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Romance is a state of mind, but we’d like to think that 2024 is going to be a year for lovers. People flying solo could always just watch New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, but couples – and single folks – who have a deep affinity for romantic stories may prefer to cuddle up with a few great rom-coms to ring in the new year. There is something deeply appealing about watching two people fall in love, even when that kind of connection can be so difficult to find in the real world. Finding someone who loves you is like finding the…
UAE’s two most popular gaming and raffles draw operators have put their activities on hold. Mahzooz and Emirates Draw said the pause from January 1, 2024, is temporary but did not specify when the games would resume. Here is all you need to know. Why have raffles been put on hold? Will other companies follow suit? The move is in line with the latest directives from the UAE Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA) – a federal body set up in September. It was not immediately clear when other gaming companies will follow suit, although Mahzooz said this is an “industry-wide mandate”…
When 2024 arrives, how do you want to celebrate the new year? If you’re looking for movies, literally all of the options are at your fingertips on New Year’s Eve. But comedies are the way to go for anyone looking to laugh their way into 2024. Towards that end, we’ve put together this list of three great comedies to watch on New Year’s Eve. And it’s no coincidence that New Year’s Eve plays a major role in all three films. But if we had to pick an absolute favorite out of these three, it’s Ghostbusters II, a sequel that just…
The weather today is expected to be partly cloudy in general and cloudy at times over some coastal, northern and eastern areas with a chance of rainfall during daytime, as per a forecast by the National Centre of Meteorology. The NCM has issued red and yellow alerts in some parts of the country. The Abu Dhabi Police called on motorists to exercise caution due to reduced visibility. They are urged to follow changing speed limits displayed on electronic information boards. The authority also activated the speed reduction system to 80km/hr on Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Road (Al-Faqaa – Al-Hiyar) and…
Every individual desires additional income. Saving and Investing with Patience (SIP) is a continuous process. Like we say, every dollar should have a job to generate a dollar. Funds lying idle in savings account will not assist the individual to tackle rising prices and inflation. In the process of earning and investing part of these earnings to generate returns, investors make their own rules suiting their own needs. Long term wealth is not built in a short span of time. Here are some of the probable rules that you may wish to incorporate in your rule book – Make your…
Shocking Cyber Shenanigans Award The honour goes to: Ten Asian men from an organised crime group, blissfully running their cyber operations from two rented villas in Fujairah. What gave them away? A jaw-dropping electricity bill of Dh23,000! Crime doesn’t pay, but unusually high electricity bills certainly do. Jackpot Juggernaut Award The champ in this category is: Pradeep Kumar, the Indian expat who defied the odds and won the Big Ticket Abu Dhabi jackpot not once, but twice! Scooping a whopping Dh15 million, Kumar is now the talk of the town. Double the charm, double the fun! Dubai’s Fast and Furious…
SpaceX wrapped up a busy 2023 with a blast of all 33 Raptor engines on its Super Heavy rocket — the most powerful in the world. Footage of the static fire test shows the Super Heavy booster blasting out millions of pounds of thrust as the Raptor engines are put through their paces ahead of the rocket’s next test flight. Static fire of Super Heavy’s 33 Raptor engines ahead of Flight 3 pic.twitter.com/rJqNToMCnU — SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 29, 2023 The Elon Musk-led spaceflight company conducted the engine test at its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Saturday. It’s the…
UAE, on Sunday, officially opened the water desalination plants set up by the authorities in the Egyptian city of Rafah to pump drinking water to the residents of the Gaza Strip. In implementation to the directives of the UAE President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, on Sunday, opened the water desalination plants. The UAE has established six stations with a total capacity of 1,200,000 gallons per day to pump water to the Gaza Strip, benefiting over 600,000 people. The stations were completed in less than three…
One of the senior figures in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition called on Sunday for Palestinian residents of Gaza to leave the besieged enclave, making way for Israelis who could “make the desert bloom”. The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has been excluded from the war cabinet and discussions of day-after arrangements in Gaza, appear to underscore fears in much of the Arab world that Israel wants to drive Palestinians out of land where they want to build a future state, repeating the mass dispossession of Palestinians when Israel was created in 1948. “What needs to…
Less than five months after beating New Zealand in a T20 International, the UAE have done it again. The national cricket team beat Afghanistan, a Test-playing nation which beat cricket giants Pakistan, England and Sri Lanka at the 2023 World Cup, in the second match of the three-match T20 series by 11 runs at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Having lost the first match of the series by 72 runs on Friday, UAE bounced back with a magnificent performance to beat the Afghans on the last day of the year. The home team, after winning the toss, made 166…