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UAE: Participants pitch AI startup ideas after success of MBZUAI Programme

January 27, 2024

The inaugural Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) Entrepreneurship Courses concluded with 12 AI-based startup business plans presented at an on-campus event in Masdar City. 22 students gained the entrepreneurial skills, tools, and networks needed to commercialise their AI solutions in the UAE, and three startups were fast-tracked...

Yemeni rebels repeatedly attack merchant ships, Suez Canal traffic drops by 40 per cent

January 27, 2024

The traffic volume of the Suez Canal dropped by more than 40 per cent as Yemen rebels repeatedly attacked merchant ships. According to United Nations data, the Yemen rebels’ Commercial traffic through the Suez Canal has dropped by more than 40 per cent in the past two months since the...

Russia backs Sri Lankan government over Online Safety Bill; calls matter purely internal

January 27, 2024

Russia has backed the Sri Lankan government’s decision to adopt the controversial Online Safety Bill, saying that the matter was purely an internal matter for the island nation and any kind of interference over it will be unacceptable. Sri Lankan Parliament on January 24 approved with amendments the controversial Online...

PAK POLLS: EX-PM IMRAN KHAN’S PARTY WEBSITES BLOCKED

January 27, 2024

Ahead of the general elections on February 8, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday said its websites were ‘blocked’ in Pakistan as it called for a response from the federal authorities, Dawn reported. Deprived of its ‘bat’ symbol for the upcoming elections, the PTI has fielded its leaders as independent candidates...

US, Iraq expected to soon begin talks on troops withdrawal

January 26, 2024

The US and Iraq are expected to soon begin talks on the American military presence in the country following calls from the Iraq government for the US to withdraw its troops, as reported by CNN, citing sources. Last summer, the US and Iraq agreed to form a higher military commission,...

Houthis fire three anti-ship ballistic missiles at US Ship, no damages

January 26, 2024

Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday fired three anti-ship ballistic missiles at the US Ship Maersk Detroit transiting the Gulf of Aden. “On Jan. 24 at approximately 2 p.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists fired three anti-ship ballistic missiles from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the U.S.-flagged, owned, and operated container ship...

plane crash: Flight recorders found

January 26, 2024

Investigators searching the site where a Russian military transport plane crashed in a border region near Ukraine reportedly have found the plane’s flight recorders, a day after Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting down the aircraft and Ukraine’s president demanded an international investigation. The Il-76 fell from the sky and crashed...

Feb 8 elections to ‘damage’ Pakistan, warns ex-PM Abbasi

January 26, 2024

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday warned that the general elections slated for February 8 will “damage” the country as the poll process is rigged. “Elections are a constitutional necessity - it is not a choice whether to hold elections or not - but the political leadership...

Turkey okays Sweden’s NATO bid

January 25, 2024

The Turkish Parliament on Tuesday voted to approve Sweden’s NATO membership bid, bringing the Nordic country one step closer to joining the military alliance after months of delays, CNN reported. Out of the 346 MPs who voted, 287 were in favour of Sweden’s accession and 55 voted to reject it....

Russian plane with 76 PoWs crashes, all feared dead

January 25, 2024

A Russian military transport plane with 74 people on board, including 65 Ukrainian Prisoners of War (PoWs), crashed in Belgorod region of Russia on Wednesday, the country’s defence ministry said as reported by news agency TASS. The crash took place at about 8 am GMT and the Russian news agency...

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