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While the best cameras on phones might be enough for the average person’s photography needs, sometimes you need professional equipment. This is especially the case if you’re a nature photographer or want to create something extra special, almost artistic, with your snaps or are even just the designated family photo person. In all of these cases, you need a “real” camera. This kind of camera, separate from a phone, has to perform exceptionally well to justify its existence. Otherwise, we’d just use our phones. As a result, photography cameras can be rather expensive. Luckily, today is Black Friday and Black…
The UAE capital Abu Dhabi on Thursday announced a long weekend for government employees and government agencies and companies in the emirate to celebrate National Day. The sector will have a three-day weekend from Saturday, December 2, until Monday, December 4, 2023. December 1, Friday, has also been announced as ‘remote working day’. Earlier, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (Mohre) had declared December 2 and 3 as paid public holidays for private sector workers.
After 48 days of gunfire and bombardment that claimed thousands of lives, a four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war began on Friday with hostages being released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Israeli TV stations reported that hostages in Gaza had been transferred to Red Cross on way to border crossing with Egypt. The pause triggered a mass movement of thousands of Gazans who had sought refuge in schools and hospitals from relentless Israeli bombardment begun after unprecedented attacks on October 7 by Hamas militants. “I’m going home,” Omar Jibrin, 16, told AFP after he emerged from a hospital in the…
Charles Leclerc topped a shortened practice two at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday while Ferrari team mate Carlos Sainz crashed and gave his mechanics plenty of work to do for the second weekend in a row. Leclerc lapped under the Yas Marina floodlights with a best time of one minute 24.809 seconds, 0.043 faster than McLaren’s Lando Norris. In an evening session halted by two red flag periods, Red Bull’s triple world champion Max Verstappen was only third fastest and complaining that his car was “jumping like a kangaroo”. Sainz’s car was wrecked in Las Vegas last…
MacBooks are unique, powerful machines that really have no substitute. If you want to run MacOS on a machine specifically designed for it, the MacBook Air and Pro lines are the computers you get to choose from. Unfortunately they are quite expensive, but there are some great Black Friday laptop deals on MacBooks that will cut the price considerably. We’ve pulled our favorite Black Friday deals out below, including offers from Best Buy Black Friday deals and Amazon Black Friday deals. Best MacBook Air Black Friday deals The MacBook Air has been a favorite of students and casual users for…
Ras Al Khaimah has achieved a significant milestone in its journey to becoming a leading global destination to experience, thrive and belong, by securing the fourth position in a global survey evaluating the best cities for expatriates to live and work. In the survey, conducted annually by InterNations as part of their Expat City Ranking report, Ras Al Khaimah excelled in five categories: Quality of life, ease of settling in, working abroad, personal finance and an expatriate essentials index, which covers digital life, administration topics, housing and language. This international recognition highlights Ras Al Khaimah’s commitment to providing an exceptional…
Hamas fighters released 24 hostages on Friday during the first day of the war’s first truce, the Red Cross said, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers. A total of 39 women and children detained in Israeli jails were released as part of a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman said in a post on X on Friday. Nine hours after guns fell silent for the first time in seven weeks, the International Red Cross said it had begun an operation to facilitate the transfer of hostages in Gaza to Israel in return for…
If you’re hunting for great TVs during Black Friday deals, you’re probably weighing the obvious advantages of OLED TVs against the high price. Fortunately there are some nice OLED TV Black Friday deals going on right now that bring the TVs down to a reasonable price. Make sure you compare QLED vs. OLED before you jump into a decision though, because it’s going to cost a bit. We’ve pulled our favorite OLED TV deals from across the internet, including our favorite so far, a 48-inch Samsung. Check them out below. If an OLED display is just too far out of…
Top officials from the Department of Community Development (DCD) Abu Dhabi were left in awe of the intricately detailed hard-carved works of the region’s first traditional Hindu stone temple. DCD Chairman Dr Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili, Executive Director of the Strategic Affairs Office Mohamed Helal Al Balooshi, among others was part of the delegation that visited the BAPS Hindu Mandir, which is nearing completion. Pujya Swami Brahmaviharidas, head of the BAPS Hindu Mandir, gave the DCD team an elaborate tour of the temple, which is being built under his supervision. The journey started with showering of petals on the bricks,…
A Palestinian doctor said on Thursday at least 27 people had been killed and 93 more injured in an Israeli strike on a United Nations school in Gaza. The strike hit the UN-run school where thousands of displaced Palestinians were sheltering in Jabalia, the largest refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, the doctor at a hospital in the camp said on condition of anonymity. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Later, in a statement, Hamas said around 30 people were killed in the attack on the school affiliated with the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA). The…