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The Indian rupee opened on a flat note and appreciated 1 paisa to 83.14 against the US dollar (23.09 against UAE dirham) in the morning session on Wednesday, amid a muted trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the rupee is trading with a slight negative bias amid selling pressure from foreign investors. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 83.15 against the dollar, then rose to 83.14, registering a rise of 1 paisa over its previous close. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. [Editor’s Note: For real-time forex rates, click…
A rare chance for Chinese football fans to see Cristiano Ronaldo play in their country was scuppered Tuesday, as organiserssaid the Portuguese star had an unspecified “health” issue that caused two matches to be postponed. The pair of friendlies featuring his club, Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr, were originally scheduled to be held in the southern city of Shenzhen against Shanghai Shenhua and Zhejiang FC on Wednesday and Sunday, respectively. “For me, today is a sad day,” Ronaldo told a Tuesday evening press conference, during which he apologised to Chinese fans. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on…
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Donald Trump won the key New Hampshire primary Tuesday, moving him ever closer to locking in the Republican presidential nomination and securing an extraordinary White House rematch with Joe Biden. With vote counting ongoing, Trump’s final margin of victory was unclear, but his sole remaining challenger Nikki Haley was quick to insist she would fight on. In a rambling victory speech — loaded with his trademark dark warnings about immigration as he continued to lie about winning the 2020 election — 77-year-old Trump attacked Haley and said that when the primary contest reaches her home state of South Carolina, “we’re…
After a tumultuous movie year marred by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, ‘Oppenheimer’, which came away with a leading 13 nominations. Nolan’s three-hour opus, viewed as the best picture frontrunner, received nods for best picture; Nolan’s direction; acting nominations for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt; and multiple honours for the craft of the J. Robert Oppenheimer drama. But the year’s biggest hit, ‘Barbie’, came away with a nominations haul notably less than its partner in Barbenheimer mania. Greta Gerwig’s feminist comedy, with more than $1.4 billion in…
Italy’s Jannik Sinner set up a mouth-watering Australian Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic as he fought off Andrey Rublev in a late-night duel at Melbourne Park on Tuesday. The fourth seed showed patience and resilience to claim a 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 win against the Russian who now owns the ugly record of 10 defeats out of 10 in Grand Slam quarterfinals. Sinner, who beat world number one Djokovic twice at the end of 2023, has reached the semifinals without dropping a set. “I’m really lucky to be facing the world number one in the semifinals,” Sinner, who lost to Djokovic…
Tokyo Vice Season 2 | Official Trailer | Max The year may be young, but Max isn’t wasting any time in delivering the best programming around. February is stacked full of returning shows and series premieres, in addition to dozens of movies new and old being added to an already impressive lineup. Max’s February schedule includes the debut of the last season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. How good is the Larry David comedy? We think it’s pretty, pretty, pre-tay good. Another great show returning for a new season is Tokyo Vice, the Michael Mann-produced series starring Ansel Elgort and Chow Yun-fat.…
More than 300 prime ministers, heads of international organisations, business leaders and eight Nobel laureates will attend the World Government Summit (WGS), happening in Dubai from February 12 to 14. The Summit will centre around the theme of artificial intelligence (AI), featuring prominent experts such as OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman and Jensen Huang, president of Nvidia Corporation. Additionally, the summit will hold the annual gathering for the Time 100 AI list, which recognises the most influential individuals in the field of artificial intelligence. Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and WGS chairman, highlighted the significance of AI due to…
The size of UAE outstanding debt capital market (DCM) rose 10 per cent year-on-year, a new report showed. According to Fitch Ratings’ UAE Debt Capital Markets Dashboard: 2024, the figure rose to $270 billion for all currencies at end-2023, with 71.4 per cent in US dollars (2020: 87.5 per cent) and 20.5 per cent in dirham. (2020: 0.5 per cent). Among US dollar DCM issuances, sukuk was a sizeable 35 per cent, up from 24 per cent in 2022. For DCM issuance across all currencies, sukuk had an 8.7 per cent share which, while lower than US dollar issuance, is…
MI Emirates outclassed Abu Dhabi Knight Riders to record an emphatic nine-wicket win in the ILT20 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. New Zealand’s star pace bowler Trent Boult (3/14) was at his absolute best as Emirates bowled Abu Dhabi Knight Riders out for just 95 runs in 14.1 overs. Boult was well supported by Akeal Hosein who took two wickets for 21 runs. Knight Riders’ experienced all-rounder Andre Russell fought valiantly, hitting 48 runs off 25 balls with four sixes and three boundaries. Muhammad Rohid Khan hastened the end of Knight Riders’ innings, taking three…