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UAE residents should brace themselves for more rain in the initial days of Ramadan, which will begin on Monday. On Tuesday, some regions of the country might encounter mild to moderate rainfall, as highlighted by the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). However, residents need not fear the return of severe weather conditions, as the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) declared the end of these on Sunday. Speaking to Khaleej Times on Sunday, Dr Ahmed Habib a climate expert at the NCM, said, “Currently, there is a temperature rise. However, come Tuesday, we will experience the influence of…
Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive holy month as talks to secure a ceasefire stalled. Thousands of police have been deployed around the narrow streets of the Old City in Jerusalem, where tens of thousands of worshippers are expected every day at Al Aqsa mosque compound, one of the holiest sites in Islam. The area has been a longstanding flashpoint for trouble and was one of the starting points of the last war in 2021 between Israel and Hamas.…
Nesma Injazat and Presight Announce Strategic Partnership to Drive Technological Innovation and Digital Transformation Across the Kingdom Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 8th, 2024: Nesma Injazat, a leading provider of digital transformation solutions and digital services, and Presight, the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by Generative AI (GenAI), have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at spearheading and enhancing the digital transformation of government and businesses across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the MENA region. The partnership will combine Nesma Injazat’s extensive experience in hybrid multi-cloud, and digital service solutions, with Presight’s cutting-edge capabilities in GenAI-driven big data analytics,…
The 2024 Oscars are here, and it’s not too hard to predict who will emerge victorious next Sunday. Oppenheimer is poised to sweep the ceremony, with projected wins for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director. Barbie, meanwhile, will win Best Song, while Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will likely snag Best Animated Feature. There’s one category, however, that remains a bit of a toss-up. This year’s Best Actress race has five intriguing nominees, and while I won’t predict who will win, I will list who deserves to win, from least to most, and explain why their performances either failed to…
Russian real estate agent Miranda Hayes truly believed the fines imposed by her Arab boyfriend were for her own good. He’d charge her anywhere from Dh3,000 to Dh15,000 for being late to dates or upsetting him. “Yes, you can call me dumb, because looking back, I realise I was naive. But at that time, I didn’t sense anything was wrong. I was in love, and he assured me that the money charged as penalties was being saved for our future and to discipline me,” said Hayes. The 34-year-old has since broken up with the man, but the repercussions linger. Over…
The ruling coalition of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party is set to finalise the federal cabinet soon with the PML-N deciding to request its prime supporter PPP to join the cabinet, according to a media report on Sunday. A meeting chaired by the PML-N supremo and three-time former premier Nawaz Sharif and attended by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif besides other leaders decided that the PPP should be approached again with the request to join the federal cabinet. “Shahbaz Sharif told the meeting, which was held prior to the presidential election on Saturday, he would talk to Asif Ali…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Re-entry and Splashdown SpaceX’s Crew-7 is preparing to depart the International Space Station (ISS) after a six-and-a-half month stay aboard the orbital outpost some 250 miles above Earth. NASA will live stream all of the key moments of the homecoming (full details below). NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, will board their Crew Dragon spacecraft and undock from the ISS at just after 11 a.m. ET on Monday, March 11. Mogensen, who’s been dazzling earthlings with his photographic skills…
Three key Libyan leaders said on Sunday they had agreed on the “necessity” of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections. A political process to resolve more than a decade of conflict in Libya has been stalled since an election scheduled for December 2021 collapsed amid disputes over the eligibility of the main candidates. The leaders are the president of the Presidential Council (PC) Mohamed Menfi, the head of High State Council (HSC) Mohamed Takala, who are both based in Tripoli, and Aguila Saleh, speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Benghazi. Stay up to date…
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation to exhibit at “London Book Fair 2024“ 10 March 2024- The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) will be participating in the London Book Fair 2024, a major international event that brings together publishers, writers, and other experts from the literary field. The event will take place in London from 12 to 14 March 2024. During its participation, the MBRF will host a range of events that will highlight the Dubai International Program for Writing (DIPW) and its knowledge contributions over the past decade. Additionally, a series of sessions and discussions will address…
The biggest pop culture event of the year is upon us. The 2024 Oscars ceremony is this weekend, and everyone is asking one question: Who is going to win? An endless parade of precursor awards like the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards, and the SAG Awards, have given some clues to potential victors, but no one really knows for sure who is going to win Best Picture, Best Actress, and the other 21 categories. Will the two movies that made up last summer’s Barbenheimer phenomenon, Oppenheimer and Barbie, emerge triumphant? Or will underdogs like The Holdovers or Poor Things…