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The world’s top bottled water seller Nestle Waters used “food safety” treatments that infringe French law, the company told AFP Monday. It said it had passed some waters, such as Perrier and Vittel, through ultraviolet light and active carbon filters “to guarantee food safety”, confirming an initial report from business daily Les Echos. Nestle said it “lost track of the importance of conforming to regulations” but that all the brands concerned now fulfil French requirements. It said it told the French authorities in 2021. Nestle did not immediately make clear when it stopped treating water sold under the Perrier, Vittel,…
Borouge, a leading petrochemical company that provides innovative and differentiated polyolefin solutions, on Monday announced that the Borouge 4 project, one of the largest industrial projects underway in the UAE, is over 50 per cent complete. During a recent visit to the site by Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Adnoc managing director and group CEO, and chairman of Borouge, he witnessed the strong construction progress including the installation of the world’s largest, first-ever UAE built Borstar gas phase reactor. The project, being built by Borouge on behalf of the project’s owners, Adnoc and Borealis, will…
The whole point of VR is to be surrounded by an environment, but because of the single-user nature of the experience, others around you could feel left out. Luckily, you can cast your Meta Quest 3 (or Quest 2 or Quest Pro) to other devices, including Chromecast-enabled televisions, making it so that your friends or family can watch your games, video content, and more alongside you. How to cast Meta Quest 3 to a TVBefore beginning the casting process, be sure you’ve downloaded the Meta Quest app to your phone and are logged in to your Meta account. You’ll also…
The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK Bank) on Monday announced that it posted record historical profits in 2023, driven by a strong growth on both sides of the balance sheet. Profit after tax for the full year stood at Dh1.78 billion, up 53.4 per cent from Dh1.16 billion in 2022, the bank said in a statement. Net interest income to Dh3.3 billion, up 34 per cent, supported by a robust fee income of Dh1.1 billion up 17.8 per cent. Gross loans and advances, at Dh42.0 billion, rose 10.1 per cent year-on-year. As the bank continues to diversify its…
An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the US installation, two US officials said on Monday. The officials, who were not authorised to comment and insisted on anonymity, said the preliminary accounts suggest the enemy drone that struck the installation known as Tower 22 may have been mistaken for an American drone that was in the air at the same time. The officials said that as the enemy drone was flying in at a low altitude, a US drone was returning to…
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice-President, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Presidential Court and Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of the UAE on Monday made the first cross-border payment for the UAE Central Bank’s digital currency ‘Digital Dirham’ directly with China worth Dh50 million through the “mBridge”, which uses central bank digital currencies (CBDC) for international fund transfers between participating banks, based on distributed ledger technology, also known as blockchain. Sheikh Mansour made the payment while attending a celebration marking the CBUAE’s 50th Anniversary. He also witnessed the graduation of the first batch of 1,056…
The iPhone contacts feature is so great it is practically a crutch at times. Can you even remember your closest family member’s phone number at this point? If not, you could be in big trouble if your contacts go missing or get deleted. Luckily, there are several methods to recover your old contacts via your iPhone and other devices. We’ll guide you through each technique so you can get back to functioning as normal quickly. iCloud makes it easy to restore your contacts on the best iPhones. Here’s how to restore contacts on an iPhone from iCloud using iOS. To…
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The US processed a record 1.4 million visas to Indians in 2023, bringing down visitor visa appointment wait times by 75 per cent, the US Embassy said on Monday. There was a 60 per cent increase in visa applications from Indians compared to 2022. Process improvements and investments in staffing have brought down appointment wait times for visitor visas from an average of 1,000 days to only 250 days around the country while wait times are minimal in all other categories, it said. “In 2023, the US Embassy and Consulates in India processed a record-smashing 1.4 million visas, bringing down…
The powerful list of elites confirmed for the 2024 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon continues to grow with former world marathon champion Tamirat Tola, Chicago Marathon winner Seifu Tura and former half marathon world record holder Ababel Yeshaneh joining the starting line-up. The 17th edition of the event on February 24 will read like a Who’s Who of international distance running as a wealth of elites take advantage of the beautiful weather conditions in the countdown to both the London Marathon and the Paris Olympics. Hosted by the Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA), the Ras Al Khaimah Half…