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The day will be fair to partly cloudy at times, the National Centre of Meteorology has said. Light to moderate winds will blow, fresh to strong at times over the sea, causing blowing dust. Low clouds will appear over some Eastern areas Temperatures could be as high as 29ºC in the country. The mercury is set to rise to 25ºC in Abu Dhabi and in Dubai. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. However, temperatures could be as low as 16ºC in Abu Dhabi and 17ºC in Dubai and 7ºC in mountainous regions. It…
Amazon Fire TV devices are among the best streaming devices you can buy. They’re reliable, easy to use, and they offer access to the movies, TV shows, and sports content we love, all with a few button clicks on a slim and trusty Fire TV remote. But every now and then, you might find that you need to reset your Amazon Fire TV remote. Never mind why. It happens (but hopefully not too often). The reason doesn’t matter. The good news is that it’s simple to reset an Amazon Fire TV remote. So much so that it made our list…
Dubai Islamic Bank, the UAE’s largest Shariah-compliant lender, has discontinued its popular ‘salary in advance’ facility for customers. The bank said in a statement to Khaleej Times that the decision has been taken after a “thorough evaluation” of its financial products and it’s “actively exploring alternative solutions.” “This decision to discontinue our Salary in Advance facility was made after careful consideration and thorough evaluation of our financial products portfolio,” the Dubai-based bank said in the statement. We understand the importance of this service to some of our customers and are actively exploring alternative solutions that will continue to support their…
When it comes to fast and reliable 4K streaming, one of the best streaming devices for the job is the Apple TV. The latest edition of Apple’s plug-and-play hub is outfitted with the company’s A15 Bionic chip, the brains and brawn behind Apple’s tvOS platform. Unfortunately, cutting-edge tech doesn’t exclude the Apple TV from encountering internal hiccups once in a blue moon. Whether your Apple TV is having issues connecting to your network, or you’re experiencing poor video quality when streaming, we’ve put together this guide to highlight some of the most common Apple TV problems, with our own solutions…
The holy month of Ramadan is most likely to begin on Tuesday, March 12, as per the latest astronomical calculations, an expert has told Khaleej Times. The month of fasting is expected to last the full 30 days, which may result in a six-day holiday for residents to mark the Islamic festival of Eid Al Fitr. The actual dates of the holy month and the festival are subject to when the crescent moon is sighted — which traditionally determines the start and end dates of months in the Islamic Hijri calendar. “As per (astronomical) maps, on March 11, the Moon…
For UAE residents, rents are one of the biggest costs that they bear every month. For some of the residents, it accounts for the highest expense of their monthly or yearly budgets. Rents have been consistently on the rise across the UAEß over the past three years due to the massive influx of foreign workers into the country as the economy expanded at a strong pace. In the last quarter of 2023, according to real estate consultancy CBRE, average apartment rents increased 2.0 per cent year-on-year in Abu Dhabi, while villa rents rose 0.8 per cent. Similarly, rents in Dubai…
Tennis superstar Zheng Qinwen has been cooking on court of late, last month becoming just the second Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final. Now, in Dubai for this week’s WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, she has been cooking off-court too with the help of Michelin chef Solemann Haddad. Zheng’s heroics at the Australian Open, where she was eventually defeated by World No2 Aryna Sabalenka, saw her jump into the top 10 of the WTA rankings. Still only 21, the Hubei native spent Monday transferring her skills from the court to the kitchen ahead of the…
SpaceX has just achieved the 300th successful flight of its trusty Falcon 9 rocket — 14 years after its first one. Tuesday’s milestone mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:11 p.m. ET and deployed the HTS-113BT communications satellite as part of the Merah Putih 2 mission for state-owned Indonesian company Telkomsat. SpaceX shared a set of images on social media celebrating its 300th successful Falcon 9 launch. Falcon 9 completes its 300th successful mission pic.twitter.com/to2GEik5oy — SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 20, 2024 Here’s the rocket leaving the launchpad on Tuesday: Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/JdOTFjkLjA — SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 20,…
Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been rested from the fourth Test against England and batsman KL Rahul ruled out due to injury, the country’s cricket board said Tuesday. Bumrah played a key part in India’s last two victories as the hosts took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series but he has been released from the match in Ranchi starting Friday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said: “The decision was taken keeping in mind the duration of the series and amount of cricket he has played in recent times.” Rahul played the opener but missed the…
Modern digital game distribution makes buying and installing games easier than ever. If you play games on a PC, there is a very good chance you’re using Steam. With many games requiring more and more storage space for all those HD textures and uncompressed audio tracks, most players don’t have space for every game they own on their hard drives. Plus, with those attractive Steam sales that are the source of the bulk of our libraries, it’s easy to amass a huge offering of games. If you’re switching to buying games on the Epic Games store, you might not even…