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I was only 90 minutes into Dragon’s Dogma 2 when I accidentally let a child die. The trouble started when a local shopkeeper asked me to find his son who had been dragged off by wolves. He asked me to question the locals for clues about his disappearance. I only had three hours with Capcom’s open-world RPG, so I naturally found myself skimming through some dialogue, assuming a waypoint would pop up on my map once I sleuthed out his location. But that’s not how Dragon’s Dogma 2 works. Had I been paying more attention, I would have learned that he…
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial. Bhutto, the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) now run by his grandson and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, was hanged in 1979 after a trial under the military regime of late General Zia-ul-Haq. “We didn’t find that the fair trial and due process requirements were met,” said Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa in remarks telecast live of the ruling that he said was a unanimous decision by a nine-member…
The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera) index for Dubai has been updated and is likely to impact tenants who have been living in properties for over two years, an expert has said. According to Richard Waind, CEO of Betterhomes, the Rera calculator was updated on March 1, bringing future renewals more in line with rents found today on the open market. The calculator tells landlords and tenants how much rent on renewal can increase based on a benchmark rent for each community. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. “The recent increase in the…
UAE Accountability Authority awarded with Corporate Ethical Procurement and Supply Certification from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Ethical procurement lies at the forefront of supply chain processes Abu Dhabi, UAE; March 6, 2024: The UAE Accountability Authority(UAEAA) recently obtained certification in Corporate Ethical Procurement and Supply fromthe Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply(CIPS). All procurement and supply management staff at UAEAA completed training in ethical procurement and supply management and passed a test in fraud, corruption, bribery, and environmental concerns. As ethical procurement emerges at the forefront of supply chain processes, it is important for procurement teams to…
The Belkin iPhone Mount with MagSafe for Apple TV 4K is one mouthful of an official name. What it does is much more simple. It is a mount for your iPhone to be used with an Apple TV 4K. And it has MagSafe to keep the phone in place. That’s it. Perhaps the hardest part of this whole thing is knowing you can use your iPhone with Apple TV 4K. While Continuity Camera — that’s the oh-so-Apple name for the feature — has been around since late 2022 for using your iPhone as a webcam for a Mac, it wasn’t…
After completing their two-year astronaut training on Tuesday, UAE astronauts Nora AlMatrooshi and Mohammad AlMulla expressed their longing to reconnect with their family members. After returning home, they eagerly anticipate the simple joys of sharing casual lunches, breakfasts, and gatherings, especially during Ramadan. Marking another milestone in the nation’s space exploration initiatives, the two Emiratis graduated from the 2021 Nasa Astronaut Candidate Class training programme on March 5 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Speaking to Khaleej Times shortly after the graduation, over a video call from Houston on Wednesday, Nora said the one person waiting to have her…
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Nothing Introduces Phone (2a) Phone (2a) builds from Nothing’s highly praised flagship smartphone, Phone (2), to deliver an optimal experience by doubling down on core user needs, while leveraging all of Nothing’s expertise and innovation. Phone (2a) assets Dubai, UAE, 6 March 2024 – Nothing officially announced Phone (2a), its highly anticipated new smartphone offering, the world’s most attended technology event, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Phone (2a) is here to provide the optimal daily smartphone experience, doubling down on core user needs with all of Nothing’s expertise, engineering and craftsmanship. A device for people who love to explore new…
The scene looks familiar. Two crewmembers in spacesuits working on the exterior of an orbital facility high above Earth. But look closely and you’ll soon realize that this isn’t, as you may have assumed, the International Space Station. It’s actually China’s Tiangong station, which was completed in orbit in November 2022. In recent days, taikonauts Hongbo Tang and Xinlin Jiang exited the Tiangong space station for a spacewalk that lasted eight hours. Footage (top) from the extravehicular activity shows the two taikonauts at work outside the Wentian Laboratory Module, with Earth several hundred miles below. Tang Shengjie, the third member…
The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the regulatory body for the nuclear sector in the UAE, is “proactively developing” future strategies to serve more nuclear reactors, a top official said in Abu Dhabi. The fourth and final unit of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra is expected to start commercial operations by mid of this year. Once the four-reactor plant is fully operational, it will deliver up to 25 per cent of the UAE’s electricity demands. The first multi-unit operating plant in the Arab world is expected to prevent more than 22 million tonnes of…