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Offlimits Music Festival has postponed its 2026 Abu Dhabi edition, which was set to bring Shakira, the Jonas Brothers and other major artists to Yas Island this November.The open-format music festival made its Abu Dhabi debut in 2025, bringing international and regional acts together at Etihad Park. Following its first edition, Offlimits was scheduled to return on November 21, 2026, with Shakira announced as the festival’s headline act.Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels.Organisers thanked the Offlimits community for its continued support and confirmed that ticket holders will receive refund details directly from the…

Nvidia recently disclosed that they hold nearly 123 million shares in SpaceX valued at around $21 billion at the end of the second quarter, pointing to increasingly deeper ties between these companies. In a Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Nvidia revealed its stake, worth approximately $17 billion. SpaceX’s share value has fallen sharply since its June IPO. Nvidia invested $10 billion in xAI as part of a $20 billion funding round at the start of the year, around a month after Musk folded the AI company into SpaceX in a $1.25 trillion deal. The disclosure provides more evidence of…

India produced a commanding performance to thrash South Africa 6-1 and move to the top of Pool D at the FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026, recording their biggest-ever victory in the tournament in the process.India dominated from the outset at the Wagener Stadium and took the lead in the 11th minute. A flowing passing move down the left created the opening, with Sakshi Rana’s effort finding Sunelita Toppo at the far post, who made no mistake from close range.Navneet Kaur doubled India’s advantage early in the second quarter, unleashing a powerful slap from a penalty corner for her second…

The recognition honours the General Department of Human Rights for its pioneering child protection initiatives, particularly the establishment of Child Oasis. Dubai: Dubai Police have become the first law enforcement agency in the Middle East and North Africa to receive a Certificate of Recognition from the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN). The recognition honours the General Department of Human Rights for its pioneering child protection initiatives, particularly the establishment of Child Oasis. As a specialised multidisciplinary center, Child Oasis provides a safe and supportive environment for vulnerable children, streamlining legal, psychological, and social care…

For many parents in the UAE, a child’s birthday invitation comes with another question: what do you buy for a child you may barely know? It is a problem Salman Yousuf noticed repeatedly while living in the UAE, where children’s birthday parties can be a regular fixture on family calendars. His curiosity eventually led him to speak to more than 300 parents across the country about how they shop for toys and gifts. The conversations ultimately became the foundation for Toy Souk, which Yousuf launched in December 2025 as what he says is the UAE’s first AI-enabled dedicated toy marketplace.…

More than 30,000 attendees have registered to attend the September 2026 event.Dubai: Middle East Energy has released the floorplan for its 50th edition, with 1,528 global energy companies confirmed to exhibit. The show is held under the patronage of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates and with the full support of the Government of Dubai, and runs 1-3 September at Dubai World Trade Centre.This year’s exhibition features companies including Shell, Ducab, Riello UPS, TBEA, Emirates Transformer, AE Solar, Trina Storage, Jeddah Cables, TE Connectivity and Kirloskar, alongside over 1,500 manufacturers from across the entire energy…

A coalition of states suing Meta Platforms over claims Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that harmed young users’ mental health began making its case on Tuesday in California federal court in a trial that could reshape some of the most popular apps on the planet. Lawyers for California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey, which are leading a bipartisan group of 29 states, will give their opening statements before an eight-person jury in Oakland, California. Jurors are expected to issue an advisory verdict, but US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will determine Meta’s liability. If she finds Meta liable,…

Colombian pop star Shakira has made a surprise visit to the earthquake-hit province of Chocó in western Colombia, pledging to help rebuild at least 10 schools and restore a local technological university damaged by the powerful August 10 earthquake, according to Billboard.The initiative has drawn support from several international organisations. Global Citizen and Live Nation have each committed $500,000 (around Dh1.84 million) towards education recovery efforts.The FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund has contributed another $500,000, while CAF, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, pledged $250,000 (around Dh918,000) to help rebuild classroom infrastructure, Billboard reported.Shakira visited Quibdó, the capital…

There was a time when Mohammad Abbas, a former worker at a leather factory who also assisted lawyers as a clerk, had to choose between work and cricket, the biggest passion of his life.With his family in rural Punjab, Pakistan, battling financial hardship, Abbas never had the luxury of pursuing his cricketing dream.When a district Under-19 team asked him to leave his job for cricket, Abbas would have said no if not for the backing of a friend, a lawyer, who helped him find a balance between work and cricket.But there was still a big obstacle in Abbas’s path despite…

A new £20 million research hub is being established in Cambridge to assist in the development of new medicines using artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced laboratory models. The site will be based at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Funded by the Medical Research Council, the hub will work with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH). Researchers will use scientific models based on human tissues and diseases to improve the translation of lab-based research into new medicines. CUH said the hub would create “more accurate ways to study, predict and develop treatments for human diseases…