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The British government on Monday announced a package of measures to cut net migration to the United Kingdom, including plans to raise the minimum salary required for foreign workers to be eligible for a work visa. High levels of legal migration have for more than a decade dominated Britain’s political landscape and Sunak has promised to gain more control after lawmakers in his Conservative Party criticised his record ahead of an election expected next year. Interior minister James Cleverly said the government would raise the minimum salary threshold for foreign skilled workers to 38,700 pounds ($48,900), from its current level…
Dubai’s equities market remains the biggest gainer among Gulf bourses this year, a report showed. According to Kamco Invest’s GCC Markets Monthly Report for November, Dubai’s stock market has gained 19.7 per cent this year, with Saudi Arabia second at 6.7 per cent being the only other index with gains through 2023. Dubai’s gains come on the back on the government’s diversification programme, along with its rising appeal as a safe investment among geopolitical uncertainties. Overall, GCC equities witnessed the first gain in four months in November mainly led by optimism in the global markets following expectations that interest rates…
Mikel Arteta said the Premier League has “gone another level up” from last season as Arsenal seek to open up a five-point lead at the top of the table at lowly Luton on Tuesday. The Gunners, who beat Wolves 2-1 on Saturday, are two points clear of second-placed Liverpool and three ahead of champions Manchester City after the weekend games, with neither of those teams in action until Wednesday. Arteta’s men topped the table for much of last season but faltered down the home stretch and were overtaken by Pep Guardiola’s relentless City side. The Spaniard, bidding to win Arsenal’s…
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Sharjah-based Beeah have entered a joint development agreement (JDA) to develop the world’s first commercial-scale waste-to-hydrogen plant in the UAE. Building on several breakthroughs achieved in its waste-to-hydrogen demonstration plant, Beeah, Chinook Hydrogen, and Air Water Gas Solutions, and a subsidiary of Air Water Inc., have entered a joint agreement (JDA). The agreement was signed at the UAE Pavilion, COP28, by Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO of Beeah Group, Dr. Rifat Chalabi, CEO and Co-Founder of Chinook Hydrogen, and Ishmael Chalabi, President and CEO of Air Water Gas Solutions. The agreement will build on the success of the hydrogen-from-waste demonstration…
Israel ordered people out of swathes of Gaza’s main southern city on Monday as it pressed its ground campaign deep into the south of the enclave, sending desperate residents fleeing, after the collapse on Friday of a week-long truce. Following is a timeline of the war between Israel and Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip. October 7: Hamas gunmen carry out a surprise attack on southern Israel, crossing over from Gaza and rampaging through nearby communities. They kill 1,200 people, mainly civilians, and take over 240 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli tallies. Hamas military commander…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit the UAE and Saudi Arabia this week, Russian news outlet Shot reported on Monday, citing Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov. The reported visit comes after the Opec+ group of oil producers, which includes all three countries, agreed on last Thursday to voluntary output cuts totalling about 2.2 million barrels a day. The figure of 2.2 million bpd included an extension of existing Saudi and Russian voluntary cuts of 1.3 million bpd. Shot quoted Ushakov as saying Putin would go first to UAE and then to Saudi Arabia, where negotiations would take place mainly with Crown…
Manchester City’s longest winless run in the Premier League for six years is no cause for alarm, according to manager Pep Guardiola after his side’s thrilling 3-3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Jack Grealish’s 81st-minute goal appeared to have won the game for champions City but Dejan Kulusevski’s header in the 90th minute condemned City to a third successive draw. Guardiola and his side were also furious when Grealish went through alone deep in stoppage time but play was stopped by referee Simon Hooper for a foul on Erling Haaland in the build-up when he had initially allowed the…
In a year where virtually every tech company in existence is talking about AI, Apple has been silent. That doesn’t mean Apple-focused developers aren’t taking matters into their own hands, though. An update to the the popular Mac writing app iA Writer just made me really excited about seeing what Apple’s eventual take on AI will be. In the iA Writer 7 update, you’ll be able to use text generated by ChatGPT as a starting point for your own words. The idea is that you get ideas from ChatGPT, then tweak its output by adding your distinct flavor to the…
Collaboration between countries is mportant, says Ugandan Ambassador Ugandan Ambassador Zaake W. Kibedi notes that COP28 is the time for creating effective implementation systems and clear deliverables Uganda is perhaps not a place that most would consider as being at the forefront of technology and innovation. However, it is one of the few nations that has managed to power itself with 99 percent clean energy. According to figures from 2021, it also produces 0.14 metric tons of carbon dioxide per capita. This is a tiny figure, particularly compared to China, which has seven metric tons, and the USA, which produces…