WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Monday announced the reinstatement of an “Iranian blockade” and proposed imposing a 20% fee on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for U.S. protection of the strategic waterway. “The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran’s ships or customers from entering or leaving. All other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait,” he added. Trump said the United States would…
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More than 500,000 users engaged as Kaspersky builds a scalable, data-driven customer engagement framework for its B2B operations Dubai — Global cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky has strengthened its B2B customer engagement through WebEngage’s data-driven engagement platform. The collaboration has already helped Kaspersky engage more than 500,000 users during the initial phase of the partnership, as the company builds a more structured marketing automation framework across its B2B operations. As Kaspersky’s customer engagement expanded across newsletters, webinar invitations, product updates, and partner outreach, the company sought a more structured and scalable approach to centralise its marketing efforts. The objective was…
Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the AI Data Cloud company, today announced that it has signed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate enterprise agentic AI adoption to help joint customers worldwide build and deploy AI faster and more securely. As part of the expanded collaboration, Snowflake is making a $6 billion multi-year infrastructure commitment to AWS, its largest to date, reflecting the accelerating enterprise demand for AI and data workloads running on AWS. Snowflake was founded on AWS eleven years ago, and that foundation has grown into one of enterprise software’s broadest and deepest collaborations.…
RIYADH — The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) detected violations involving the failure to issue electronic invoices, collect value-added tax and apply tax stamps to tobacco products during more than 61,000 inspections carried out in the second quarter of 2026. The inspections covered markets and commercial establishments across cities and regions of the Kingdom and were conducted in cooperation with relevant government entities. ZATCA spokesperson Hamoud Al-Harbi said the inspections targeted several commercial sectors, including retail businesses, gold shops and tobacco outlets. He said the most common violations included failing to issue electronic invoices, not collecting VAT and selling…
When it comes to modern wellness, we have never had more information at our fingertips. We count our steps, track our sleep, chase personal bests in the gym and spend generously on treatments that promise recovery. Yet despite all this optimisation, many of us still wake up feeling exhausted and disconnected from the very bodies we’re trying so hard to improve. Somehow, a true sense of wellness still remains frustratingly out of reach. Maybe the missing piece isn’t another trend or treatment, but a better understanding of the body itself. While calories burned and recovery times still have their place…
ATLANTA — The 2026 World Cup has reached a blockbuster semifinal stage, with the world’s top four-ranked teams and four former champions left standing in a tournament loaded with history, rivalries and football’s biggest stars. Defending champion Argentina, France, Spain and England will battle for a place in the final, ensuring one of the sport’s traditional powers will lift the trophy. France meets Spain in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday before England takes on Argentina in Atlanta on Wednesday. It is the first time since the 1990 World Cup that all four semifinalists are previous champions. That tournament also featured England…
PIF and I Squared Capital (“I Squared”), a leading independent global infrastructure investment manager, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) for I Squared to pursue the deployment of up to $2 billion in real estate and infrastructure assets owned by PIF and its portfolio companies. PIF and I Squared will work closely with PIF portfolio companies to identify opportunities in both digital infrastructure and district cooling, both critical enablers of the real estate sector. I Squared will target allocating up to $1 billion in each of these areas with the option to scale across additional related…
Sara AlAhbabi with Ashish Koshy. Abu Dhabi — Inception42 – the region’s leading innovator of AI-powered products & solutions, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NXT Holding, a Sahm Holding owned AI-native holding company headquartered in Abu Dhabi. H.H. Fatma Tahnoon bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Founder and Chairwoman, Sahm Holding, said: “The UAE has placed artificial intelligence at the center of its national vision, and partnership of this nature are how that vision becomes capability. This agreement reflects the strength of our institutions, the alignment of their purpose, and the nation’s determination to lead in technologies…
RIYADH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a phone call on Monday with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to offer his condolences following the death of former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. During the call, the Crown Prince expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to the Qatari emir over the passing of Sheikh Hamad, praying that Allah grant him mercy and forgiveness and admit him into Paradise. Sheikh Tamim expressed his appreciation to the Crown Prince for his heartfelt condolences and brotherly sentiments. Source: Saudi Gazette
Of all things we assumed would remain untouched by artificial intelligence, human relationships was certainly one. When the lonely protagonist of Spike Jonze’s 2013 film Her befriends his artificially intelligent operating system, we assume it might just be a figment of the director’s imagination. If only… From AI-powered couple’s therapy to AI companions that can talk to you on a wide range of subjects, technology has ensured we are never alone or clueless. Today, AI is also telling you how to speak to your loved ones in a manner that is thoughtful. In a surprising twist, artificial intelligence is…