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The day will be fair in general and partly cloudy at times, the National Centre of Meteorology has said. Heavy rain has also been forecast across the nation. Low clouds will appear over the east by afternoon. Light to moderate winds will blow, freshening westward over the sea. Red and yellow alerts have been issued for fog and rough seas. The alerts say: “Fog formation with a deterioration in horizontal visibility, which may drop even further at times over some internal and coastal areas from midnight until 10am on Wednesday.” “Fresh winds and rough sea with wave height reaching 6ft…
Apple halted the sales of two Apple Watch models earlier this month following a court ruling that the company violated patent laws. Apple’s last hope was the White House, which could offer the company a respite from a sales and import ban with a veto order. However, Apple didn’t get any such relief from the Biden Administration on the sales ban covering the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2. In an executive release issued by President Biden’s office, the White House has decided to uphold the sales ban suggested by the United States International Trade Commission (ITC).…
The Israeli National Security Council has issued a travel advisory for its citizens in India, suspecting that an explosion near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday was “a possible terror attack”. No one was injured in the blast that occurred near the Israel embassy in the Chanakyapuri diplomatic enclave in New Delhi on Tuesday evening. When contacted, Israeli embassy spokesperson Guy Nir said, “We can confirm that around 5.48pm, there was a blast in close proximity to the embassy. Delhi Police and the security team are still investigating the situation.” The recommendations of the Israeli National Security Council…
Wall Street’s main indexes kicked off the last week of the year on a positive note on Tuesday as growing bets of early rate cuts by the Federal Reserve lifted investor sentiment after Christmas holidays. Signs of cooling inflation have bolstered expectations of a dovish policy pivot by the Fed next year, pushing the benchmark S&P 500 index close to its record closing high touched in January 2022. A close above that level will confirm the benchmark index has been on a bull run since bottoming out in October 2022. US stocks ended higher on Friday after the Commerce Department’s…
Good news, everyone! Amazon already has tipped its hand as to what’s in store for Fire TV in 2024. At least, some of what’s in store. Flashback to September 2023 at its fall products announcements at HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia, when Amazon showed off new hardware with new features — specifically, the refreshed Fire TV Stick Max 4K and along with it, the latest Ambient Experience. Good stuff, all around. That’s on the hardware side of things. Software is always improving, and Amazon said these major features are coming in the first quarter of 2024: Updated search results that leverage…
Converging history and culinary art, Emirati and expat chefs from Fujairah turned the iconic Fujairah fort into a magnificent dining hall. Working together, these four chefs cooked medieval cuisine, dating back over a thousand years. To create this unique dining experience, the chefs utilised the knowledge of Dr Daniel Newman, an award-winning writer, scholar, and translator of Arabic literature. His expertise in translation, cultural exchanges between Europe and the Arab world in ancient times, and food history played a crucial role in crafting a medieval Arab feast. “The chef prepared dishes that were crafted between the 8th and 15th centuries.…
Gold prices surpassed Dh250 per gram in the UAE on Wednesday morning as the yellow metal continued to trade above $2,060 an ounce due to a weaker dollar and expectations of interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve. The Dubai Jewellery Group data showed 24K trading at Dh250.25 per gram at the opening of the markets on Wednesday as compared to Dh249.5 per gram when markets closed on Tuesday. Among the other variants, 22K was trading higher at Dh231.75 per gram, 21K at Dh224.25, and 18K at Dh192.25. Globally, spot gold was steady at $2,065.9 per ounce at 9.28am,…
Amazon has revealed the date for when it will start including ads on TV shows and movies on its Prime Video streaming service: January 29. The e-commerce giant announced in September that it would bring ads to its video streaming service, saying at the time that the change would come in “early 2024.” But in a widely reported email to Prime subscribers this week, Amazon revealed the January 29 commencement date for ads, promising that the new system will allow it to “continue investing in compelling content, and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time.” Ads in…
Dubai’s population has been steadily growing, reaching nearly 3.653 million in December 2023. This has resulted in more vehicles on the road – 3.9 million as of September 2023, as per the emirate’s toll gate operator Salik. These vehicles made 437 million trips during the first 9 months of 2023 through the Salik gates. Amidst growing traffic, Dubai Police run road safety campaigns time and again to raise awareness among motorists. To ensure the safety of residents and pedestrians, police have put in place three types of penalties – fines, black points and vehicle confiscation – for violating traffic laws…
Saudi Arabia’s cabinet on Tuesday announced its approval of contracting regulations for firms that do not have regional headquarters in the Kingdom, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. The decision comes just days before Saudi Arabia’s January 2024 deadline for companies to move their regional headquarters to the kingdom or risk losing hundreds of billions of dollars in lucrative government contracts. The statement on the cabinet meeting did not disclose the regulations. It is not clear if they permit the government to award contracts to foreign companies that do not have regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia. Stay up to date…