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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…

All major political parties of Pakistan, except the one led by Imran Khan, on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court-prompted announcement of the schedule for the February 8 general elections, saying the apex court has foiled a “major conspiracy” to delay the polls and “saved democracy.” Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, however, “continued to question the biases of bureaucrats to be appointed as poll officers,” according to Dawn newspaper. But the party said it wants “timely, free and fair polls.” The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced the election schedule late on Friday night after the…

Australia’s bowlers shared the wickets around on Saturday with Nathan Lyon having to wait a bit longer for his 500th after Pakistan folded up for 271 in their first innings as the hosts took a 300-run lead on day three of the first Test. Off-spinner Lyon sits on 499 Test wickets after claiming 3-66 while Imam-ul-Haq top-scored with 62 for the visitors, who were bowled out in 101.5 overs. Opting not to enforce the follow-on, Australia ended the day on 84-2 from 33 overs having posted 487 in their first innings. “I think batting looked really tough there at the…

E-Mobility, A New Reality: UAE Residents Expect Complete Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Domination In A Few Years, Reveals Survey Amidst COP28 63% of respondents plan to make EVs their primary mode of transport by 2025. 73% confident the UAE will have charging stations every few kilometres by 2028. 28% believe that by 2030, nearly 50% of the UAE’s population will be driving EVs or hybrid cars Dubai, UAE, 15 December 2023: Al-Futtaim Automotive, one of the major divisions of Al-Futtaim Group – the Strategic E-Mobility Partner of the recently concluded COP28, today unveiled the findings of an extensive survey exploring…