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Rain stopped play on the opening day of the second Test between Australia and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday. The hosts were 114-2 when they were forced from the field mid-way through the second session, with a severe weather warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology. Marnus Labuschagne was unbeaten on 14 and Steve Smith was not out on two. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Pakistan won the toss and opted to bowl, removing David Warner (38) and Usman Khawaja (42).

Response Plus Medical provides comprehensive Medical Coverage for MOTN Festival in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, 26 December 2023: Response Plus Medical (RPM) – part of Response Plus Holding PJSC (RPM)- continues to provide comprehensive medical coverage for the Mother of the Nation Festival, which is taking place in Abu Dhabi until December 31. For the third consecutive year, Response Plus Medical was appointed to manage medical services at various festival sites. The medical team included 11 well-trained EMTs, nurses, and paramedics, in additionto 3 onsite ALS ambulances. The medical coverage of the festival also extended to the Al Dhafra and…

Christmas Day has finally arrived, and if you haven’t had your fill of Christmas movies yet, then you might when you realize that these flicks are still going to be on every streamer through the end of the month. But if you’re ready to move on from the Christmas season’s holiday dominance over the month of December, then there’s only one choice: Groundhog Day. Replacing a ton of holiday films with one single holiday flick may seem like a stretch, but Groundhog Day really is the perfect movie to watch after Christmas. It has all of the emotional sentiment that…

The Indian rupee was barely changed on Tuesday as dollar demand continued to limit gains even as the index languished close to its lowest level in nearly five months. The South Asian currency was at 83.1650 against the US dollar (22.66 against UAE dirham) as of 8.20am UAE time, little changed from its close at 83.14 (22.65) on Friday. [Editor’s Note: For real-time forex rates, click on the widget below or visit Khaleej Times’ dedicated Trading News page here.] Most Asian currencies strengthened and were up between 0.2 to 0.5 per cent. The dollar index was largely steady at 101.6…

After the resounding success of its inaugural edition, the Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship (ADXC) will return for an even more exhilarating second edition with ADXC 2 on January 19, 2024, at the Mubadala Arena. Former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, known as “The Funk Master,” will go head-to-head with UFC lightweight sensation Chase Hooper in a highly anticipated main event. Sterling has earned recognition with 23 victories and successfully defended the UFC bantamweight title three times until 2023. His expertise in submission moves, particularly the chokehold and the Soloev Stretching move, cements Sterling’s status as a formidable athlete, promising an…

THE HOLDOVERS – Official Trailer [HD] – In Select Theaters October 27, Everywhere November 10 Every once in a while, a movie comes along that is perfect to watch for that particular time. In 2021, that movie was Spider-Man: No Way Home, which brought everyone back to theaters after a too-long pandemic. Last year, audiences slowly discovered The Menu, a dark satire that strongly advocated for the elimination of the 1% to cure society’s ills. This year, it’s …Wonka, the Timothée Chalamet musical?!? I kid; the 2023 movie that should be watched right now is The Holdovers, a shaggy underdog…

The metal detective Hasan Zaheer describes himself as a logical man. He’s also spent more than Dh2,000 on metal detecting equipment, for fun’s sake. At first this might sound contradictory to each other, but as the 34-year-old delves into fascinating details of his hobby, it makes perfect sense. In 2018, the Abu Dhabi-based engineer stumbled on a few YouTube videos on metal detecting and he found them so inspiring that he decided to get a metal detector. It didn’t have a promising start, though — when in Dubai, he would head to Jumeirah and Sufouh beach with his metal detector,…

Security forces are searching for two Kuwaitis who were kidnapped while on a hunting trip in a desert area in Iraq, two security officials said on Monday. A police colonel confirmed the kidnapping took place on Sunday in a desert area between Anbar and Salahuddin provinces. However, an Iraqi foreign ministry statement referred only to one Kuwaiti national. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. It said Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah the Iraqi government would “determine the fate of the Kuwaiti national”.…

Following four scrubbed attempts to launch the Falcon Heavy earlier this month, SpaceX will spend the next couple of days making final preparations for a fifth effort to send the rocket skyward. SpaceX’s previous attempts in recent weeks to use the rocket to deploy an experimental space plane in orbit for the U.S. Space Force were disrupted for a range of reasons, including poor weather at the Kennedy Space Center launch site in Florida and an unspecified “side issue” on the ground. The current launch target is Thursday, December 28, though if the last four attempts are anything to go…

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, met today with a number of dignitaries and senior officials at Zabeel majlis keenly enquiring about the progress of projects they were undertaking. During the meeting, Sheikh Hamdan said that the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, placed the welfare and prosperity of citizens as the utmost priority, noting that Dubai always strives to provide all means to ensure the happiness and wellbeing of its residents. Sheikh Hamdan added that…