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Tiger Woods said on Tuesday his right ankle is without pain and he is not concerned about walking 72 holes this week in his return to competition for the first time since April ankle surgery. Woods, a 15-time major winner, spoke ahead of Thursday’s start of the Hero World Challenge, a 20-player event he hosts at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas. “My game feels rusty. I haven’t played in a while,” Woods said. “I’m excited to compete and play and I’m just as curious as all of you to see what happens because I haven’t done it in a…

Tablets are great everyday tools, whether you want to use them for watching content or as a form of note-taking. They’re also much lighter and easier to take around with you compared to laptops, and while most don’t have similar power, the specifications under the hood are more than enough. So, if you’d like to pick up a new tablet, we’ve collected some of our favorite deals below across different brands and platforms, so be sure to check everything out. Best iPad Deals Apple is one of the best-known tablet makers with its various models of the iPad. Of course,…

A Dubai-based woman has transformed adversity into art after a stroke left her partially paralysed. Overcoming physical handicaps with unwavering determination, Rooma Eejaz, 55, paints daily using only her partially functional right hand. Rooma’s artworks are regularly featured at exhibitions in Dubai, showcasing her fortitude, resilience, and creative spirit. As she is wheeled into her drawing room adorned with a display of her artworks, Rooma Eejaz reflects on her journey. “I was born and raised in Dubai. My first love was writing. Growing up in Dubai, I contributed to local newspapers until the early 90s when my family shifted to…

The host of the 2030 World Expo will be chosen on Tuesday, with Rome in Italy, the Saudi capital Riyadh and South Korea’s Busan contending to welcome the showpiece event held every five years. The World Expo — which traces its history back to the 1851 Great Exhibition in London and the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris that saw the construction of the Eiffel Tower — is a months-long mega event attracting millions of visitors that aims to respond to the specific challenges of the current time. The hosting of the Expo is regulated by the Paris-based Bureau International des…

Al Wathba National Insurance Co. (AWNIC) has received an upward revision of its rating outlook by S&P Global Ratings. The outlook has ascended to positive from stable, affirming the company’s ‘BBB-’ long-term issuer credit and insurer financial strength ratings. AWNIC’s strategic financial manoeuvres in 2023 have yielded a substantial reduction in its reliance on external funding, showcasing a commendable fortification of its financial risk profile. This strategic shift, coupled with the company’s unwavering commitment to excellence, has garnered noteworthy recognition from S&P Global Ratings. AWNIC maintains a robust financial stance, boasting exceptional capital adequacy even amid the challenges of a…

Glenn Maxwell’s blistering century trumped India opener Ruturaj Gaikwad’s unbeaten 123 as Australia clinched a last-ball victory in a thrilling third T20 International to stay alive in the five-match series on Tuesday. On a high after back-to-back wins in Visakhapatnam and Thiruvananthapuram, India appeared keen to clinch the series in Guwahati as they racked up 222-3, their third successive 200-plus score of the series, riding Gaikwad’s 57-ball blitz. Maxwell, who bled 30 runs as a bowler in his only over of the match, had other ideas though. Three weeks after smashing an unbeaten 201 against Afghanistan in the 50-overs World…

ABU DHABI T10 2023 KICKS OFF IN STYLE! TOM-KOHLER CADMORE’S 27-BALL FIFTY SEALS MASSIVE WIN FOR DECCAN GLADIATORS OVER NEW YORK STRIKERS Abu Dhabi, 28th November 2023: Deccan Gladiators continued their winning run over New York Strikers in the glitzy opening encounter of the 7th edition of Abu Dhabi T10. The night saw enthralling dance performances, a glamourous fashion show, and with a memorable performance from Tom Kohler-Cadmore, who smashed an unbeaten 68 off 33 balls to help the defending Champions to their first win to kick off the season. The excitement engulfed the Sheikh Zayed Stadium as the Gladiators stepped…

There has been a huge boom in gaming laptops in the past few years; once they were bulky, expensive, and not that good, we now have thin and lightweight configurations with lots of power. We’re also seeing more and more powerful GPUs in gaming laptops, although it’s important to note that even if laptop GPUs have the same name as desktop GPUs, they often aren’t the same. Even so, having a laptop RTX 4070 or 4080, which are one step down from their desktop counterparts, are leaps and bounds better than a few years ago when we’d have to rely…

The world requires $13.5 trillion investment to fast-track decarbonisation of hard-to-abate key industries and achieve the net-zero target, World Economic Forum said on Tuesday — two days ahead of the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. This investment is required by 2050, particularly in the production, energy, and transport sectors, WEF said in its report, ‘The Net-Zero Industry Tracker 2023’, in collaboration with Accenture. The report took stock of the progress of net-zero emissions for eight industries, including steel, cement, aluminium, ammonia, excluding other chemicals, oil and gas, aviation, shipping, and trucking – which depend on…

Kfir Bibas has spent nearly a fifth of his life in Hamas captivity. The 10-month-old was abducted from his home in a southern Israeli kibbutz on Oct. 7, when Palestinian militants snatched about 240 people and dragged them to Gaza. Kfir, the youngest captive, was among about 30 children who were taken hostage in Hamas’ assault. Under a current temporary cease-fire, Hamas has released women, children and teens, but Kfir hasn’t been included on the lists of those set to be freed. With most other young hostages already released, Kfir’s fate and that of his 4-year-old brother, Ariel, are now…