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Masdar to Acquire 50% Stake in Terra-Gen from Energy Capital Partners Investment highlights Masdar’s long-term commitment to and confidence in the U.S. renewable energy market Masdar to help accelerate Terra-Gen’s growth as a leading developer and operator of utility-scale clean energy projects Strategic investment advances Masdar’s ambitious plans in the growing U.S. market ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates & NEW YORK, NY – March 19, 2024 – Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar (“Masdar”), the United Arab Emirates’ clean energy powerhouse, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 50 percent stake in Terra-Gen…

Microsoft unveiled the batch of titles coming to its gaming subscription service throughout the back half of March. Quite a few awesome titles are making their way to the service, but by far, the most notable addition is Diablo IV, the first Activision Blizzard game being made available on Xbox Game Pass. Diablo IV was released in June 2023, just a few months before Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. It’s the latest entry in a long-running isometric RPG series, and it retains the same engaging dungeon design, deep progression systems, and captivating loot loop that makes games in…

Dubai Police have nabbed the two thieves who broke into a villa in the Al Furjan community on March 9 while the tenants were away on vacation. Irene Sutton and her husband, Andre Verdier, were enjoying a holiday when their villa was ransacked in the non-gated Quortaj area within the community. An estimated Dh180,000 worth of valuables was reported stolen from their residence during the incident. Talking to Khaleej Times, Irene expressed her gratitude for the police’s swift action in apprehending the perpetrators. “I am relieved that Dubai Police have arrested these individuals, preventing them from repeating what they did…

Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, the youngest daughter of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and slain premier Benazir Bhutto, has taken a plunge into the country’s tumultuous politics by filing her candidacy for the by-poll at a National Assembly seat in Sindh Province vacated by her father. Aseefa, 31, has been active in politics for some time but was kept away from parliamentary politics by her father Zardari, also the co-chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), until an opportune time. Following her father’s inauguration as the 14th president of Pakistan, Aseefa is poised to become the First Lady, a position traditionally…

The assets of Islamic banks operating in the UAE exceeded Dh700 billion for the first time in history at the end of 2023, according to the latest statistics from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). The statistics showed that the assets of Islamic banks reached Dh703.1 billion at the end of last December, an annual increase of 11.5 per cent, compared to about Dh630.7 billion at the end of December 2022, an increase of Dh72.4 billion during 12 months, while it increased on a monthly basis by 0.6 per cent or Dh4.2 billion, compared to about Dh698.9 billion in…

Post the release of the epic sci-fi film ‘Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire’, director Zack Snyder and Netflix are all set to come up with the second chapter, ‘Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver’. The makers recently dropped the trailer for the sequel. ‘Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver’ will start up right where Part One: A Child of Fire left off on the planet Veldt, following the battle between Admiral Atticus Noble (Ed Skrein) and his Imperium troops and the newly formed band of rebels. Zack shared the trailer on his X and…

As a proud representative of Egypt, Dalia Abodeff has carved her path through the world of martial arts, culminating in a historic win at the African Games where Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) made its debut on the continental Olympic platform. For the young athlete, representing Egypt at the African Games was more than just another competition. “This was not my first time representing Egypt in an international championship, but it was different,” she explains. “Being on an Olympic platform gave me greater motivation and intensified my focus on getting the gold medal for Egypt.” Abodeff’s hard work paid off when…

Australia have called off a T20 series against Afghanistan citing a deteriorating human rights situation for women and girls in the Taliban-ruled country, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Tuesday. Australia withdrew from a one-day series scheduled for March last year in the UAE after the Taliban imposed strict restrictions on Afghan women, including banning them from attending universities. The teams were scheduled to play three T20 matches in the UAE in August this year but CA said that after consultations with the Australian government it had decided to call off the series. “The government’s advice is that conditions for women…

Comments from Vijay Valecha, Chief Investment Officer, Century Financial on Global Markets, Cryptos, Crude Oil, Gold updates. Oil ends at nearly five-month high as drone attacks crimp Russia’s output: Oil futures climbed on Monday, with U.S. and global benchmark prices settling at their highest since late October, as continued attacks by Ukraine on Russian energy facilities were estimated to have idled a significant chunk of Russia’s refining capacity. IEA Slightly Raises Oil-Demand Growth View But Cuts Supply Forecast: The International Energy Agency lifted its forecast for oil-demand growth this year on an improved outlook in the U.S. and increased bunkering, while it…

One thing I’ve always appreciated about gaming is the iterative nature of the industry. When one game cracks a good idea, it tends to trickle down to others in creative ways. There’s a sense that developers are always in conversation with one another, riffing off of each other’s ideas in search of something that feels truly fresh. That idea is on display all over this year’s Game Developers Conference, but it’s especially apparent in Hyper Light Breaker. The upcoming title from Heart Machine, which I demoed at this year’s GDC, pulls clear inspiration from several games, touching on everything from…