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As demand for premium children’s products grows across the Emirates, Russian brands are bringing together quality craftsmanship, thoughtful design and natural ingredients to appeal to a new generation of families Published: Tue 18 Aug 2026, 11:04 AM The UAE’s youngest consumers are becoming some of its most influential shoppers. Children are no longer simply wearing what their parents choose or eating whatever appears in the pantry – they are actively shaping family purchasing decisions. According to global consumer research by GWI, most children aged 8 to 11 have a significant influence on household spending, from snacks and toys to clothing.…
Offlimits Music Festival has cancelled its 2026 Abu Dhabi edition, which was set to bring Shakira, the Jonas Brothers and more major artists to Yas Island this November.The open format music festival made its Abu Dhabi debut in 2025, bringing international and regional acts together at Etihad Park. Following its first edition, Offlimits was scheduled to return on November 21, 2026, with Shakira announced as the festival’s headline act.Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels.Today, August 18, three months before the event was due to take place, organisers confirmed that Offlimits 2026 had been…
Viola Davis and other Hollywood celebrities paid tribute to the actress Hayden Panettiere. She passed away on Sunday, August 16, at 36. Her representative confirmed the news to PEOPLE on behalf of her father, Alan Panettiere.”It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” her father said in a statement to PEOPLE. He remembered the actress as someone who brought love and happiness to the people around her and to the millions who watched her work.Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels.”She was an incredible light and a…
Emraan Hashmi’s Awarapan 2 has crossed Rs 130 crore, almost Dh50 million, at the worldwide box office within four days of its theatrical release.The film, which also stars Disha Patani, continued its strong run on Monday after benefiting from the Independence Day weekend in India. According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the film earned Rs 9.25 crore in India on its fourth day, taking its domestic net collection to more than Rs 91 crore by Tuesday morning.Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels.The sequel has now crossed Rs 130 crore in worldwide gross collections and…
A former street gang leader orchestrated the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas as retaliation for the beating of his nephew, prosecutors told jurors as opening statements began in his murder trial.Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is charged in Nevada’s Clark County with one count of murder using a deadly weapon. He has pleaded not guilty.Davis is accused of leading a group of men to kill Shakur, who was 25 at the time, in a drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip.Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels.”You…
UAE has become the first country in the world to approve an oral treatment for non-segmental vitiligo, giving eligible patients aged 12 and above a new treatment option. The Emirates Drug Establishment (EDE) has approved a new therapeutic indication for RINVOQ (upadacitinib) to treat adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with non-segmental vitiligo whose condition requires systemic therapy medicines that circulate throughout the body. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Vitiligo is a skin condition in which areas of the skin lose their pigment, causing white patches to appear. It occurs…
In the UAE, avoiding long hours outdoors does not necessarily mean avoiding the sun. Exposure can happen during an everyday commute, while driving to work, walking to a parked car, or sitting beside a window at home or in the office. According to expert, these moments may last only a few minutes, but when repeated every day, the exposure can accumulate over months and years. “A lot of people don’t know that the UV light, especially the UVA, crosses through the window panes and is still causing pigmentation and ageing,” Dr Amanjot Arora Khokhar, a UAE-based dermatologist specializing in clinical…
Returning from cooler weather to the UAE’s heat and humidity can leave the body working harder to cool itself while disrupted sleep, hydration and routines can add to post-holiday fatigue, doctors say. A research published by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) highlights that people who are away from a hot environment for a week or more can lose some heat-acclimatisation adaptations, meaning they may need to gradually readjust when they return. Similarly, for many UAE residents, returning from a cool-weather holiday comes with an unexpected problem: feeling exhausted just as normal life resumes. Stay up to…
Alibaba Group is expected to reap more than $2 billion from the sale of its game developer unit Lingxi Games to private equity firm Trustar Capital, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.Trustar said late on Monday it had reached a transaction agreement with Alibaba to acquire the tech giant’s entire stake in Lingxi.Alibaba and Trustar reached a formal agreement after several rounds of talks, according to an internal memo sent to Lingxi staff on Monday by the game developer’s CEO Zhou Bingshu and reviewed by Reuters.Lingxi and Alibaba did not respond to requests for comment from Reuters on…
ABIDJAN, 17th August, 2026 (WAM) — Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire hosted the fifth edition of the Arab Poetry Gathering, organised by the Cultural Affairs Department of the Department of Culture in Sharjah, as part of the Arab Poetry Gatherings in Africa. Held in cooperation with cultural and literary organisations in the capital, Abidjan, the gathering featured 10 male and female poets and was attended by academics, intellectuals and those interested in the Arabic language, poetry and literature. The gathering…