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Paris St Germain underlined their status as European champions by beating Barcelona 4-2 in a blockbuster Champions League clash on Tuesday, while Liverpool and Manchester City also claimed victories.Desire Doue, Lucas Hernandez, Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz scored for PSG, with Xavi Espart and Lamine Yamal twice pulling Barcelona level in the second half.Alexis Mac Allister scored twice as Liverpool fought back from two goals down to beat Villarreal 4-3 in a thrilling encounter at Anfield.Phil Foden scored a hat trick to lead Manchester City to a 5-1 win over AEK Athens at the Etihad Stadium, with Elliot Anderson and Rayan…
SEOUL, 21st October, 2026 (WAM) — The Republic of Korea’s exports more than doubled year-on-year during the first 20 days of October, reaching US$61.6 billion amid record shipments of semiconductors, according to data released Wednesday by the Korea Customs Service. The daily average export value in terms of business days reached US$4.74 billion, the highest for the first 20 days of any month. Imports rose 42.8 percent year-on-year to US$47.1 billion over the same period, resulting in a trade surplus of US$14.5 billion. By sector, exports of chips surged 222.5 percent to US$27.5 billion, accounting for 44.7 percent of total…
ABU DHABI: The UAE has recorded progress in the 2026 Global Pension Index, published by Marsh (formerly Mercer), and CFA Institute. The UAE’s score and ranking improved among the retirement-income systems assessed, with its overall score rising from 64.9 in 2025 to 70.0 in 2026, advancing from a C+ to a B grade. The UAE system also achieved an A grade in the adequacy and integrity categories, reflecting the strength of pension benefits and protections for insured members. The Index assesses retirement systems across three main pillars: adequacy, sustainability and integrity, alongside a range of economic, social and demographic factors.…
The Abu Dhabi Commercial Court (First Instance) ruled that a young man must pay another man AED50,000, the value of a cheque that was returned by the bank due to a signature mismatch. The court noted that the defendant had submitted an electronic request acknowledging the validity of the plaintiff’s claim and asking for additional time to settle the amount. It considered this a judicial admission and accepted it as evidence. According to the records, a young man filed a lawsuit against another, demanding that he pay AED50,000, legal interest at a rate of 12 per cent, and Dh5,000 in…
Elon Musk said on Tuesday that a merger of his two companies SpaceX and Tesla would be “a good idea” and that they had formed special committees to discuss a union, sending shares of the space and technology company up 8% in extended trading.The company earlier posted its first profit as a public company and Musk said he expected annual recurring revenue of between $500 billion and $1 trillion by the end of 2027, as demand for its data-center space surges thanks to the AI boom.Musk has in the past tantalized shareholders with the idea of combining SpaceX and Tesla,…
Champions League hopefuls Bayern Munich are set for an early test of their title credentials when they host English champions Arsenal on Wednesday without in-form winger Michael Olise. The London-born Olise, who started in Arsenal’s junior system, is suspended after picking up two yellow cards inside a minute in Bayern’s 3-3 draw with Viking last week. After seeing a first yellow for a foul, a clearly frustrated Olise responded to some verbal provocation from Viking captain Zlatko Tripic by throwing the ball at his head to be sent off for the first time in his career. After being thrust into Ballon d’Or contention…
ABU DHABI, 20th October, 2026 (WAM) — The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has launched the Financial Health Innovation Challenge to identify ready-to-implement solutions that improve the financial health of individuals and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the UAE, with applications open until 30th November 2026. The challenge is organised in collaboration with the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR), the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the Emirates Institute of Finance. The initiative is aligned with the UAE National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2026–2030 and the UAE National Financial Literacy Strategy 2027–2031, which aim to advance inclusive finance…
Dubai: The UAE’s Cyber Security Council affirmed the continuation of national efforts to monitor and counter cyber threats, in light of the increasing pace of cyberattack attempts targeting a number of vital sectors, most notably the energy and education sectors, coinciding with the rapid development in cyberattack methods at the global level. The Council explained today that the national cybersecurity system was able during the past period to detect and counter nearly 750,000 cyberattack attempts, including attempts to execute remote code commands, distributed denial-of-service attacks, phishing attempts, as well as cyberattacks supported by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, and other patterns…
Dubai: Rain is coming to the UAE today, extending from Fujairah to Al Ain and Abu Dhabi, and the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) forecasts that it is likely to return, every day, over the next five days. The NCM forecasts fair to partly cloudy weather, with a chance of some convective cloud formation in eastern regions like Fujairah, which may extend to internal and western areas by this afternoon. These clouds are expected to bring rainfall in places like Al Ain and Abu Dhabi, according to the NCM. Convective clouds, which increase the possibility of rain, are becoming a…
The roadshow will explore how AI-powered ServiceOps can help teams across organisations streamline IT operations, free up capacity and scale AI across the business BMC Helix, a leading AI-powered ServiceOps company, will host its annual roadshow for enterprise IT leaders, including customers, partners and technology leaders, at The Museum of the Future in Dubai on 22 October. The company’s senior leadership team will share practical insights into applying AI across enterprise IT services and day-to-day IT operations. The event will also feature customer success stories, hands-on sessions exploring incident management, workflow automation and IT service management, and insights into BMC…