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Humidity climbing to 90% brings fog to coastal cities like Abu Dhabi by Saturday morning, while winds of up to 45km/h could cause blowing dust in internal regions Dubai: Temperatures are in the low-40s today, with high humidity causing foggy conditions around the UAE. The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) forecasts fair to partly cloudy weather, with a chance of some convective cloud formation eastward and southward by afternoon, associated with rainfall. Fog ahead According to the NCM, humidity is expected to build up by nighttime and on Saturday morning over some coastal and internal areas, rising to 90% in…

A free lunch may still brighten up a workday. So might a team dinner, an office celebration or a pantry stocked with coffee and snacks. But when it comes to deciding whether to accept a job offer — or stay in one — UAE employees appear to be looking far beyond the usual workplace extras. A recent study by employee-experience platform NAVO, based on responses from more than 3,000 employers and employees across the UAE and GCC, found that health benefits were the most valued workplace offering. Wellbeing came close behind, while flexible and remote working arrangements followed right after.…

[Editor’s Note: For the latest updates on the US-Iran conflict, follow the Khaleej Times live blog.] Some flights from the UAE to certain destinations including India and Gulf countries were cancelled or delayed over the past couple of days after the US launched a new wave of attacks on Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate against Gulf countries.Almost 20 flights were either delayed or cancelled across UAE airports to regional destinations. The following regional flights have been impacted on Thursday:Sharjah flights to Bahrain and Kuwait:Air Arabia, the Sharjah-based airline, cancelled flight G9107 to Bahrain and flights G9068 and G9124 to Kuwait…

Miss Uganda Trivia Elle Muhoza has turned heads at Miss World 2026 after stepping out in a gown inspired by the seven layers involved in a C-section.Named Layers of Life, the gown was created by Ugandan designer Keesha Abdallah for the World Designer Award at the pageant in Vietnam. The design was inspired by childbirth and Keesha’s own experience as a new mother.In an Instagram post explaining the process behind the dress, Keesha said she wanted to transform the physical experience of childbirth into couture.“I had this crazy idea to turn the layers of childbirth into a couture gown,” she said,…

Tariq Butt, a veteran UAE-based Pakistani cricket official who was part of the admin teams at Sharjah Cricket Stadium when the iconic venue hosted some of the most famous international matches in the 1980s and 1990s, has been a quiet observer of how the Pakistan cricket team thrived amid chaos.For several years, the team was plagued by dressing-room rifts and the occasional incident in which some players reportedly crossed the line and got into fist fights with teammates.Despite the feuds, what never changed back in the day was Pakistan’s ability to put up a collective fight on the field.There was…

Chipmaker says platform will remain open to all developers, clouds and computing providers following the deal.San Francisco: Nvidia has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, marking one of the largest deals in the AI sector.Announcing the acquisition on Thursday, Nvidia founder and Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said Hugging Face has become a major hub for the global AI community, with more than 18 million developers, researchers and creators using the platform.According to Huang, Hugging Face hosts more than 3 million AI models, 500,000 datasets and 1 million applications. More than 200,000 companies also use…

CAIRO, 3rd September, 2026 (WAM) — The Economic and Social Council of the League of Arab States held its 118th ministerial session today, attended by Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Arab economy ministers, and representatives of member states, with the participation of the United Arab Emirates. The Council discussed a number of economic and development issues, including support for the Palestinian economy, Arab food security, and follow-up on the implementation of the Arab Program for Sustainable Food Security, the 2020-2030 Arab Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy, the Arab Strategy For Sustainable Management Of Pastoral Resources 2020-2040, and…

Football has emerged as one of the biggest drivers of sports wagering in the UAE since the launch of the country’s regulated market, with cricket also attracting significant interest among residents, according to Play971. Philippa Bowland, Commercial Director for iGaming at Play971, told Khaleej Times that major international football fixtures and European club competitions have generated particularly strong engagement. “Since our launch, we have seen football emerge as a major driver of engagement, particularly around major international fixtures and European club competitions,” Bowland said. During a recent global football tournament, match-winner and total-goals markets proved particularly popular, she added, while…

Allam Al Beainy, Director of Sales – Middle East, Türkiye and Africa, Octave. Allam Al Beainy, Director of Sales – Middle East and Africa, Octave, discusses the company’s evolution from Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division and explains how contextualised data can support scalable AI and intelligent transformation. Industrial organisations have invested extensively in digital technologies, yet fragmented data across multiple products, processes and systems continues to limit transformation. Connecting and contextualising this information across the asset lifecycle can help businesses make faster, better-informed decisions while establishing a reliable foundation for AI. In an interview with TahawulTech at LEAP 2026, Allam…

A social media personality exploited his fame to sell around 40 fake freelance work visas via TikTok and YouTube for two years Dubai: The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA) warned against fake advertisements on social media platforms that promote work visas and residency permits in exchange for money, revealing that it continuously monitors offers issued by unauthorised entities that exploit job seekers by misleading them into believing that they can provide visas and job opportunities. During a press conference yesterday, the GDRFA reviewed one of the cases it recently dealt with, after it arrested, in…