Dubai: The best city to live and work in the worldDubai Metro Blue Line ProjectSheikh Mohammed inaugurated the main excavation works for the Dubai Metro Blue Line tunnels.The project, with a cost of Dh20.5 billion, spans 30km — 15.5km underground and 14.5km elevated — and includes 14 stations (3 interchange, 7 elevated, and 4 underground). It will serve nine key districts with an expected population of around one million residents under the Dubai Urban Plan 2040.The Blue Line will connect with the Green Line at Creek Station and the Red Line at Centrepoint Station. It will serve residential, academic, and…
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Tim Cook stood inside Apple’s newest Shanghai store, the second-largest Apple Store in the world, and was explicit about the company’s bargain with China. “There’s no supply chain in the world that’s more critical to us than China,” he told China Daily. Apple’s relationship with Chinese suppliers, Cook said, was almost 30 years old. “We’ve been building up and investing more and more.” That was in March 2024.Two years later, in April 2026, Apple announced that Cook will hand the CEO title to John Ternus on September 1. As executive chairman, Cook will, in Apple’s words, “assist with certain aspects…
African airlines recorded the strongest growth in demand and capacity during March, although passenger load factors remained below the global average.International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Air Passenger Market Analysis for March 2026 shows that African airlines led global passenger demand growth in March, while North American carriers posted the slowest expansion. Passenger traffic demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), of African airlines increased by 20,6% year-on-year, well above the global industry average of 2,1%.African passenger capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASK), rose by 10,3% year-on-year in March, compared with a global decline of 1,7%.The passenger load factor of…
SINGAPORE – A Malaysian man is expected to be charged in court on May 4 over his suspected role in a scam involving the impersonation of government officials and the purchase of a Rolex watch worth more than $108,000. This brings to 22 the total number of Malaysians arrested in Singapore since March for helping scam syndicates to collect cash and valuables, the police said in a statement on May 3.The police said they received a report on April 30 from a victim, who had received a call from an unknown person claiming to be from Singtel.The caller told the…
A Russian hacker accused of damaging critical oil and gas infrastructure in multiple countries has agreed to plead guilty in a U.S. federal case that could carry a sentence of up to 27 years in prison, Bloomberg reported May 1.Artem Vladimirovich Revenskii, also known as “Digit,” was charged last month with conspiracy to cause damage to protected computers, wire fraud, and identity theft. He reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in California on April 30 that includes a recommendation for a reduced sentence.Prosecutors allege Revenskii was part of a Russian government-sponsored hacking group known as Sector 16, which targeted…
Ireland-based Ardmore Shipping has moved to refresh its fleet with an order for two product and chemical tankers, while keeping the door open for further expansion. The New York-listed owner said it has signed contracts with China’s Wuhu Shipyard for 40,500 dwt pair, priced at $44.9m each. The deal also includes options for two additional vessels on the same terms, giving Ardmore flexibility to scale up depending on market conditions. Deliveries are scheduled from late 2028. The ships will be built to full IMO2 specification and fitted with MarineLine tank coatings, allowing them to carry a wider range of cargoes,…
There was a time when the mere mention of a five-year plan in Hong Kong would have raised eyebrows. Beginning in the 1960s, when then-financial secretary John Cowperthwaite instituted a philosophy of minimal government intervention, later formalized by his successor Philip Haddon-Cave in the 1970s as “positive noninterventionism”, the city’s economic miracle was largely attributed to a laissez-faire ethos famously championed by economists like the late Milton Friedman. The government provided the infrastructure and the rule of law; the invisible hand of free enterprise, supplemented by Hong Kong people’s renowned enterprise and hard work, did the rest. Today, the storyline…
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Mumbai: Saint-Gobain plans to invest nearly 1 billion in India over the next five years as part of a broader shift in its growth engine away from Western Europe toward emerging markets, the French building materials company’s global chief executive Benoit Bazin said.”If you think of the next decade, I think it will be the decade of India,” Bazin told ET in an exclusive interaction. “The number one criterion of growth in building materials and solutions for sustainable construction is the population growth. So of course, India with 1.4-1.5 billion population and growing 14-15 million per year is extremely important…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — A married couple were killed after the motorcycle they were riding was hit from behind by a car at Jalan Ampang near Menara Great Eastern early yesterday morning, in an incident involving a driver suspected of being under the influence of alcohol.Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) chief ACP Mohd Zamzuri Mohd Isa said in the 5.34 am incident, the 61-year-old man and his 56-year-old wife were pronounced dead at the scene due to severe head injuries.He said initial investigations found that a Toyota Vios driven by a 24-year-old local man lost control…