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After days of speculation about who would enter the Bigg Boss house this season, five-time World Champion boxer Mary Kom is now officially a contestant on Bigg Boss 20. The Olympic medallist joined the Salman Khan-hosted reality show on Sunday, September 6, as one of the contestants for the new season.Mary, best known for her achievements inside the boxing ring, is now set to face a very different kind of challenge as she spends the next 105 days inside the Bigg Boss house. And before she began her journey, she received a special message from her friend and actor Priyanka Chopra.Priyanka,…

Nashra Sandhu delivered a stunning six-wicket spell to help Pakistan beat Hong Kong by 72 runs on Monday and book a place in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup.Barely 48 hours after their big defeat to India at Dubai International Stadium, Pakistan returned to the same ground to face Hong Kong with a place in the last four at stake.Pakistan, who suffered a stunning batting collapse against India, slumping from 27 for no loss to 55 all out, put up a much better performance with the bat.Opener Shawaal Zulfiqar top-scored with 47 off 35 balls, while number 4 batter Ayesha Zafar…

Nokia recently opened its first research and development centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, dedicated to customer focused AI network automation and orchestration software. The facility will focus on advancing AI-driven service management and orchestration (SMO), self-organising networks (SON), Autopilot and rApps, technologies designed to help communications networks self-configure, self-heal, optimise performance and cut energy consumption. Engineers at the centre will develop automation and efficiency capabilities for telecoms operators and enterprises in Saudi Arabia. They are also set to explore AI-native 6G technologies. Nokia said the work will generate “Made in Saudi” software innovations for deployment across its global customer base.…

The summit opened with the participation of leaders, policymakers, institutional investors and innovators, bringing together 25,000 participants from 191 countries and organisationsDubai: Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Foreign Trade and Chairman of the 15th edition of the AIM Investment Summit 2026, which opened today at the Dubai World Trade Centre, stressed that the UAE has established its position as a global hub for trade and investment, underpinned by an open, agile and multi-partnership economy, advanced infrastructure, and a legislative and regulatory environment that supports business, strengthening its ability to turn global transformations into new opportunities for growth.The…

The part-time work system across Sharjah Government departments will employ 1,000 senior citizens Sharjah: H.H. Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, on Monday approved a part-time work system across Sharjah Government departments to employ 1,000 senior citizens. H.H. Sheikh Dr Sultan also approved an increase in social support for 1,473 beneficiaries of social services, a pay rise for 3,270 Sharjah Government employees in the senior grades, and higher pension payments for 1,470 retirees from the Sharjah Government, calculated according to grade. H.H. directed that the increases cover all Sharjah Government employees, including…

DUBAI, 7th September, 2026 (WAM) — Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Foreign Trade and Chairman of the 15th edition of the AIM Investment Summit 2026, which opened today at the Dubai World Trade Centre, stressed that the UAE has established its position as a global hub for trade and investment, underpinned by an open, agile and multi-partnership economy, advanced infrastructure, and a legislative and regulatory environment that supports business, strengthening its ability to turn global transformations into new opportunities for growth. The summit opened with the participation of leaders, policymakers, institutional investors and innovators, bringing together 25,000…

The UAE is calling for water to be treated as a global economic and investment priority, as the world faces a $6.7 trillion financing gap to meet water infrastructure needs and achieve universal access to safe water and sanitation.The call comes as the UAE, together with Senegal, prepares to host the 2026 United Nations Water Conference in Abu Dhabi from December 8 to 10, with the focus on turning international commitments into practical projects and scalable solutions.Water is no longer simply an environmental or development issue, Abdulla Balalaa, UAE Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, said during…

Julie Andrews has made Emmy history at the age of 90, becoming the oldest woman to win a Primetime Emmy Award.The veteran actress won Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for her role as Lady Whistledown in Netflix’s hit period drama Bridgerton at the 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.The win marks Andrews’ second consecutive victory in the category for Bridgerton, after taking home the same award in 2025. Her latest recognition was for her performance in the Season 4 episode The Waltz.Andrews beat fellow nominees Pamela Adlon for King of the Hill, Trey Parker for South Park, Hank Azaria…

For a country that was bowled out for nine against Bangladesh in its first women’s international match in 2007, the UAE is now on the cusp of history.A victory in their final Group B game against Bangladesh — their opponents on their international debut in 2007 — in Dubai on Tuesday will earn Esha Oza’s UAE a historic place in the semifinal of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup.Almost two decades after their inauspicious debut with a team made up of ‘mothers and daughters’, the UAE have a golden opportunity to prove that their cricket has come a long way.When the…

DeepSeek is reportedly planning to deploy a minimum of 160,000 Huawei AI accelerators in a new data centre in Inner Mongolia. If this move takes place it would create one of the largest known clusters of Chinese AI chips. Sources told Bloomberg the AI company intends to use Huawei’s next generation Ascend 950DT chips to run its models. However, delivery of the order could take more than a year. Huawei reportedly does not currently have enough capacity to meet DeepSeek’s planned order as shortages of components including high-end memory are expected to limit production of the 950DT to the low…