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Sheikh Tamim: Qatar’s wealthy emir Sheikh Tamim gave away $400m luxury 747 to Trump, then quietly rebuilt a $500m superyacht for next voyage | World News

Few state assets attract as much attention as a presidential aircraft, particularly when it begins life in the fleet of a foreign royal family. Yet while debate in Washington centred on Qatar’s decision to present one of its luxury Boeing 747-8 aircraft to the United States, another project involving the same royal household unfolded almost […]

UAE banks stops SMS OTP, moves to app-based approvals for all transfers; what customers need to know | World News

Emirates NBD ends OTP codes, makes app approval mandatory for transactions Emirates NBD will replace one-time passwords (OTPs) sent by SMS or email with app-based verification through its ENBD X mobile app, starting a phased rollout on 1 November 2025 and extending to debit/credit card alerts soon after. The move follows a wider Central Bank […]

Abu Dhabi Traffic Court: Abu Dhabi driver jailed, fined Dh70,000 after dangerous road swerving caught on camera | World News

Abu Dhabi driver jailed, fined Dh70,000 after dangerous road swerving caught on camera / Image – file An Abu Dhabi court has handed down a tough sentence to a driver whose dangerous behaviour on a public road put other motorists’ lives at risk. The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court sentenced the man to six months in […]

UAE: Sharjah set to host largest-ever investment forum with 10,000+ delegates from 142 countries | World News

A global gathering to redefine investment strategies The Sharjah Investment Forum (SIF) 2025, scheduled for October 22–23 at the Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre, has been officially announced by the Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah). This year’s forum marks a significant milestone as it will be held in conjunction with the 29th World […]

Andy Burnham: Inside Andy Burnham’s 10-year economic plan: The big changes he says will revive Britain | World News

Andy Burnham’s decade-long blueprint promises sweeping devolution, regional investment, housing reforms / Image – file Andy Burnham has unveiled what he calls a 10-year mission to rebuild Britain’s economy, arguing that the country’s biggest challenge is not simply who governs from Westminster but how Britain is governed altogether. In his first major policy speech since […]

Georgia’s Fun Spot America Fayetteville to close after 36 years of operation, final day set for August 2 | World News

The notice arrived quietly enough, tucked into the sort of corporate statement that rarely hints at the weight behind it. A regional amusement park in Georgia, long familiar to families who grew up looping its rides and arcades into summer routines, is preparing to shut its gates for the last time. The decision affects the […]

Jaya Kishori Praises Indian Cricket Team Despite World Cup Loss

Mumbai, June 29: Renowned storyteller and spiritual speaker Jaya Kishori expressed her unwavering support for the Indian women’s cricket team following their exit from the Women’s T20 World Cup after a loss to Australia. She stated that winning and losing are part of the game, but the Indian team will always be winners in her […]

Dr Melanie Walker says Donald Trump introduced her to Jeffrey Epstein. Then she met Bill Gates… | World News

It begins, as so many Jeffrey Epstein stories do, in a room where power recognised power. In this case, the room was reportedly the Plaza Hotel in New York in the early 1990s. A young woman from Texas, Melanie Starnes, later Dr Melanie Walker, has told people that she was introduced there to Epstein by […]

AI’s secret water crisis: How data centres are draining freshwater reserves across the world |

AI’s Every time you use ChatGPT to write a 100-word email, roughly 519 millilitres of water is consumed, nearly the volume of a standard water bottle. That figure comes from a peer-reviewed 2025 paper published in Communications of the ACM by Pengfei Li, Shaolei Ren, and colleagues at the University of California, Riverside. It accounts […]

Quote of the day by Nikola Tesla: “If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world.” |

Nikola Tesla (Image: Wikipedia) Some quotations remain popular because they offer encouragement. Others survive because they reveal something uncomfortable about human nature. This remark, commonly attributed to Nikola Tesla, belongs to the second group.The sentence is short, but it leaves a strong impression. Tesla takes an emotion that most people have experienced at some point […]