the Al Tuwair area, which is located eastern Saudi Arabia, near the UAE border. Through the joint efforts of authorities and volunteers, Al Menhali was found on Tuesday after three days of no contact. More to follow
The war in Gaza rages on with no end in sight, with Israel’s military saying it’s likely to continue throughout 2024. Even as the world stepped into the new year, Israeli aircraft and tanks upped strikes in the besieged enclave, with the death toll passing 22,000 on Tuesday. Survivors of the war have to deal with lack of fuel and unhygienic conditions throughout the besieged Gaza strip. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) estimates that more than 70 per cent of the water in Gaza is contaminated and undrinkable. This is where UAE-run desalination plants…
Saudi state TV said on Tuesday that the kingdom had officially joined the Brics bloc of countries. Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister had said in August the kingdom would study the details before the proposed Jan. 1 joining date and take “the appropriate decision”. Prince Faisal bin Farhan had said the Brics group was “a beneficial and important channel” to strengthen economic cooperation. The Brics bloc previously included Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, but is set to double with Saudi Arabia joining the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Iran, and Ethiopia as new members. Saudi Arabia’s entry comes amid geopolitical…
‘Dubai is, in my opinion, the best place to live in the world, with the weather, safety, golf and so much more. I bought an apartment here in Dubai last year overlooking Emirates Golf Club and have been a resident for four years now. This year I arrived on 20th November, 2023 for a break but I am spending Christmas and New Year in England – so, it is a shortish trip to the UAE this year. I am committed to playing the PGA Tour this year. Originally, I obtained my PGA Tour Card in the summer of 2022, through…
Whether you are building your own gaming rig or making some serious upgrades to a professional workstation, a good thermal paste can do wonders for your system temperatures. As in the case with CPU coolers, investing in an aftermarket paste is necessary especially if you have a CPU that runs hot or if you are planning to do some overclocking. There are several thermal compounds available on the market from brands like Arctic, Noctua, and Thermal Grizzly, but choosing the right one can be confusing. To make things easier, here are some of the best thermal pastes we’ve tried, along…