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The best Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel right now typically follow the same holiday tropes: a big city executive travels to a small town and learns the real meaning of Christmas; a local girl falls for a stranger visiting her community; two complete opposites are forced to work together, but soon realize they have more in common than they thought. These proven formulas work in Hallmark Christmas movies and put the audience in the holiday spirit. Similar to Lifetime Channel’s Christmas movies, the Hallmark Channel has shown no signs of slowing down its holiday content. In 2023, Hallmark will…
Palestinian national Ahmed Sourani was happy to have been named among the winners of this year’s Zayed Sustanability Prize — but even with this life-changing grant, he couldn’t shake the devastating Gaza situation off his mind. “I am constantly thinking about my country, my people, and the situation in Palestine, especially Gaza. This occupies my thoughts and concerns constantly, deeply rooted in my heart and mind,” Sourani told Khaleej Times after the awarding ceremony held on Friday evening as part of the ongoing COP28 at Expo City Dubai. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp…
Tiger Woods said he felt “mentally rusty” on his return to competitive golf on Thursday after the 15-time major winner carded a three-over-par 75 in the first round of the PGA Tour’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. The former world number one has not played since April when he withdrew during the Masters due to injury before undergoing ankle surgery. The 47-year-old has kept a limited competition schedule after a 2021 car crash left him with a serious leg injury and while he said his body held up fine on Thursday the mental side of the game let him…
Who would’ve thought Apple’s infamous “cheese grater” design for the Mac Pro would work its way into custom PCs? For as much flak as Apple caught, the design of the Mac Pro certainly made a statement, and Cooler Master is making a similar statement with its highly modular Qube 500 Flat Pack. It spits in the face of the best PC cases, going rogue with a design that feels all its own. It’s not just a case with a bunch of holes, though; the Qube 500 features a modular, flat-pack design that provided one of the most unique building experiences…
Dozens of world leaders said they know the planet’s dangerously overheating and they are trying to keep it from getting worse. The next step is to turn their soaring rhetoric voiced at the beginning of the United Nations climate conference into action. In the first of two days of the two-week summit, presidents, prime ministers and royals from nations rich and poor trotted up to the microphone on Friday to lay out commitments to reduce how much their countries spew heat-trapping gases and asked their colleagues to do better. Critics, advocacy groups and even some leaders themselves said that the…
The United States has pledged $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday in Dubai at the U.N. COP28 climate summit. The fund, with more than $20 billion in pledges, is the largest international fund dedicated to supporting climate action in developing countries. The latest pledge, which Reuters was first to report, would be additional to another $2 billion previously delivered by the United States. Sources said the pledge was subject to the availability of funds. The politically divided U.S. Congress needs to authorize the funding. Harris announced the pledge in her address to…
As the UAE marks its 52nd National Day today, not just local but foreign firms have also joined the country’s celebration. Budget carrier Air India Express on Saturday announced a 15 per cent discount on all international flights for direct channel bookings made till December 3, 2023, for travel from December 2, 2023, to March 31, 2024, in a tribute to the UAE National Day. Air India Express operates to various destinations in the Gulf and Middle East, with a total of 195 weekly departures from India to the UAE alone. The airline connects various destinations in the UAE, including…
Khaleej Times caught up with Dubai Golden VISA Awardee Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) at the conclusion of this week’s Vinpearl DIC Legends Vietnam tournament on the Legends Tour. Jeev finished a respectable tied seventh, after rounds of 69, 73 and 69, to finish on two under par, eight shots adrift of the winner, Brazil’s Adilson Da Silva. Jeev tied with the current Order of Merit leader Peter Baker (Eng). “I played well this week in the windy conditions. It is not an easy course in those conditions. I am currently in 14th place in the season long Order of Merit…
Appliances are some of the most expensive purchases we can make. While spending thousands of dollars on washers, dryers, refrigerators and ovens isn’t nearly as much fun as buying TVs and powerful computers, it’s still exciting to use your newly furnished kitchen. We’ve pulled the best package options below, from washer and dryer packages to full kitchen sets. We’ve spotlight LG, Samsung, Whirlpool, Bosch and KitchenAid. Best LG appliance package deals LG has some pretty incredible appliances. We’ve focused on the best offers in LG’s washer and dryer deals. LG Washer, Dryer and Storage Bin Combo — LG Washer, Dryer…
The President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, honoured the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize in a ceremony held as part of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) hosted by the UAE at Expo City Dubai on Friday. The ceremony was attended by numerous heads of delegations participating in COP28, ministers, senior government officials, and prize winners and finalists. Sheikh Mohamed congratulated the winners, praising their efforts in promoting sustainability and encouraging them to continue their important contributions in this field. He emphasised that the UAE is steadfast in building upon its established legacy in sustainability, a…