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Dubai Airports has diverted 100% of its waste from landfill since May 2026, reduced overall waste generation by 5%, and achieved a 37% recycling rate From left: Majed Al Joker, Chief Operating Officer of Dubai Airports, His Excellency Eng. Marwan Ahmed bin Ghalita, Director General of Dubai Municipality, and Paul Griffiths, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Airports. Photo credit: Government of Dubai Media Office Source: Emirates 24|7

Home care services in Dubai grew faster than any other part of the health sector in the first half of 2026, with the number of licensed facilities rising 22.7 per cent to 249, up from 203 in the same period last year. The sharp increase, revealed in a new Dubai Health Authority (DHA) report, points to a shift in how care is being delivered in the emirate, with more patients able to receive treatment at home rather than in a hospital or clinic. The report showed broad growth across the sector. The number of licensed health facilities in Dubai rose…

SHENZHEN, China, 16th October, 2026 (WAM) — Chen Jianzhong, Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Zhejiang Provincial Committee (CCPIT Zhejiang) and the China Chamber of International Commerce Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce (CCOIC Zhejiang), said China and Dubai enjoy a solid foundation for economic and trade cooperation, noting that China is Dubai’s largest trading partner. Speaking on the sidelines of the Dubai Business Forum – China, organised by Dubai Chambers in Shenzhen, he said bilateral cooperation has moved beyond conventional trade in goods into a new stage of development centred on industrial co-construction, capital connectivity and…

Antoine Kareh, CEO, Hiperdist. The Hiperdist CEO  discusses his 47-year journey, enduring leadership principles, regional expansion, and the partnerships shaping Hiperdist’s continued growth. Technology distribution across the Middle East and Africa has changed dramatically over the past five decades, evolving from an emerging computing market into a sophisticated ecosystem of vendors, distributors, resellers and solution providers. Few industry leaders have witnessed or influenced this transformation as closely as Antoine Kareh, CEO of Hiperdist. Kareh began his journey 47 years ago, when computing remained a relatively new field and the region offered significant untapped potential. His early experience in electrical engineering, computer…

Meta on Thursday launched a new open-weight AI model which it claims rivals, and in some cases outperforms, similar products from leading Chinese developers.Muse Spark Open “is the most capable US open-weight model to date,” Meta’s chief of AI Alexandr Wang wrote on X.Unlike with so-called closed models, such as Anthropic’s Claude or OpenAI’s ChatGPT, developers can download the parameters, or weights, of an open-weight model and then customise it.Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels.Chinese developers have emerged as dominant players in the open-weight market for AI models over the past couple of…

Yami Gautam’s latest film, Nayyi Navelli, has arrived in UAE cinemas, with the Bollywood actress taking on the role of a newly married woman who may be hiding a secret.The Hindi horror-comedy was released on October 16, and follows Mohini, played by Gautam, as she joins her husband’s family in Meerut.Directed by Balaji Mohan, the film begins with Mohini settling into her new home, where her arrival appears to bring happiness to the family. However, her brother-in-law soon begins to suspect that she may be a witch, leading him to question everything about her.The story follows his attempts to find out…

New agreements signed during the Mohammed bin Rashid Leadership Forum will integrate Dubai’s leadership experience into MBA and executive education programmes Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), witnessed the signing of two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between the Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development (MBRCLD) and two leading universities, Seoul National University in South Korea and Peking University in China. Source: Emirates 24|7

ABU DHABI: Zayed International Airport (AUH) announced on Friday the launch of Condor’s new daily, year-round service between Berlin and Abu Dhabi.The new route, operated by an Airbus A320neo, marks the first scheduled direct connection between the two capitals on Condor’s network.Condor’s codeshare partnership with Etihad Airways strengthens connectivity between Germany and Abu Dhabi by providing passengers travelling from Berlin the ability to connect to destinations across Etihad’s network, while travellers from Abu Dhabi can access Condor’s network through Berlin and beyond.The route supports the continued growth of Abu Dhabi’s tourism sector, offering visitors from Germany greater access to the…

ABU DHABI, 15th October, 2026 (WAM) — Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), through its Institute of Foundation Models (IFM), and Inception42 have introduced Jais 3, a fleet of AI models built for Arabic and part of the Jais family first launched in Abu Dhabi. Jais 3 understands spoken and written Arabic across dialects, produces Arabic text and carries out practical work, from transcribing conversations to building documents and presentations. The fleet pairs six open language models, ranging from 900 million to 375 billion parameters, with Jais Speech, a speech recognition model for Arabic and its dialects. All…

Dubai: His Excellency Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Principal Chairman of the Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders, announced that the next edition of the Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders will take place in Dubai from 12 to 14 October 2027. His Excellency said the Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders 2026 represented another success in the strategic partnership between the UAE Government and the World Economic Forum, bringing together perspectives and efforts to shape future pathways and empower future leaders to turn shared challenges into opportunities that benefit societies. He said the meeting has…