UAE gold prices continue to break records for consecutive days as 22K and 24K reach all-time high | World News

UAE gold hits all-time highs for consecutive days, driven by investor fears and upcoming festival demand Gold prices in the United Arab Emirates have surged to unprecedented levels, with 22-karat gold reaching AED 422.75 per gram and 24-karat gold climbing to AED 456.75 per gram. This marks a significant increase from the previous all-time highs […]

3.4 years waiting time for green card, employer-sponsored applications see all-time high delay

Waiting time for green card reached the all-time high in the second quarter of 2025. Green card applications see the highest delays in the second quarter of 2025 as the process time reached 1,265 days or 3.4 years — compared to 705 days (1.9 years) in 2016. The figures were revealed in a new report […]

Oman’s electricity output jumps a record 12.6% in 2025 as demand hits an all-time high | World News

Oman’s total electricity generation rose by 12.6%/Representative Image TL;DR: Oman’s total electricity generation rose by 12.6% to 18,948.9 GWh by end-May 2025, up from 16,829.3 GWh a year ago, with notable growth in various governorates. Net electricity generation, used for actual consumption, grew by 13.1% year-on-year, but water production dropped 0.9% to about 206.6 million […]

Worrisome’: US visa delays hit all-time high, 11.3 million cases pending

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is struggling to keep up with a piling number of immigration cases, reaching an all-time high of 11.3 million pending applications.Immigration attorneys said the Trump administration’s efforts to find fraudulent cases have set back the pace of the process and resulted in “massive backlogs” across an immigration system […]

Global Press Freedom at ‘all-time low’ in 2025, RSF says

Representative Image (AI) Global press freedoms were at an “all-time low,” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in its annual ranking report on Friday, particularly noting a deterioration under US President Donald Trump.“More than half of the world’s population lives in countries with a ‘very serious’ situation,” the France-based, non-profit organization said in its report, released […]