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Rents in prime Dubai residential areas are poised to see up to 20 per cent in 2024 after a year of remarkable upswing estimated to be in the range of 23-30 per cent. Property experts predict the sustained buoyancy for multiple reasons including increased investor appetite, rising influx of professionals, population surge, and the city’s growing appeal as a haven for the wealthy. They said if net migration to Dubai continues to be higher than the rate that new homes are handed over, it will continue to put upward pressure on rental prices. Factors that could dictate the trajectory of…

AIWF President & Founder Haifa Al Kaylani appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in King Charles’ New Year 2024 Honours List UAE, Dubai, Monday 2nd January 2024: The Arab International Women’s Forum (AIWF) is proud and delighted to announce that AIWF’s President & Founder Haifa Al Kaylani has been appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in King Charles’ New Year 2024 Honours List. This honour is in recognition of her services to Women, Young People and to Cultural Relations between the UK and the countries of…

If you’re a sports fan, Fubo (nee FuboTV) may be the answer to your cord-cutting dreams. What is Fubo? It’s a live streaming service that focuses mainly on sports-focused live TV and can help you quit cable for good. And it’s very much growing in popularity, currently sitting in fourth place in the U.S. with about 1.477 million subscribers as of late 2023. Fubo’s pricing and plans — and even the channels available — are competitive with services that are many times its size. And that’s what’s great about the whole streaming space: You have options. That’s also the hard…

Iconic yellow school buses dotted Dubai roads once again on Tuesday as children returned to their schools on the second day of 2024. As students returned to schools in UAE after a three-week-long winter break, they battled a number of issues: from getting back to routine to facing mock exams. “It usually takes some time to readjust to the normal school routine, but I think it will be easy to get back to our ways,” said Hamdan Ali, a Year 6 Student, GEMS Al Barsha National School. He even spoke of his goal this year, saying, “This term I would…

Waiting in the cold, hundreds of residents of the earthquake-hit Japanese town of Shika stood in a queue to get rations of a suddenly scarce, but vital, commodity: drinking water. The line snaked out the door and around the town hall building, past paving stones jutting out of the ground that were forced upwards by the powerful series of tremors on New Year’s Day. Taps ran dry in many homes as dozens of aftershocks rocked Shika and other towns in the central Ishikawa region following a 7.5-magnitude earthquake. Among those waiting for their six allocated litres (1.6 gallons) of water…

Twenty per cent of companies in the UAE have admitted that they do not have the budget for adequate cybersecurity measures, a new report has found. Fifteen per cent of companies in the UAE have experienced cyber incidents due to insufficient cybersecurity investment in the last two years, according to a recent study by Kaspersky. Alarmingly, critical infrastructure, oil and gas and energy organisations in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region suffered the biggest number of cyber incidents due to improper budget allocation (60 per cent). Kaspersky conducted a study to discover the opinions of IT Security professionals working…

There is exciting news for golfers in the New Year as the 2023 – 2024 Race to Georgia Golf Series has announced an enhanced collaboration with the Emirates Golf Federation (EGF). The alignment allows for the leading players in the 2023 – 2024 EGF Order of Merits to qualify for the UAE Regional Finals of the Race to Georgia. The Race to Georgia involves a series of amateur golf qualifying events, for both men and ladies, held throughout the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and KSA where qualifiers go through to the Regional Finals. The winners from each of the two handicap…

NOTHING TECH PARTNERS WITH LULU GROUP INTERNATIONAL EXPANDING ITS OFFERING TO A WIDER CUSTOMERS IN GCC DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 02 January, 2023 – London-based technology company Nothing Tech recently signed a strategic partnership with Lulu Group International, the Emirati-based multinational conglomerate company that operates a chain of hypermarkets and retail companies across the region. Starting from December 28th, the Lulu Group customers across GCC, will get the chance to put their hand on the most hyped tech gadgets at the moment, including the Nothing’s second generation flagship smartphone, Nothing Phone (2) but also the brand’s sought-after accessories such as…

Fewer and fewer laptops are upgradeable these days, with most featuring sealed chassis that can’t be cracked open by the end user. And even if you could open the chassis without special tools and knowledge, you wouldn’t find anything to upgrade inside. That’s why those few laptops that can be upgraded stand out, even if the most you can do is upgrade RAM or storage (or both). Fortunately, some are among the best laptops you can buy, making them superior choices if you think you might need to make changes later. Most of the best upgradeable laptops are larger, simply…

The night sky in the UAE will come alive as the first meteor shower of 2024 creates hundreds of shooting stars. Days after fireworks lit up the UAE skies to usher in the New Year, the Quadrantids meteor shower will peak on January 4 with its fireballs. Named after the defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis, the meteor shower is an annual event known for its “intense bursts”, according to the Dubai Astronomy Group (DAG). “Originating from the asteroid 2003 EH1, this rare phenomenon is anticipated to produce up to 60 or more meteors per hour at its peak, creating a dazzling…