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SECUNDA, South Africa: Growing up witnessing the devastating effects of HIV in her family and community in South Africa pushed Olwam Plaatjie to start using preventive HIV medications three years ago. "Sometimes they’d lose weight, they would get sick and have to go to the clinic, and I didn’t want

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England defender Djed Spence said ​he will have to play while ‌wearing ​a protective mask at the World Cup after suffering a broken jaw in a Premier League match last month. The Tottenham Hotspur player sustained the ⁠injury in a collision with Chelsea striker Liam Delap and had to wear a mask in t

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Dubai: Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has announced that it has received recognition from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) as a foreign trading venue, marking a key step in enhancing international investor access. The recognition allows Swiss participants supervised by FINMA t

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Abu Dhabi: Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, has announced that its Foresight-3, Foresight-4, and Foresight-5 satellites are now fully operational. The milestone expands the Foresight Earth Observation (EO) constellation to five Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, enabling

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Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority has revealed that it closed 55 food establishments last year and 14 more since the beginning of 2026 due to serious violations affecting food safety. The closures were issued after establishments failed to respond to repeated directives

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Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved a decision to reconstitute the Board of Directors of the Emirates Health Services Corporation, chaired by His Excellency Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh. The Board includ

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WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses, including the tech giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD and search engine Baidu, to its list of Chinese military companies, preventing them from getting U.S. defense contracts. The list, updated and published Monday by the Pe

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 The Israeli ‌military ​on Tuesday issued an evacuation order for the ⁠Lebanese city of Tyre, including its ‌Christian quarter, ahead of ‌possible strikes. Previous evacuation ‌orders ‌had excluded ‌the Christian quarter, but ​the ‌military ​said Hezbollah ⁠militants were operating ​there, ⁠without

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Dubai: The only incentive - an opportunity to express their connection ​to the UAE and its future. And that was all that was needed for thousands of residents to join the online community movement to sign the UAE’s Pledge and Commitment initiative . The initiative, which was launched by Sheikh Nahy

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Dubai: King’s College Hospital London - Dubai today announced a major multi-year expansion of its UAE healthcare footprint, a landmark investment set to significantly advance the provision of healthcare in the UAE. The expansion, scheduled for completion in 2028, will enhance the scale and reach of

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SINGAPORE: SpaceX's $75 billion IPO is fuelling ​a frenzy among investors in Asia for ETFs and supply chain partners linked to Elon Musk's rocket company that are likely to benefit from the blockbuster deal. Shares of satellite and rocketry-related companies worldwide have surged as everything from

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NEW DELHI: Indian airline SpiceJet has delayed salary payments to many of its pilots since March, internal messages seen by Reuters show, as the cash-strapped carrier said it is seeking an emergency loan under a government-backed credit scheme to help stabilise operations. SpiceJet was India's seco

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A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump saying the two pilots abroad are "fine” after the incident involving the waterway that remains under a chokehold. What caused the crash remained unclear Tuesday morning in the Middle East, which was

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GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines:  Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 37 people and displaced more than 20,000. Only four people wer

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Dubai: Dusty conditions are set to return across the UAE today, as strengthening winds stir up sand and dust, reducing visibility in some areas and signalling the start of a warm, windy week ahead. According to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM), the weather will be fair in general today, but