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The inconsistency of the Los Angeles Lakers (24-25) is a narrative going into their matchup against the rival Boston Celtics (37-11). Tuesday night, the Lakers saw a loss from the Atlanta Hawks, a team that is also stuck in a bit of a doldrum. The LeBron James-led squad is plagued with some defensive woes, and now one of the NBA’s best and longest-rivaled franchises stands in their way. Jayson Tatum continues to shine for the Celtics with 26.7 PPG and 8.7 rebounds. One can wonder if this game will be one-sided or another chapter in the historic east-west rivalry. Tip-off…

Gazans released from Israeli detention on Thursday displayed injuries at a hospital in Rafah and told AFP they had been abused by their jailers. Israeli soldiers have rounded up scores of Gazans during their months-long ground offensive in the territory, holding them without charge before releasing some in groups. Asked about the allegations, the Israeli military said it had detained “individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activity” and that they were treated “in accordance with international law”. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Khaled Al Nabrisse, a resident of the southern Khan Younis…

Dubai Trade, the leading trade facilitation hub in the UAE, has crossed 300 million transactions since the platform was established in 2003, eliminating approximately 617 million printed documents and saving 25,400 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions. The achievement comes on the back of a record-setting year in 2023, with Dubai Trade registering 32.6 million transactions compared to 26 million the year before, representing a 25 per cent increase. Out of these, 48 per cent of the transactions were related to clearance and border controls, with 44 per cent falling under cargo handling and logistics. Dubai Trade, the digital arm of…

Name: Anya Johnson Ride: Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder, Mercedes Benz G Wagon Brabus 800, Rolls-Royce Cullinan & Bentley Flying Spur Nationality: British Profession: Entrepreneur In Dubai since: 2015 Dubai’s meteoric rise to stardom among the world’s cities has drawn people from all over the globe in pursuit of success and splendour. Anya Johnson, a British expatriate and entrepreneur residing in the UAE for almost nine years is one such individual who has made full use of what the city has to offer. With as many supercars and luxury vehicles as she has businesses, she too is a self-confessed auto-enthusiast. These…

The Cleveland Cavaliers (28-16) currently sit at fourth in the East and will head into the Fedex Forum to take on the Memphis Grizzlies (18-29). This game comes off the heels of former Grizzlies player Marc Gasol announcing his retirement after spending 11 years with the team. The Grizzlies find themselves as a team in the mix of trade rumors as their injuries have wracked up over the last few months. The Cavaliers, however, are a team that is trying to determine their post-season fate going forward, as they are led by point guard Donavan Mitchell, who just last night scored…

This New York love story begins with a criminal act of sabotage. Under cover of darkness a year ago Friday, someone breached a waist-high fence and slipped into the Central Park Zoo. Once inside, they cut a hole through a steel mesh cage, freeing a majestic Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco who had arrived at the zoo as a fledgling 13 years earlier. Immediately, Flaco fled the park, blinking his big orange eyes at pedestrians and police on Fifth Avenue before flying off into the night. In the year since his dramatic escape, Flaco has become one of the city’s most…

Borouge Plc has reported a 16 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase in net profit in the fourth quarter of 2023 to $288 million, bringing full-year net profit to $1 billion. The company maintained its performance trajectory, with fourth-quarter net profit increasing 2 per cent quarter-on-quarter, marking a third consecutive increase in quarterly earnings. Borouge’s focus on operational and commercial excellence is driving strong performance in the face of challenging global market conditions. Costs in the fourth quarter were 16 per cent lower year-on-year. The Company’s Value Enhancement Programme has achieved a positive impact of $607 million, surpassing both its initial 2023…

Our increasing reliance on digital devices for daily tasks has, as we noted in an earlier column, affected the language. The terminology used to delineate these activities often resembles words we use for regular human interactions. Instead of saying “sending me a message”, a friend might tell you to “ping me”. A “ping”, short for Packet Internet [or Inter-Network] Groper, serves as a fundamental tool in the realm of computer network administration, denoting the transmission of a message from one computer to another. Mike Muuss, the scientist who wrote the ping code in 1983, was “inspired by the whole principle…

Intel Arrow Lake is Team Blue’s next-generation of processors. The successors to the Meteor Lake/Raptor Lake refresh 14th-generation, Arrow Lake is expected to debut towards the end of 2024, but it’s not quite as straightforward as previous generations. It may launch alongside another low-power version to maximize Intel’s fabrication capacity and ditch one of Intel CPUs’ most long-standing features: Hyperthreading. There’s still some time to launch, so we don’t know all the details yet, but we are learning more all the time. Here’s everything you need to know about Intel Arrow Lake. Arrow Lake specs We don’t have any raw…

The ninth group of wounded Palestinian children and cancer patients arrived in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, in implementation of the directives of UAE President, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to provide medical treatment for 1,000 wounded children and 1,000 cancer patients from the Gaza Strip in UAE hospitals. Departing from Al Arish International Airport, the plane landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport, carrying 49 wounded children and cancer patients who need urgent medical assistance. They were accompanied by their families. They were evacuated under the supervision of a specialised medical team. Stay up to date with the latest news.…