In pictures: UAE’s first Emirati astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori returns home
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50 years after internet conception, dark side stirs fear
San Francisco: On October 29, 1969, professor Leonard Kleinrock and a team at the University of California at Los Angeles got a computer to "talk" to a machine in what…
Saudi Arabia expands tourist visa system
###Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has moved to expand a recently-launched tourist visa system aimed at drawing holidaymakers to the kingdom.###Last month, Saudi authorities unveiled the tourist visa scheme allowing the nationals…
Off the cuff: Help! I’m an empty-nester now
Another end-of-an-era event for Pearson Towers. Two Sundays ago, we dropped the Boy at what I will never willingly call “uni”. I mean, I have to say “uni” in front…
Dubai man’s wife, daughter murdered in India
DUBAI: An Indian man in Dubai has been left devastated after his wife and teenaged daughter were strangulated to death in their hometown Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, around 270 kilometres…
Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration both faulted in certification of the 737 Max
Seattle: A panel of international aviation regulators found that Boeing withheld key information about the 737 Max from pilots and regulators, and the Federal Aviation Administration lacked the expertise to…
Department of Health Abu Dhabi and Saal.ai joins hands to enhance quality of healthcare sector
Abu Dhabi: Department of Health (DoH) in Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and Saal.ai, an innovative artificial intelligence company, have…
Dubai Police handle 1.6 million calls in 3 months
Dubai: The Dubai Police’s emergency hotline 999 received 1,643,493 calls during the third quarter of this year, while the force’s non-emergency hotline 901 received 121,785 calls in the same period.###The…
Two Oman accident victims brought to Rashid Hospital
DUBAI Dubai Police have transferred two young girls injured in a car accident in Oman to Rashid Hospital for treatment. The nine-year-old and 15-year-old girls were travelling with their family…
Australia skipper Paine ends 13-year century drought
Sydney: Australian Test skipper Tim Paine has ended a 13-year drought, scoring his first century since 2006 on his return to domestic Sheffield Shield cricket after a gruelling Ashes series…
Bounced cheque cases in Dubai: Lawyers divided over Legal Order mechanism
Dubai: Despite the Legal Order in Dubai helping to improve the judiciary’s efficiency and reducing its workload where bounce cheque cases are concerned, lawyers have urged that the order is…