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Actor Randeep Hooda on Tuesday shared a string of pictures from the sets of his recently released Hollywood project ‘Matchbox: The Movie’. He also reflected on the experience of working with familiar faces from the ‘Extraction’ team while also creating new memories during the shoot as he reunited with Sam Hargrave. For Randeep, Matchbox offered an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and relive the camaraderie he had shared with the team during his association with the ‘Extraction’ franchise.”‘Matchbox’ was a great excuse to catch up and hang out with my friends from the ‘Extraction’ team and just make new memories  ..…

ABU DHABI, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) — His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, has chaired a meeting of the Ministerial Council for Artificial Intelligence and Development at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. The Council reviewed updates on FedAI, the national technical ecosystem for Agentic AI, and the national capabilities building programme, along with multiple Agentic AI projects currently developing across various sectors of government work. During the meeting, the Council discussed updates on connecting ministries and federal entities to the ecosystem and the related action plan.…

DUBAI, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) — Dell Technologies and Tahaluf Al Emarat Technical Solutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on AI-powered solutions to help the UAE’s public sector enhance its urban services, improve public safety and respond to the needs of residents and visitors. The collaboration will combine Dell’s AI and edge computing capabilities with Tahaluf’s in-vehicle technology platform to support onboard processing and operational data workflows. By bringing AI-enabled capabilities closer to where information is captured, the solution can help organisations gain faster visibility into issues across large urban areas and support more timely action. It will also…

There are certain moments that stay with you, even 26 years later. For Andre Timmins, co-founder of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, one such memory involves two of Hindi cinema’s biggest legends, Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra, meeting thousands of miles away from home.The two actors were sharing a stage at an IIFA ceremony when Dharmendra made an observation that Timmins has never forgotten. “You know, Amit ji, we stay not even five minutes away from each other, but we had to travel 15,000 miles to meet,” he recalls Dharmendra saying.It was a remark that captured something Timmins had…

DUBAI, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) — The Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment (DDSE) at Digital Dubai has launched the Labour Force Survey 2026 for the Emirate of Dubai, targeting 5,000 citizen and resident households, to provide comprehensive and up-to-date indicators on labour market conditions and support the development of data-driven economic and social policies and decision-making. The survey is part of the Establishment’s efforts to develop an integrated statistical ecosystem that enhances Dubai’s readiness for the future economy. It aims to monitor and measure the key characteristics of the labour force, covering economic participation rates, employment and unemployment levels, the…

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have achieved 100 per cent coverage of basic health services for adolescents and young people, exceeding the global rate of 68 per cent, according to data released by the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT). The data showed that the number of adolescents and young people aged 10 to 24 in GCC countries reached approximately 12.8 million in 2025, accounting for 20 per cent of the region’s total population. GCC countries also achieved 100 per cent compliance with basic national regulations concerning adolescent and youth health, compared…

ABU DHABI, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) — The Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (ADPHC), an affiliate of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with Ultrahuman Healthcare SP LLC, a global health technology company, to develop and clinically validate a Biological Health Age model that will combine clinical biomarker data with wearable health data to generate more personalised insights into health and ageing, and the factors that influence healthy ageing. The initiative aims to strengthen Abu Dhabi’s preventive health capabilities by helping individuals better understand how factors such as cardiovascular health, sleep, metabolism…

ABU DHABI, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) — Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has performed a highly complex, fully robotic preventive colorectal surgery on a 37-year-old woman with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), a rare inherited condition that carries a near-100 percent lifetime risk of developing colon cancer if left untreated. During the procedure, the patient underwent a total proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, a surgery in which the entire colon and rectum are removed, and a new internal pouch is created from the small intestine to restore bowel function. A temporary ileostomy was required for three months. The procedure was performed entirely…

SEOUL, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) — Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled its next-generation memory and storage technology strategies aimed at improving the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure at the OCP Global Summit 2026 in San Francisco. The company outlined three key technology directions to enhance AI infrastructure performance: high-performance memory, Compute Express Link (CXL)-based memory expansion technologies, and data storage and management solutions using next-generation solid-state drives (SSDs). Samsung also plans to jointly demonstrate a CXL-based memory expansion solution with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) to address memory capacity limitations in existing systems. Shim Ho-jun, Corporate Vice President and…

MUSCAT, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) — Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have achieved 100 percent coverage of basic health services for adolescents and young people, exceeding the global rate of 68 percent, according to data released by the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-STAT). The data showed that the number of adolescents and young people aged 10 to 24 in GCC countries reached approximately 12.8 million in 2025, accounting for 20 percent of the region’s total population. GCC countries also achieved 100 percent compliance with basic national regulations concerning adolescent and youth…