Fans of Korean culture will soon have a new event to explore in Dubai, with a 10-day festival scheduled to take place from September 25 to October 4. Dubai K-Fest will celebrate South Korean food, beauty, entertainment and lifestyle, bringing together Korean brands, businesses and talent across the city. Organised by the Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment, the event is expected to offer experiences linked to K-pop, K-dramas, Korean cuisine and the country’s growing beauty industry. Visitors can expect Korean food ranging from barbecue and ramyeon to popular spicy noodles, alongside skincare, makeup and lifestyle products. The complete programme has…
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Fans of Korean culture will soon have a new event to explore in Dubai, with a 10-day festival scheduled to take place from September 25 to October 4. Dubai K-Fest will celebrate South Korean food, beauty, entertainment and lifestyle, bringing together Korean brands, businesses and talent across the city. Organised by the Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment, the event is expected to offer experiences linked to K-pop, K-dramas, Korean cuisine and the country’s growing beauty industry. Visitors can expect Korean food ranging from barbecue and ramyeon to popular spicy noodles, alongside skincare, makeup and lifestyle products. The complete programme has…
TOKYO — The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan surpassed a record 100,000 this year, the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday, underscoring the country’s rapidly aging and declining population. The Health and Welfare Ministry statistics released on Tuesday show Japan now has 107,677 centenarians, up 7,914 from the previous year and exceeding the 100,000 mark for the first time. Nearly 88% of them are women. The oldest woman is Kishimoto Fuyo, a 114-year-old from Kyoto City and the oldest man is Kato Hikaru, a 112-year-old from Kumamoto. Health Minister Kenichiro Ueno said he was “delighted that…
SAN FRANCISCO — The boss of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says he believes artificial intelligence companies can develop the technology safely without significant harm to people at large. Sam Altman said people should have more faith in his firm and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to AI development, amid rising public concerns about the risks. “I am very confident in our company’s ability — our industry’s ability — to do this safely,” Altman said Tuesday during a discussion with Salesforce Inc. CEO Marc Benioff at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. “The world should trust that…
BHM Capital Financial Services PSC, the leading financial institution in the UAE capital markets, has commenced operations on the Astana International Exchange (AIX) in Kazakhstan, becoming the first UAE financial institution to operate as a Market Making Member through the Tabadul platform. The milestone marks an important step in BHM Capital’s international expansion and reflects the growing connectivity between the capital markets of the UAE and Kazakhstan. The milestone was celebrated through a joint virtual bell-ringing ceremony between the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and the Astana International Exchange (AIX), attended by BHM Capital’s senior management and senior representatives from…
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed 500 food baskets on Thursday to the most vulnerable groups in Al-Dabbagh area, Chad, benefiting 3,000 individuals, as part of the 2026 in-kind aid distribution project in the Republic of Chad. The assistance is part of Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian and relief efforts through its humanitarian arm, KSrelief, to assist those in need and those affected wherever they are. Source: Riyadh Daily
JERUSALEM — Tensions between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are escalating over the composition of a potential post-election government, with conflicting reports emerging over whether the far-rigaht Otzma Yehudit party will secure a place in the next coalition, according to Israeli media. Israel’s Channel 12 said Netanyahu had spoken with Ben-Gvir and Likud lawmaker Tally Gotliv and assured them that Otzma Yehudit would be included in his next government, following the Oct. 27 Knesset election. Ben-Gvir’s party denied the report, saying no such conversation had taken place between Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir in recent weeks.…
Statement by the Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki “At (18:50) on Tuesday evening, September 15, 2026, the Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted and destroyed a hostile drone launched by the Terrorist Houthi Militia before it entered the Prohibited Airspace Area of the Holy City of “Makkah Al-Mukarramah”. The hostile drone was intercepted south of Makkah Al-Mukarramah. This hostile and terrorist act is the second attempt to target Makkah Al-Mukarramah, following the first attempt with a ballistic missile on July 27, 2017. This can only be described as a disgraceful act,…
The UAE’s annual influenza campaign has been expanded this year to cover a wider range of seasonal respiratory diseases, moving beyond a flu-only focus. The 2026–27 Awareness Campaign on Influenza and Seasonal Respiratory Diseases now puts greater attention on infections such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pneumonia, alongside seasonal influenza. Here is what residents need to know: What is new this year? The main change is the wider scope of the campaign. Instead of focusing mainly on seasonal influenza, health authorities are now using the campaign to raise awareness about several respiratory illnesses that become more common during the…
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, met with President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi today at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo, where the two leaders held a bilateral meeting and an expanded session of talks. President El-Sisi welcomed HRH the Crown Prince to his second home, Egypt, while HRH the Crown Prince expressed his appreciation for the warm hospitality and gracious reception extended to him and his accompanying delegation. The two leaders reviewed the strategic bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and ways to further develop them across…