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Empowering Healthy Lifestyles: RAK Hospital’s Webinar Tackles Obesity with ‘My Plate Method’ Fruits and vegetables should make 50% of the plate, as they contain essential micronutrients such as vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and flavonoids, promoting overall good health Unsaturated liquid oils like olive oil, groundnut oil, mustard oil, and sunflower oil recommended for cooking as they enhance HDL (good cholesterol) without clogging arteries Trio of overeating, insufficient physical activity and the consumption of fast foods rich in fat and sugar are major culprits contributing to obesity 9 January 2024, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE– As a significant step in the RAK Biggest…

After several years of testing its autonomous vehicles on city streets without a human engineer behind the wheel, Waymo is about to send its fully driverless cars onto freeways for the first time. The Alphabet-owned company announced the move in a blog post on Monday, signaling a notable expansion of its driverless car program. Waymo has been offering robotaxi rides to regular folks enrolled in its Waymo One ridesharing program in Phoenix and San Francisco, but the first freeway rides across Phoenix will be limited to Waymo employees. The company insists it’s well prepared for the fully driverless highway rides…

The weather in the UAE will be fair to partly cloudy in general, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). Low clouds will appear over coastal areas. The NCM has issued red and yellow alerts for fog over the western parts of the country. The yellow alert covers areas where fog is expected to form, while the red alert covers area where fog has actually formed and visibility has dropped to less than 1,000m. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Abu Dhabi Police have issued a warning as well, urging motorists to…

Investors and end-users who plan to buy property in Sharjah will get a 50 per cent discount on registration fees this month. A statement issued by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Real Estate Registration Department said the discount will be offered to people buying property at the Sharjah Real Estate Exhibition – Acres 2024, which will run from January 17 to 20 at Expo Centre Sharjah. Abdulaziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, director-general of Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department, said the discount is part of a series of decisions taken to support the real estate sector. Stay up to…

“بن غاطي” توسع محفظة أراضيها بشراء أرض بالخليج التجاري في دبي بـ365 مليون درهم محمد بن غاطي: مخزون الأراضي لدى “بن غاطي” يرتفع إلى 20 مليار درهم دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة، الثلاثاء 9 يناير 2024: أعلنت شركة بن غاطي العقارية، المطور الرائد في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، عن التوسع في مخزون أراضيها عبر شراء قطعة أرض جديدة في منطقة الخليج التجاري في إمارة دبي بقيمة 365 مليون درهم، في موقع من أهم المواقع الاستراتيجية والتي يحيط بها بعض أبرز معالم الإمارةبما في ذلك القناة المائية ودبي مولوبرج خليفة. DCIM100MEDIADJI_0984.JPG وتضاف هذه الأرض الجديدة لأحدث مشاريع بن غاطي الفاخرة في دبي.…

MSI is entering the handheld arena, and its debut is more significant than you might think. The MSI Claw doesn’t look dissimilar from the Asus ROG Ally or even the Steam Deck OLED, but the specs underneath mark a significant departure for handheld gaming PCs. I had a chance to try the device at CES 2024, and it’s definitely a contender. Bolstered with a new chipset, a comfortable design, and software designed to tackle the issues with Windows on a handheld, this might be the portable gaming PC to buy this year. The most significant difference with the MSI Claw…

As the sun dips in slomo into the emerald waters of the Gulf of Thailand, painting the skies in soft hues of periwinkle and purple, Phu Quoc Island appears magical. Childlike glee is appropriate, whatever your age! Located in Vietnam, the country’s largest island has been voted by TIME magazine as one of the world’s ‘100 most amazing islands’. And it’s no hype. From the moment I land on Phu Quoc’s velveteen white beaches, stunning coastal scenery, coral reefs brimming with over 150 species of tropical fish and cool oceanic water lapping at my feet fill my stay with countless…

Nature emirate Ras Al Khaimah has plans to double its hotel inventory over the next few years, a top official has said. Currently, the emirate has 8,000 rooms and suites from global brands such as IHG, Movenpick, Hilton, Accor, Radisson, Rixos, Rotana and Ritz-Carlton, among others. Hotel operators such as Wynn, Nobu, Marriott, Sofitel, and Anantara will boost rooms by nearly 100 per cent to welcome “everyone from leisure travellers and families to couples and adventure seekers”. “We have a strong pipeline of over 20 new hotels coming in the next few years,” Raki Phillips, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism…

The rupee stayed on upward track for the third straight session and rose 6 paise to 83.08 (23.07 against the UAE dirham) against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday amid a weak American currency and favourable crude oil prices. A positive cue from domestic equity markets and sustained buying by foreign institutional investors also supported the Indian currency, forex traders said. [Editor’s Note: For real-time forex rates, click on the widget below or visit Khaleej Times’ dedicated Trading News page here.] At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic currency opened strong at 83.07 and rose to the level…

AGMC and Dubai Autodrome partnership unveils BMW XM as safety car for 2024 racing season High performance BMW XM model to be the official safety car for next year’s season including Hankook 24H Dubai race DUBAI, UAE, December 8, 2023 – AGMC, the official BMW Group importer for Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, has announced a partnership with Dubai Autodrome for its 2024 racing season – providingaBMW XM as the official safety car. The collaboration will begin at the much-awaited Hankook 24H Dubai race in January, a highlight of the 2024 racing season. The BMW XM is a special…