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Dubai: Real estate transactions at the Dubai Land Department (DLD) on Thursday totalled AED2.8 billion across 744 deals.The department recorded 512 sales transactions worth AED1.7 billion, comprising 63 building sales, 49 land sales, and 400 residential unit sales.Mortgages registered a value of AED855 million through 192 transactions, including 31 building mortgages, 45 land mortgages, and 116 residential unit mortgages. The market also saw 40 gifts valued at AED151 million.According to the department’s data, a commercial land mortgage transaction in Sobha Hartland was valued at AED172 million, while a villa mortgage in The World Islands was valued at AED22 million. Source:…
SHARJAH, 15th October, 2026 (WAM) — The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the UAE discussed ways to strengthen economic and trade cooperation and enhance partnership opportunities between the two business communities. The discussions highlighted promising areas for cooperation, including agriculture, food industries and logistics, with a focus on boosting bilateral trade and opening up new avenues for collaboration between companies in Sharjah and Lithuania. Abdallah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of SCCI, received Ernestas Mickus, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the UAE, and his accompanying delegation, during a…
kydance’s CNN said on Thursday it had agreed to a multi-year partnership with Google to explore how generative AI could help drive audience engagement across the network.The deal marks the first partnership announced since Skydance’s merger with Paramount, under CEO David Ellison, who has sought to position the media group as a technology-driven business.As part of the deal, CNN will provide enhanced content rights for experimental features in Google’s products.”Google’s innovation with generative AI has changed how people discover information and content, and now those tools will help us explore new ways to discover and engage audiences,” said Sam Felix,…
Dubai: Dubai Fitness Challenge, returns from 31 October to 29 November 2026 for its landmark 10th edition. To mark the milestone, DFC is looking back at some of the global sporting icons who have joined the Challenge over the past nine editions, while inviting residents and visitors to sign up and take their place in its next chapter. Since launching in 2017 with 786,000 participants, DFC has grown into one of the world’s largest community fitness movements, with more than 3 million participants taking part in 2025 alone. Over the past nine editions, some of the world’s greatest athletes have…
ASUS unveiled the ExpertBook A7 (14″ Intel), designed to set the new measure for the modern workday through refined aesthetics, effortless agility, and everyday assurance. Its seamless all-metal construction, clean lines, beautiful finish, and precision details create a sophisticated look that feels polished from every angle. With a compact design measuring just *1cm thin and starting at *1.2kg, ExpertBook A7 moves effortlessly from one workspace to the next, while smooth performance, advanced security, and dependable durability help professionals stay productive wherever work takes them. “As work becomes more hybrid across this region, professionals need a device that can move smoothly…
Home UAE Sharjah Police secure assets of companies valued at AED65 billion, arrest 33 suspects from 12 nationalities The operation resulted in the dismantling of four interconnected international criminal networks specialising in organised digital crimes, money laundering through virtual assets, digital wallet theft, online fraud and extortion, and other crimes WAM Published: 16 October 2026, 00:06 (UAE)12 min read The complex cross-border security operation is globally known as “END OF THE BATTLE”. Picture credit: WAM Source: Emirates 24|7
DUBAI, 15th October, 2026 (WAM) — Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, H.H. Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Olympic Committee, honoured institutions, entities and individuals who won the 14th Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport (DAST). One of the initiatives of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), the award seeks to advance the principles of sustainable transport and encourage government and private sector entities, as…
Sharjah: Mohamed Alabbar, founder and managing director of Emaar Properties, confirmed that non-payment rates from customers to Emaar increased during the recent regional conflict, before returning to normal levels after its end, noting that hotel occupancy rates are currently witnessing remarkable growth. Alabbar said during the ‘Leadership in the Age of Change’ session at the Sharjah Investment Forum (SIF) that he had made a lot of money over the years, but that did not preclude him from experiencing losses at some point, stressing the importance of being prepared for and dealing with changes. Regarding the real estate sector, Alabbar considered…
SHARJAH, 15th October, 2026 (WAM) — In the presence of H.H. Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), Founder & Managing Director of Emaar Properties Mohamed Alabbar revealed that Emaar’s sales backlog – the value of property sales yet to be recognised as revenue – stood at around AED180 billion, while indicating its collection rate reached 98% like last year, recovering from a temporary decline during the regional tension. Speaking at the ninth Sharjah Investment Forum (SIF 2026) on Thursday, he cited the figures as evidence of sustained customer confidence in the…
In April, computer chip equipment maker ASML’s CEO Christophe Fouquet told shareholders that Europe’s most valuable company would avoid becoming the chip industry’s bottleneck “by all possible means”.Six months later, Fouquet acknowledged ASML’s supply of chip-printing tools used to make the advanced logic and memory chips powering the AI boom will fall short of demand in both 2027 and 2028.For customers, investors and ASML, whose shares have risen nearly 70% this year, the focus is shifting to whether the company can increase capacity fast enough to profit from the huge demand. At the same time, market jitters are increasing over…