Khaleej Times - January 13, 2025

Khaleej Times - January 13, 2025

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January 13, 2025
A cultural gem: Ex-resident of oldest pearling village recalls glory days
Al Jazeera Al Hamra, a once-thriving pearling village in Ras Al Khaimah, holds tales of resilience and community.
2 mins
Expats in high spirits as Aoun takes the reins
Lebanese residents across the UAE have expressed their excitement and hope over the appointment of Joseph Aoun as the new Lebanese President, marking the end of a presidential gap that lasted for years.
2 mins
Two girls killed in motorcycle accident in RAK
Two teenagers died after a vehicle hit their motorcycle in Ras Al Khaimah on Saturday, the emirate's police have confirmed. According to the force, the girls were aged 14 and 15.
1 min
Premiums for vehicles to go up 15% in case of accidents
Motor insurance premiums have been increased by up to three per cent in UAE, but motorists who have been involved in accidents and file claims have to pay up to 15 per cent higher premiums.
2 mins
A simulation experience to understand autism challenges
The Autism Reality Experience is not just an exercise in discomfort; it's an essential opportunity for parents, teachers, and caregivers to better understand the autism spectrum.

2 mins
Passion for cars drives citizen to collect rare, classic vehicles
Sparked by his father's enthusiasm for unique automobiles from way back in the 1970s, Ibrahim Al Shamsi's passion for cars is deeply rooted in his family's history.

2 mins
Sharjah, Dubai residents sleep the least, shows data
Despite this, the UAE stands out for having the highest REM sleep percentage rank, at 22 per cent, ranking second globally after India at 22.1 per cent

2 mins
The daredevil who defied gravity, walked on 700ft-high rope between skyscrapers
Slackliner Jaan Roose, who walked and even hung upside down along a 100-metre line at a height of over 700 feet between the iconic Jumeirah Emirates Towers, was anxious before his stunt.

2 mins
Parents concerned over semester exam results
Parents and students in the UAE met the announcement of the results of first semester exams in government schools with mixed emotions. While some parents expressed their anger and frustration on social media, others kept their feel- ings to themselves.
2 mins
Coldplay fans from abroad spend big to attend Capital show
With Coldplay tickets sold out within minutes in some countries, many fans opted to fly to the UAE to see the British rock band put on a spectacular show in Abu Dhabi.

1 min
Pure joy and disbelief, say UAE's Rhodes scholars
Duo highlight what studying at Oxford means to them, their dreams and aspirations

3 mins
Chinese expats host ‘biggest’ New Year celebrations
This year's Chinese New Year Gala witnessed its biggest attendance yet and was marked by diverse performances by various UAE communities and overseas Chinese and international artistes. Celebrations took place ahead of the Chinese New Year, which will officially fall on January 29, with preparations starting on January 21 and continuing until February 8. The festivities culminate with the Lantern Festival, which begins the next day and runs until February 12. Also known as the Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year marks the transition from winter to the start of spring.

1 min
Dubai resident cycles more than 600km across all 7 emirates in just 4 days as tribute to UAE
A Dubai resident recently completed a remarkable cycling journey of more than 600km across all seven emirates of the UAE in just four days, stopping at each emirate's iconic flagpost.

2 mins
UAE Lottery announces first millionaire winner of 2025
The first millionaire in the UAE Lottery was annonced on Saturday. As the winning numbers were revealed for the first draw of 2025, the lucky winner bagged Dh1 million. The draw also saw over 11,000 winners walk away with prizes.
1 min
How much rent can landlords increase under the new rental index?
Question: I own a villa in Dubai that I have rented out. As per the latest rental index, my tenant is paying much lesser than the average in the area. Can I raise the rent at once to bring it on par with the average? That would be a substantial hike.

3 mins
New pen-shaped devices promise better naps but experts warn of risks
A new trend is gaining popularity: Inhalable diffusers are marketed as sleep aids. These vapes claim to help users relax, improve sleep quality, and enhance focus. They feature flavours infused with natural ingredients such as melatonin, lavender and chamomile. However, as this trend grows, experts warn consumers to be mindful of the potential risks associated with these products.

2 mins
How to get inmate visit permit in Abu Dhabi?
In Abu Dhabi, there are three correctional institutions in AI Ain, AI Wathba, and AI Mafraq

1 min
What can employees do if their profession on visa is incorrect?
KT reader wants to know his options if his designation on visa differs from his job title

1 min
Mantra and Damac Group ink $1b deal to tokenise real world assets
Mantra, a purpose-built layer 1 blockchain for tokenised real world assets (RWAs), has signed a $1 billion agreement with Dubai based Damac Group to tokenise assets in the Middle East.
1 min
Worldwide airline revenue likely to top $1T this year
Growth in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to help drive global airline revenues over $1 trillion for the first time in 2025, a study showed.
3 mins
Worldwide airline revenue likely to top $1T this year
Growth in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to help drive global airline revenues over $1 trillion for the first time in 2025, a study showed.
3 mins
GCC IPO pipeline to stay resilient in 2025
The outlook for initial public offerings in 2025 remains buoyant in the GCC after a bumper 2024 that saw 53 IPOs on the back of resilient investor demand and GCC governments continued push to diversify their economies and deepen capital markets, market watchers said.

2 mins
Indian rupee may hit 26 to the UAE dirham this year as RBI loosens grip
The Indian rupee could drop below 26 per the UAE dirham or hit 90 per dollar this year as the Reserve Bank of India is poised to move away from its implicit quasipeg to the dollar under the new governor.

2 mins
India's TCS expects retail, manufacturing revival after banking recovery
India's Tata Consultancy Services expects its retail and manufacturing clients in North America to step up spending on tech, following a similar upturn in its banking and financial services segment, a top executive of the nation's No. 1 software-services exporter, said.
1 min
UAE, Mexico seek to boost trade
The UAE and Mexico are advancing their trade and investment relations, focusing on fostering partnerships between their private sectors and business communities.

1 min
21 firms on Iraq bourse gave cash dividends last year
The Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) delivered a strong performance in 2024, underpinned by economic reforms, developmental initiatives, and a stable social and political environment.
1 min
Dubai, Paris, and Sydney top list of global bleisure extensions
The corporate travel landscape is undergoing a transformative shift as businesses embrace hybrid work models, digital innovations, and sustainability-focused practices, studies show.

2 mins
Tenants turning to ownership as affordable unit sales soar
The affordable section of Dubai's booming real estate saw significant gains last year, as more tenants veered towards ownership, data showed.

3 mins
Inflation report could rattle markets as bond yields climb
US inflation data in the coming week could test the nerves of stock investors and further inflame worries about rising Treasury yields and uncertainty over Donald Trump's policy plans. After back-to-back standout years, the stock market has wobbled out of the gate in 2025, with the benchmark S&P 500 down about 1 per cent so far this year. A revival of inflation is seen as one of the key risks facing equities, with the Federal Reserve already pulling back on its projected interest rate cuts because it expects inflation to rise at a faster pace than it had previously anticipated. Markets pushed out expectations for a next rate cut until June after a blowout US jobs report on Friday, with stocks falling sharply and Treasury yields hitting fresh milestones following the December employment data.

2 mins
Apple wants to keep diversity schemes disavowed by other US firms
Apple's board of directors has recommended shareholders vote against a proposal to end the company's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes, going against the grain of decisions by other large US corporates.
1 min
IMF chief sees steady world growth
The International Monetary Fund will forecast steady global growth and continuing disinflation when it releases an updated World Economic Outlook on January 17, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told reporters.
2 mins
Tougher US sanctions to reduce Russian oil supply to China, India
Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and freight costs, as new US sanctions on Russian producers and ships curb supplies to Moscow's top customers, traders and analysts said.

3 mins
TSMC begins producing 4-nanometer chips in Arizona
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has begun producing advanced four-nanometer chips for US customers in Arizona, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told Reuters, a milestone in the Biden administration's semiconductor efforts.
1 min
Syria's Al Sharaa meets Lebanese PM in bid to improve long-fraught ties
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed Al Sharaa met Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Damascus on Saturday in a bid to improve long-fraught ties, with the pair focusing on strengthening their shared border.

1 min
Gaza rescuers say eight dead in Israel strike on school building
Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter on Saturday killed eight people, including two children, while the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants.
1 min
Gaza doctor treats war victims after losing leg
Palestinian paediatrician Khaled Al Saidani moves through his Gaza hospital with determination, using a prosthetic leg and an aluminium walker as he cares for children also injured in the war.

2 mins
Saudi urges Syria sanctions relief at talks with regional, EU diplomats
Saudi Arabia on Sunday called for the lifting of sanctions on Syria after meetings with top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe that focused on the war-ravaged country's future.

3 mins
How one California man tried saving his block from wildfire
Flames were licking his fence, he was choking on smoke, and bullets were whizzing by his leg. Despite it all, Tristin Perez never left his Altadena home during the deadly Eaton fire.
2 mins
Cyclone-ravaged Mayotte on high alert as new storm approaches
Residents of the French territory of Mayotte braced on Sunday for a storm expected to bring strong winds and flash floods less than a month after the Indian Ocean archipelago was devastated by a deadly cyclone.
1 min
Firefighters race to beat LA blazes as winds grow and death toll hits 16
Firefighters battled on Sunday to get on top of massive wildfires around Los Angeles as winds ramped up, pushing the blazes toward previously untouched neighbourhoods.

2 mins
2024 was the hottest year on record: Scientist
Global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 Celsius above the pre-industrial era for the first time, bringing the world closer to breaching the pledge governments made under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, scientists said on Friday.

2 mins
Jeju Air black box data missing from crucial minutes before crash: Govt
The two black boxes on the Boeing jet involved in the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, the transport ministry said on Saturday.

1 min
Meta, Amazon scale back diversity plans ahead of Trump inauguration
Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Amazon.com are winding down diversity programmes ahead of Republican Donald Trump's return to the US presidency as conservative opposition to such initiatives grows louder.

2 mins
Special counsel who led Trump prosecutions leaves US Justice Dept
Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump for his alleged effort to overturn results of the 2020 election, has left the US Department of Justice, prosecutors said on Saturday in a court filing.
1 min
TikTok warns of broader impact if US SC allows ban
The lawyer for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance offered a warning during Supreme Court arguments over a law that would compel the sale of the short-video app or ban it in the United States: If Congress could do this to TikTok, it could come after other companies, too.

3 mins
As China hacking threat builds, Biden to order tougher cybersecurity standards
President Joe Biden is calling for tighter cybersecurity standards for federal agencies and contractors in a new executive order due to be published in the coming days, pushing reforms designed to address repeated Chinese-linked cyber operations and cybercriminal operations, according to a draft of the order seen by Reuters.
1 min
JPMorgan asks staff to return to office five days a week, prompting complaints
US bank JPMorgan Chase on Friday asked its employees who are on hybrid work schedules to return to the office five days a week starting in March, an internal memo seen by Reuters showed, prompting hundreds of staff comments, including complaints.

1 min
US, UK unveil widespread sanctions against Russia's energy sector
The United States and Britain on Friday announced sanctions against Russia's energy sector, including oil giant Gazprom Neft, just days before outgoing President Joe Biden leaves office.
2 mins
Ukraine captured two N. Korean soldiers: Seoul
South Korea's intelligence service on Sunday backed up Ukraine's account of having captured two wounded North Korean soldiers in Russia, after Kyiv said they were being questioned.
1 min
Russia claims two new villages in eastern Ukraine
Russia on Sunday claimed the capture of two villages in eastern Ukraine where its forces have been steadily advancing for months.
1 min
Biden awards Pope Francis medal of freedom, highest US civilian honour
US President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honour, the White House said. It was the first time during his four years in office that Biden awarded the medal \"with distinction\", it said.

1 min
Pilgrims take the plunge ahead of Kumbh Mela
Indian farmer Govind Singh travelled for nearly two days by train to reach what he believes is the \"land of the gods\" -- just one among legions of Hindu pilgrims joining the largest gathering of humanity.
2 mins
Malaysia PM denies hiding document on ex-premier Najib's home detention
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the government did not conceal any document relating to jailed former premier Najib Razak's home detention, state media reported.
1 min
Myanmar junta airstrike kills 15: Rebels
A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 10 others at a market in a gold-mining area in northern Kachin state, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area told AFP on Sunday.
1 min
Education activist Malala returns to a region in crisis
Twelve years after she was evacuated out of Pakistan as a badly wounded schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai has returned to her home country at a critical time for girls' education.

3 mins
Australia state premier: Synagogue attack marks rise in anti-Semitic crime
The premier of Australia's New South Wales state Chris Minns said on Sunday that an attack on a Sydney synagogue on Saturday marked an escalation in anti-Semitic crime in the state, after police said the attack was attempted arson.

1 min
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts, spews hot lava and smoke
A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Saturday, spewing hot lava and releasing a column of smoke and ash four kilometres (3.1 miles) into the air, an official said.

1 min
F3 Stables regain Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Cup
F3 Stables regained the Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Cup after Majid Jamal Al Mheiri executed a textbook perfect ride aboard Evita Larzac during the 120 km event at Dubai International Endurance City on Saturday.

1 min
Medvedev, Rublev back for Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships make a welcome return on February 16 with the 33rd edition of the ATP 500 tournament featuring some of the biggest names in the sport, including former champions Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.
2 mins
Fleetwood secures victory for GB and Ireland in Team Cup
Laurie Canter and Tommy Fleetwood did not waste any time picking up the two points that Britain and Ireland needed from Sunday's singles to beat Continental Europe in the European Tour's Team Cup event in Abu Dhabi.
1 min
First Conquest the highlight of Appleby's treble at Meydan
It has been proved time and again that wide draws are no barrier to success at Meydan and that was the case again when First Conquest overcame stall 15 in the Lord North Handicap the feature race on Friday's Carnival card. Charlie Appleby's Dubawi gelding had won two of his four starts prior to this Dubai debut, when he was stretching out to 1800 metres for the first time.

2 mins
Dream debut in Dubai for Ethiopia's Gemechu
Ethiopian debutante Bute Gemechu became the surprise winner of the classic Dubai Marathon, one of the world's major races in the distance, on Sunday.

1 min
United beat Arsenal on penalties; Spurs survive huge scare
Joshua Zirkzee scored the winning penalty for 10-man Manchester United against Arsenal after their hectic FA Cup third round tie finished 1-1 after extra time at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

2 mins
Habib puts Lebanon on the map at Australian Open
Lebanese qualifier Hady Habib broke new ground for the strife-torn nation on Sunday as he beat China's Bu Yunchaokete 7-6(4) 6-4 7-6(6) to reach the second round of the Australian Open.

3 mins
Indian cricket board replaces Shah with Saikia as new secretary
India's powerful and hugely wealthy cricket board on Sunday elected its new chief, former player and advocate Devajit Saikia, the only person nominated to the top post.

1 min
Kohler-Cadmore comes to Warriorz rescue
English batter Tom Kohler-Cadmore produced a superlative knock as Sharjah Warriorz overcame Gulf Giants in a last-ball thriller at the ILT20 on Sunday.
1 min
Kohler-Cadmore comes to Warriorz rescue
English batter Tom Kohler-Cadmore produced a superlative knock as Sharjah Warriorz overcame Gulf Giants in a last-ball thriller at the ILT20 on Sunday.

1 min
Mallika Sherawat shares fun video with Bruno Mars
Actress Mallika Sherawat shared a fun behind-the-scenes moment with singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from the shoot of their upcoming music video, calling it an unforgettable experience.
1 min
Movie did a surgical strike on Vicky's career?
Vicky Kaushal took a stroll down memory lane and re-called working in Uri: The Surgical Strike, which hit the atres six years ago.

1 min
Hrithik receives abirthday shout out from ex-wife
Hrithik Roshan and his former wife, interior designer Sussanne Khan, have a cordial relationship.

1 min
Sidharth Malhotra, Karan Johar exhibit model behaviour
Celebrities Sidharth Malhotra and Karan Johar walked at the fifth edition of the Ajio Luxe Wkend in Mumbai.

1 min
Ajay Devgn's nephew Aaman Devgan to star in horror comedy Jhalak
Ajay Devgn's nephew Aaman Devgan will star in the horror comedy Jhalak.

1 min
Guys, this is the ‘gender reveal’ Chris Martin was singing about
Couple makes Abu Dhabi Coldplay’s concert a gig to remember with a little help from the band

2 mins
Coldplay leaves Abu Dhabi spellbound
UAE's capital city shines under a Sky Full of Stars as the Britrock band delivers an unmatched experience

4 mins
Battle with the blaze: celeb edition
When wildfires destroyed parts of Los Angeles this week, real estate agent Jenna Cooper started asking friends for clothing and other items to help people in need.
2 mins
Celebrate Chinese New Year in the UAE
Mark the Lunar New Year with these offers around the country

2 mins
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