Emirates cancelled 11 Dubai flights to Hong Kong and Shenzhen from September 23 to 25/Image: Emirates As Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches southern China, Emirates has announced widespread flight cancellations to Hong Kong and Shenzhen between September 23 and 25. The Dubai-based airline is suspending all services to the affected cities and restricting connections for passengers […]
JPMorgan Chase has issued an urgent advisory to its H-1B visa holders currently outside the United States, asking them to return before the September 21 deadline. This follows a dramatic new policy from the US government, which imposes a $100,000 annual fee for each H-1B visa worker—a steep increase from previous rates. The bank’s external […]
Afghan girls looking at empty screen (AI-Generated Image) Concerns are growing in Afghanistan over tightening Taliban restrictions on fiber-optic internet access.The war-torn nation’s northern Balkh province confirmed a fiber-optic internet shutdown on Tuesday after Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada imposed a complete ban on the technology. There are reports of severe disruption in other parts of […]
Ru’ya Careers 2025 hosts 180 employers in Dubai, offering jobs, training, and AI-focused workshops/Image: WAM From September 23 to 25, Ru’ya Careers UAE 2025 returns for its 24th edition, uniting 180 organisations and thousands of Emirati job seekers over three days. This flagship event plays a crucial role in advancing the UAE’s Emiratisation goals by […]
The German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt have overhauled their burial legislation, with lawmakers in the western German state taking the biggest stride. “After more than 42 years we have created a new framework that reconciles the individual ideas and wishes of the people in the state with a dignified act of bidding farewell,” said […]
The United States witnessed a rare father-son moment during Charlie Kirk’s memorial at State Farm Stadium in Arizona after Eric Trump was seen comforting his emotional father, President Donald Trump. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the stadium to celebrate the life of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot at Utah Valley University, […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) A research team in California has used artificial intelligence to design viral genomes, which were later built and tested in a laboratory. Some of these AI-created viruses successfully infected bacteria, demonstrating that generative AI models can produce functional genetic material.Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto described the […]
(AI generated image for representation) An Indian national and Singapore permanent resident was sentenced on Monday to four years in jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting a woman in a nursing room at a shopping mall.46-year-old Ankit Sharma was convicted of aggravated outrage of modesty after he dragged a 31-year-old technology specialist […]
Syrian President Ahmad Hussein al-Sharaa, also known by his former nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, arrived in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, marking the first visit of a Syrian president to the gathering in nearly six decades. Ahmad Hussein al-Sharaa, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, […]
The recent decision by Donald Trump’s administration to impose a steep $100,000 application fee for new H-1B visas has unsettled professionals and companies worldwide. While the White House clarified that the fee applies only to fresh applicants, the announcement triggered uncertainty and anxiety, especially in the tech and education sectors. As a result, attention has […]
