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The Apple Watch Series 9 has some of the most extensive health-related updates we’ve seen in a while, with a new suite of sensors and a ton of other things under the hood. Of course, being an Apple product, it is quite expensive, and if you’re planning to grab one, then you’ll likely want to go for an already existing deal. Luckily, there’s a huge 3-day sale at Best Buy that includes a great deal on the Series 9, bringing it down from its usual $399 to $329, which is an excellent $70 discount on a watch with many similar…

Government offices in Kuwait will be closed for three days as the state declared a 40-day mourning period over the death of its emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, on Saturday. Work at these official departments shall resume on Wednesday, according to an advisory on the state-run Kuwait News Agency (Kuna). During the mourning period, flags at the state’s offices will be flown at half-mast. In a separate advisory, Kuwait’s royal court announced the details of Sheikh Nawaf’s funeral. Prayers will be held at the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque tomorrow, Sunday, at 9am. The funeral — which will follow…

RDC stimulates unprecedented transformation in rental and jointly owned property disputes Launches ‘Metaverse Litigation’ and activates the ‘Judicial Probe’ service. Tebyan digital connectivity platform connects RDC with 11 local and federal government entities. 96% of the cases registered at RDC were settled. The litigation accuracy rate showed consistent improvement, rising from 90% in 2021 to 93% in 2022 and 100% in 2023. Abdulqader Mousa: “Today, we are witnessing a pioneering transformation in the realm of litigation and rental dispute resolution, with our proactive initiatives aimed at attaining leadership and delivering a customer experience aligned with the highest global standards and…

The MacBook Air is probably the most well-known thin and light laptop on the market, and it’s hard to think of any other laptop that comes close besides Dell’s XPS lineup. Still, if you want something within Apple’s ecosystem, then the MacBook Air M2 is the best MacBook to buy if you’re doing so on a budget, and that’s saying something. Luckily, you can also take advantage of a great deal from Best Buy that pushes the price even lower, from the original $1,299 to $1,099. You can also get up to $825 worth of trade-in credits, so you can…

A major road in Abu Dhabi has been partially closed from today, the emirate’s transport authorities announced. The closure will affect three left lanes of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Road (E10), particularly the stretch towards Dubai, according to the Integrated Transport Centre (ITC). These lanes will remain shut until 5am on Monday, December 18. Here’s a map of affected routes:

Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party took to the streets of the capital on Saturday defying fears of being arrested ahead of the country’s national election early next year. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), whose top leadership is either jailed or in exile, has demanded that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down and make way for a neutral government to oversee the January 7 poll, which the opposition party has boycotted. Many leaders and activists of BNP who are in hiding since October 28, the day a police officer was killed and hundreds were injured during…

The pre-season tour for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami keeps growing, with the team revealing on Friday that a stop in Japan has now been added to the schedule. Inter Miami will face Japanese league champions Vissel Kobe at the Japan National Stadium on February. 7. That will be the fourth match of a tour that includes games in Saudi Arabia — including one pitting Messi against longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo — on January 29 and February 1, and a game against a team of pro players from Hong Kong on February 4. Inter Miami now have five pre-season matches…

DenizBank’s NEOHUB and Oxentia launch TRUK accelerator programme to support the global expansion of sustainability-focused startups Nine-month long accelerator to initially support startups in Türkiye and subsequently facilitate global expansion in the UK, guided by Oxentia Dubai, UAE, 15 December 2023: NEOHUB, the new generation subsidiary of DenizBank, a fully owned subsidiary of Emirates NBD Group, announced at COP28 their partnership with Oxford’s global innovation consultancy, Oxentia, to establish the TRUK Accelerator. This is an international initiative dedicated to the support and expansion of sustainability-focused startups. The accelerator programme will provide participating startups with a comprehensive and practical support including…

Premiere Pro is one of the most taxing applications you can run on your PC. The humble video editing suite is something of an ecosystem, giving you the power not only to splice a few video clips together but also to edit full, feature-length films with Hollywood levels of quality. Not every PC is up for the task of handling Premiere Pro, though. If you’ve been struggling on the timeline and feel like you’re just missing something, we have a few tips for you. Here are the steps you should take in Premiere Pro to ensure the application runs as smoothly as…

Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore, the provincial government said. In the first experiment of its kind in the South Asian country, planes equipped with cloud seeding equipment flew over 10 areas of the city, often ranked one of the worst places globally for air pollution. The “gift” was provided by the UAE, said caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi. “Teams from the UAE, along with two planes, arrived here about 10 to 12 days ago. They used 48…