Carrefour celebrates Plastic Free July, encourages shoppers to develop sustainable shopping habits

How Carrefour is encouraging shoppers to go ‘plastic free’

Starting July 3, which coincided with International Plastic Bag Free Day, Carrefour eliminated the use of plastic bags every Wednesday across all its stores

Boeing delays impede flydubai’s expansion plans

Dubai’s flydubai says expansion plans hindered by Boeing delays

The budget carrier urged the US manufacturer to honour and renew its commitment to meet its delivery obligations

Saudi data law deadline: Is your organisation ready? We ask an expert from FTI Consulting

Saudi data law deadline: Is your organisation ready?

Jack Fletcher, a privacy expert at FTI Consulting, shares his perspectives on the current state of readiness among organisations ahead of the enforcement of the Saudi Personal Data Protection Law in September

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GCC food market to benefit as India plans to ease rice export curbs

New Delhi exports more than 4 million metric tons of premium long-grain rice to countries such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the US

ADCB posts 20% rise in quarterly net profit, beats forecasts

In its Q2 2024 financial results, ADCB reported significant growth driven by increased net interest and non-interest income

OPEC

OPEC+ unlikely to change oil output policy at upcoming meet, sources say

OPEC+ is currently cutting output by about 5.7 per cent of global demand, in a series of steps agreed since late 2022

GEMS Education secures $3.25bn financing facility

Dubai’s GEMS Education secures $3.25bn new financing facility

Dubai Islamic Bank, Mashreq Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and First Abu Dhabi Bank acted as underwriters on the financing facility

Flynas becomes first Saudi carrier to join UNWTO (Image: Supplied by flynas)

Airbus nears deal to sell 30 A330neos to Flynas: Reports

The Flynas-Airbus deal announcement could come as early as this week’s Farnborough Airshow

IT MICROSOFT-BDOS

World’s ‘biggest IT fail’ in numbers: Billions lost, millions of devices impacted, thousands of flights hit

The outage affected major companies including Amazon, Delta Airlines, Bank of America, and Visa among others

Dubai’s RTA announces Dhs1.1bn deal for low-emission buses

Dubai’s RTA announces Dhs1.1bn deal for low-emission buses

The buses meet the European low carbon emission standards (Euro 6) and are set to be delivered in 2024 and 2025

ramadan

When is Ramadan 2025?

The exact start of Ramadan can vary each year due to differing interpretations and methods used to sight the new moon

climate

‘It feels like 62°C’: Humidity intensifies heatwave in Dubai, Kuwait

Official temperatures in recent days have hovered above the 40°C mark, but the so-called ‘feels like’ temperature has reached 62°C

Operations at Saudi airports back to normal after tech outage

In a statement posted late on Friday by Saudi Arabia’s airports company, Matarat Holdings, it confirmed that operations are back to normal

Saudi's PIF boosts stake in Saudi Re with $114m investment

Saudi’s insurance sector unscathed by Microsoft, CrowdStrike outage, says IA

In Saudi Arabia, the IA issued a statement in Arabic to confirm the integrity and safety of its systems and the systems of the sector

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Abu Dhabi property market soars in H1 2024, shows new report

According to Bayut’s report, Abu Dhabi real estate market demonstrated a strong performance in H1 2024, making it an attractive option for local and international investors

Masdar Raises USD1 Billion Through Second Green Bond to Fund New Global Renewables Projects

Masdar raises $1bn through second green bond issuance

Investor demand was strong, with the order book peaking at $4.6bn, representing an oversubscription rate of 4.6 times

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Microsoft lays blame at CrowdStrike’s door for global outage

Microsoft’s cloud unit said it was currently investigating potential options its customers can take for mitigation

Jazeera Airways - Kuwait - Microsoft

Global tech outage: DXB, Emirates, Etihad say flights on schedule

Jazeera Air has notified passengers of its operations being impacted in the ongoing global IT outage

Emiratisation UAE

Latest: UAE’s MoFA says services back on after Microsoft outage

The TDRA warned users of the global IT outage and said it is closely monitoring the developing situation

LSEG

LSEG platform suffers widespread downtime, trading hit

During Asian trading hours, LSEG said its news services were experiencing a global technical issue that prevented news from being published on its platform

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Airports, flights hit by global Microsoft outage

The Germany capital city airport’s halt in operations comes as carriers, media companies, banks and telecoms firms around the world report system outages

Saudia turns to Germany’s Lilium for flying taxis

Saudia turns to Germany’s Lilium for flying taxis

The state-owned airline made a firm order for 50 of its eVTOL aircraft, with an option for an additional 50 later

Sheikh Hamdan

Sheikh Hamdan, Sheikh Abdullah sworn in as new deputy prime ministers: Watch

The ceremony took place at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi

UAE weather update: Rain, thunder, hail expected midweek

Cloud seeding tech: UAEREP’s 5th grant cycle project launches

The new grants cycle will focus on five key areas, including enhanced seeding materials and rain enhancement systems

Danube - Bollywood Actress Chitrangada Singh Randhawa

Chitrangada Singh joins Danube’s Milano as brand ambassador

Singh has appeared in previous collaborations with Danube group founder and chairman Rizwan Sajan, for promoting their real estate offerings, in the UAE

Bahri pulls out of bidding for Germany’s DB Schenker

Saudi Arabia’s Bahri drops out of race for Deutsche Bahn’s Schenker

The departure means state-owned Deutsche Bahn needs to lower its sights on proceeds because Bahri’s offer was the highest

Gold

Gold clings to record high on growing US rate-cut bets

Over the next six to 12 months, Citi expects gold to rise $2,700-$3,000 per ounce and silver to climb $38 per ounce

Emirates Steel, Eversendai partner for NEOM Trojena Ski Village project Image courtesy NEOM for illustrative purposes

Emirates Steel, Eversendai partner for NEOM Trojena Ski Village project

In line with the partnership with Eversendai, Emirates Steel will supply premium steel beams for the construction of the ski village

WO-RK, the new co-working space at Burjamn Metro opens Launch Image Co-Spaces

Great reasons to go to WO-RK@Burjuman Metro

The newly-opened co-working space, situated within the bustling Burjuman metro station, offers accessible, affordable workspaces to entrepreneurs

Dar Global signs with Trump Organization to build Trump Tower Dubai

Dar Global to build Trump Tower Dubai, marks third collab in region

This is the developer’s third collaboration with the Trump Organization