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Dubai’s Global Village will be open for an extra week, it was announced Thursday. Season 28 of the multicultural park has been extended until May 5. The outdoor destination — which remains open during the cooler half of the year — was to originally close on April 28. The attraction had opened a week earlier than usual for season 28 — on October 18 instead of October 25. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Global Village had announced a ‘Kids Go Free’ campaign, where children aged below 12 receive complimentary entry. The park…

A 26-year-old Asian man was sentenced to life in prison for strangling his girlfriend, hiding her body under his bed, and later stashing it in a suitcase, a Dubai court ruled. The judgment was upheld by the Dubai Court of Appeal on April 29, after being issued by a lower court in September last year. The convict shall be deported after completing his prison term, the ruling added. The woman was in the man’s residence in International City on January 26, 2022, when they got into a heated argument, court records show. Stay up to date with the latest news.…

Indian rupee dipped two paise to Rs83.44(Dh3.67) against the US dollar on April 15. It had closed at Rs83.42(Dh3.67) on April 12. The rupee opened on Monday at Rs22.728 to the UAE dirham, a further dip from the previous Rs22.709 to the dirham. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. On April 5, the country’s forex reserves jumped $2.98 billion to hit a fresh peak of $648.56 billion, Reserve Bank of India data shows. Currency analysts said the rupee slide can benefit NRIs in a number of ways, depending on their income and budget.…

Report of the independent auditor on the summary financial information to the Directors of American Home Assurance Company in respect of its Dubai Branch Our opinion In our opinion, the accompanying summary financial information derived from the audited financial statements of American Home Assurance Company – Dubai Branch (the “Branch”) for the year ended 31 December 2023 is consistent, in all material respects, with those audited financial statements. The summary financial information The Branch’s summary financial information derived from the audited financial statements of the Branch for the year ended 31 December 2023 comprises: . The summary statement of financial…

Billie Eilish is gearing up for a global tour in promotion of her upcoming third album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” slated for release on May 17, Variety reported. Presented by Live Nation, the tour will commence in September in Quebec, traversing North America until December. Eilish will then head to Australia in February 2025, followed by stops in Europe, the U.K., and Ireland from April to late July. Presale tickets will be available for American Express cardholders starting April 30, with additional presales scheduled throughout the week. Eilish continues her collaboration with environmental nonprofit Reverb for the tour, focusing…

A unique glimpse into the past awaits visitors at the upcoming Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), as Peter Harrington, a London-based rare book seller, unveils a fascinating collection: a mid-19th-century map featuring one of the earliest mentions of Abu Dhabi. Known as “Abuthubbi,” the map is one of the earliest to acknowledge the region. Annotated by a former British Army officer, “Abuthubbi” was used for a lecture on The History of the Arabs in London in April 1844. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Priced at £95,000 (Dh435,740), the historical artefact will…

India have included wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant in their 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies and United States in June, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) announced on Tuesday. Pant was involved in a near-fatal crash in December 2022 that required him to have multiple surgeries and he missed last year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) as well as India’s 50-overs World Cup campaign on home soil. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The 26-year-old has slowly returned to his best after his comeback in this year’s IPL, scoring three fifties…

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And so concludes the saga of Google Pixel 8a leaks, merely days ahead of its expected unveiling at the I/O developers conference. Earlier today, insider @OnLeaks (in collaboration with Smartprix) shared more marketing renders of the upcoming budget phone, complete with its asking price in tow. It seems Google is going to charge $499 for its next phone, at least the 128GB base storage variant, that is. For the 256GB storage variant, buyers will have to shell out $599. That’s the same asking price as the Google Pixel 7a, which arrived last year and won plaudits for its terrific mix…

With tropical temperatures and picturesque beaches, South Korea’s Jeju island has long been a holiday spot. However, it was the exploding popularity of Korean drama that really cemented Jeju’s reputation as a dream destination. From Boys Over Flowers to Squid Game, there are several K-dramas that were either shot in Jeju Island or describe the beauty of the island. But did you know that in the olden days, Jeju was used to exile convicts and prisoners? It was the hard work and sweat and blood of hundreds of Koreans that turned Jeju into the paradise that it has become with…