The UAE’s largest telco is piloting a four-day work week for three of its departments, hailing the benefits to employees’ work-life balance The concept of a four-day work week has been slowly gaining …
Infracorp, partners sign MoU on solar manufacturing plant
for a one Gigawatt Solar PV manufacturing plant in the country. In a statement issued on Monday, it was revealed that the MoU was signed at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At the …
Shark Tank Dubai TV series to feature Faisal Juma Belhoul, Amira Sajwani, Elie Khoury, Noor Sweid and Yousef Hamad
Shark Tank Dubai follows in the series’ acclaimed tradition, presenting a business-oriented reality television series where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their innovative business concepts to a panel …
McLaren star casts definitive F1 vs IndyCar verdict after Abu Dhabi running
McLaren’s Pato O’Ward is particularly well-placed to offer a direct comparison between an IndyCar and an F1 car. 24-year-old Mexican driver O’Ward is a full-time IndyCar driver with McLaren’s team in the US series,
Barclay family regains ownership of The Telegraph after Lloyds loan repaid
The Barclay family has regained ownership of The Telegraph after paying £1.2bn in debts owed to Lloyds Banking Group. The high street lender said repayment had been made in full, meaning both The Telegraph and The Spectator magazine have been released from receivership.
Bill Gates’ nuclear reactor company signs a clean energy deal with the UAE, as nuclear power takes center stage at COP28
A nuclear reactor company cofounded by Bill Gates signed a deal with the United Arab Emirates to explore building advanced reactors in the Gulf country. On Monday, TerraPower and the UAE’s state-owned nuclear company Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding to collaborate on developing new nuclear power plants that would combat climate change.
COP28 host UAE choking from its own ‘toxic’ air pollution: HRW
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates is choking under “alarmingly high” air pollution levels fed by its fossil fuel industry, Human Rights Watch warned on Monday (Dec 4) as the oil-rich country hosts the UN’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai.
Wakeskater plunges off Dubai skyscraper pool in ‘world first’
Grubb started his journey on top of the sky bridge at a Dubai resort’s infinity pool. He began by wakeskating 94m (308ft) across the rooftop pool, before leaping over the pool‘s edge into a 77-story …
UAE banks pledge $200 billion in green finance at COP28 climate talks
Banks in the United Arab Emirates on Monday pledged to mobilise 1 trillion dirhams, or around $200 billion, in green finance, the chair of the country’s banking federation told the COP28 climate talks …
COP28: UAE financial sector commits to mobilising Dhs1tn in sustainable finance
The mobilisation of sustainable finance targets by the UAE banking sector advances the forward-looking sustainable finance ambitions of the UAE
UAE financial sector to mobilise over $272bln in sustainable finance by 2030 as UAE hosts COP28
The CBUAE also emphasised the role of digitalisation and advanced technology innovations in driving global climate action and sustainable finance
Critics oppose UAE-backed deal for Telegraph by ‘sexist regime’ as Barclays regains control of outlet
Ex-CNN boss Jeff Zucker’s buyout firm is pressing ahead with a bid to buy UK newspaper Daily Telegraph — even as critics slammed the “sexist regime” of his financial
Brad Garlinghouse Is 2023’s Comeback King With XRP’s Win Over SEC
Months earlier, the CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, had promised that if they emerged victorious from the SEC’s lawsuit, he would throw a “proper party” to honor and thank the XRP community.(I had …
Daredevil wakeskates across rooftop pool and BASE jumps off the edge in Dubai – video
The successful mix of wakeskating and BASE jumping has been dubbed ‘WakeBASE’.
Wakeskater and BASE Jumper Brian Grubb Pulls Off Athletic Feat From a Dubai Skyscraper Wearing Prada
That sounds about right for wakeboarder Brian Grubb, who has taken fearlessness to new heights — as in a 77-story BASE jump that started with a rooftop wakeskate in Dubai. But that was only the finale …
Sharjah loses to AlFaisaly, bids farewell to AFC Champions League
The Sharjah Club football team bid farewell to the AFC Champions League, after losing in the final round of the group stage to Al Faisaly of Jordan, 2-1, today, Monday, at Amman International Stadium.
A canvas for climate action through art at Dubai’s COP28 summit
Sculptures and paintings capture the stark realities of climate change’s impact on people and ecosystems, while simultaneously igniting a sense of optimism about the conference’s potential to deliver …