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NEW DELHI — Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended a 26-day hunger strike over an exam paper scandal that has spiraled into a wide ranging, youth-led wave of demonstrations demanding the resignation of the education minister in Prime MInister Narendra Modi’s government. Supporters of the youth-led movement meanwhile called a nationwide day of protest on Friday. Wangchuk said he ended the hunger strike in Delhi in the presence of two of Modi’s top ministers after receiving assurances that his conditions would be met by the government. In a video from his hospital bed, Wangchuk said he had been promised that…

Saudi Arabia’s newly introduced one-year multiple-entry Umrah visa has given the faithful another option to perform the pilgrimage. But with four main visa categories now available, travel agents said that many UAE residents are in confusion on which one best suits their travel plans. Besides the new multiple-entry Umrah visa, pilgrims can also perform Umrah using a multiple-entry tourist visa, a single-entry tourist visa or the single-entry Umrah visa. While all four options allow travellers to undertake the pilgrimage, each serves a different purpose. “The best visa depends on how often someone plans to travel to Saudi Arabia and whether…

AJMAN, 24th July, 2026 (WAM) — The Ajman Arbitration Centre at the Ajman Chamber has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Emirates Association for Lawyers and Legal Professionals and its training arm, the Higher Institute for Legal Training, to foster scientific and professional cooperation in legal fields, enhance joint efforts in developing the arbitration system and alternative Dispute Resolution methods, promote legal awareness, and qualify national competencies in the fields of arbitration. The MoU was signed by Eng. Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Muwaiji, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ajman Chamber, and Counsellor Zayed Saeed Al…

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, 23rd July, 2026 (WAM) — AMMROC, the region’s leading military maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus Defence and Space to explore strategic cooperation opportunities aimed at enhancing military aircraft maintenance, sustainment, and support capabilities across the UAE and the wider region. The MoU was signed during the Farnborough International Airshow 2026 at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre in Hampshire, United Kingdom. The partnership builds on the complementary strengths of both organisations. AMMROC brings extensive expertise in depot-level aircraft maintenance, airframe services, component support, and military fleet…

BEIJING —Two Chinese academics have been awarded the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics achievement, an honor hailed across China as a milestone in the country’s bid to cement its role as a science and technology powerhouse. Wang Hong and Deng Yu were named Thursday as among four laureates of the top prize, which is awarded every four years to outstanding mathematicians under 40 by the International Mathematical Union. Wang and Deng won the prize alongside John Pardon from the US and Jacon Tsimerman from Canada. They each won 15,000 Canadian dollars ($10,500). The Chinese academics won for solving problems that…

Many UAE organisations today are laser-focused on agentic AI, which promises to deliver significant gains in productivity and innovation of benefit to the nation. At the same time, many face challenges in navigating the lightning fast changes that AI is driving. Organisations must address the growing trust gap, particularly across security, privacy and infrastructure. ‘Trust’ has become an increasingly prominent part of discussions around AI. Without foundational trust, employees and customers are less likely to use AI to its full potential. And as Jeetu Patel, Cisco President and Chief Product Office has recently stated, there is also a strong competitive…

NEW YORK CITY — A 51-year-old man stabbed two people in broad daylight near Central Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City Thursday afternoon, according to police, who are evaluating whether the attacks were potential hate crimes. The assailant, identified as Raul Morales, attacked the two men in separate incidents at around 1:30 p.m., leaving them wounded, the police said. Both were expected to survive. It was not immediately clear what led to the midday attack in the heart of the Upper West Side, a residential neighborhood with low crime rates. The initial investigation suggests…

A Dubai teenager who says he fell in love with economics simply by trying to make sense of the news has become the first student to win an individual gold medal for the UAE at the International Economics Olympiad. Ali-Mansur Valiyev, 17, a Grade 12 student at Dubai College, beat more than 200 students from 56 countries to claim gold at this year’s competition, following two years of training, national qualifiers and independent study. “I was always interested in reading about businesses and understanding what was happening in the world,” Valiyev told Khaleej Times. “A lot of it was the news.…

SHARJAH, 23rd July, 2026 (WAM) — The University of Sharjah (UoS), in collaboration with e&, has launched a new Innovation Lab at its campus to strengthen research, innovation and entrepreneurship. The facility was inaugurated in the presence of H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and President of the University of Sharjah. The Innovation Lab is designed to bring academia and industry closer together by enabling students and researchers to develop expertise in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies while transforming innovative ideas into practical solutions and prototypes. The facility includes a Central AI experience,…

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court. On Thursday, his administration unveiled its latest workaroundafter the Supreme Court rejected his most aggressive tariffs on foreign goods earlier this year. Starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday, dozens of America’s trading partners from Europe to China to India will face new tariffs on goods shipped to the United States, according to a statement from the office of the US Trade Representative on…