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Ollie Robinson continued his outstanding summer with two wickets in his opening over as England pushed Pakistan towards defeat in the third Test at Edgbaston on Thursday.Robinson, man of the match in the first two Tests, struck with the first ball of Pakistan’s second innings and again three deliveries later to leave England closing in on a 3-0 series whitewash.The demoralised tourists reached 52-2 before rain ended play early on day two, needing 268 runs to make England bat again.Robinson, 32, has been almost unplayable in this series, taking 21 wickets at an average of under seven runs each.He continued…
(L-R) Khalid Aljamed, General Manager, Middle East, Türkiye and Africa at Submer, Signing ceremony & Mingshou Liu, CEO of Edgecore Networks. Submer, a provider of end-to-end AI infrastructure, recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Edgecore Networks, a global provider of open networking and AI infrastructure solutions, to collaborate on AI-ready data centre infrastructure opportunities across the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa (META). The strategic collaboration brings together complementary capabilities across critical layers of the AI infrastructure stack. Submer provides advisory and consultancy, data centre design and build, IT integration, power infrastructure and advanced thermal management,…
For a city that is still writing much of its cultural story in real time, Dubai Opera has spent the past decade becoming one of its most recognisable chapters. It’s where families have brought children to see their first ballet, where music fans have traded headphones for the electricity of a live orchestra and where performers — from global names to homegrown talents — have walked onto the stage with the feeling that they have arrived. For Lara Ewing, the newly appointed Head of Dubai Opera, the decade-long evolution is also personal. She grew up between Bahrain and Dubai, went…
AL ALAMEIN, 10th September, 2026 (WAM) — The UAE National Pavilion today concluded its successful participation in the Al Alamein International Airshow 2026, held in New Al Alamein, Egypt. The pavilion, the largest at the event, enjoyed strong momentum throughout the three-day exhibition, welcoming 3,805 visitors and delegation members and hosting 136 meetings and engagements. It also received a number of high-level visits from senior officials, military leaders and international delegations. The UAE National Pavilion’s second participation at the airshow was supported by the Ministry of Defence and the Tawazun Council for Defence Enablement, and organised by ADNEC Group, a…
During the meeting, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed affirmed the strength and resilience of UAE-German relations and their continued development across various fields Berlin: His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met today in Berlin with Johann Wadephul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany. The meeting highlighted the importance of the state visit by President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the friendly Federal Republic of Germany, describing it as an important milestone in the two countries’ bilateral relations and a key step…
Oil prices jumped 5% on Thursday, with both major benchmarks trading at over $100 a barrel as the biggest spike in attacks on shipping since the Iran war began fed worries about further disruptions to already tight supplies.Brent crude futures were up $5.39, or 5.33%, at $106.60 a barrel by 11:49 a.m. ET (1549 GMT). US oil topped $100 a barrel for the first time since May as West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose $5.16, or 5.37%, to $101.21.Brent prices have surged by more than 30% from lows touched in early August as a permanent agreement between the U.S. and…
Fans of Wicked will soon be able to experience both films in a new way, with live orchestra concert screenings set to tour globally in 2027.According to an official announcement from NBC Universal,Wicked and Wicked: For Good are being turned into live to film concert experiences, with a symphony orchestra performing the scores in sync with the films.The films will be projected on a large HD screen while a live orchestra performs Stephen Schwartz’s songs and the score by John Powell and Schwartz in sync with the films.The first concert, Wicked: Part One In Concert, will have a special preview in San Francisco on…
Fierce rivals on the field and great friends off it, Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar will now join hands for the UAE as brand ambassadors for the ILT20.Two of the fastest bowlers of all time, Lee and Akhtar broke the speed gun in their prime as both hit the 100 MPH (160 KPH) mark in the early 2000s, with matches between Australia and Pakistan often providing a thrilling subplot as they terrorised batters with their hostile pace, bounce and devastating yorkers.On Wednesday, long after their retirements, Lee and Akhtar shared the stage in Dubai for the launch of the fifth…
New listing brings the New Development Bank’s total listings on Nasdaq Dubai to US$3.75 billion under its EMTN programmeDubai: Nasdaq Dubai has welcomed the listing of a US$1.75 billion, three-year benchmark bond issued by the New Development Bank (NDB).The listing brings NDB’s total listed value on the exchange to US$3.75 billion under its US$50 billion Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) Programme, reflecting the bank’s continued use of Dubai’s capital markets to access regional and international investors.The bond carries a coupon of 4.375 per cent and matures in 2029.Issued under NDB’s EMTN Programme, the bond forms part of the bank’s funding…
AJMAN, 10th September, 2026 (WAM) — Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Muwaiji, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ajman Chamber, received Zerihun Megersa Jimma, Consul General of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, to discuss ways to strengthen economic and trade cooperation and develop investment ties between Ajman and Ethiopia. The meeting, held at the Chamber’s headquarters, discussed opportunities across a number of vital sectors, foremost among them agriculture, industry and tourism. It also addressed enhancing engagement between the two business communities and encouraging partnerships between private-sector establishments in the Emirate and their counterparts in Ethiopia. The meeting was attended…