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Dubai, 21 October 2025: Dubai-based airline flydubai has announced seven new interline agreements with international carriers, expanding its global connectivity across Europe and Asia. The latest agreements bring the total number of flydubai’s interline partnerships to more than 40, enhancing access to over 300 destinations through combined networks. The new interline partners include Greece’s national carrier Aegean Airlines and Italy’s ITA Airways, both of which will provide flydubai passengers with access to more than 30 additional destinations across Europe. In Asia, the airline has partnered with Myanmar Airways International and four Chinese carriers: Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines and Sichuan Airlines. These…

ABU DHABI, October 20, 2025: Etihad Airways has reached a significant operational milestone, now operating 300 scheduled passenger flights daily, representing a more than 20 percent increase compared to the previous year. The achievement marks one of the highest growth rates among full-service carriers globally and reflects the airline’s expansion in network, fleet, and workforce. The announcement was made by the airline on October 20, confirming that the 300-flight benchmark includes a broad mix of short, medium, and long-haul services. Etihad carried 1.9 million passengers in September 2025, a 21 percent increase over the same period last year, while maintaining a load factor…

ABU DHABI, UAE, Oct. 20, 2025: Zayed National Museum, the official national museum of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will open to the public on December 3, 2025, in Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Cultural District, the Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi confirmed this week. The opening coincides with the UAE’s 54th National Day. Developed to honor the legacy of the UAE’s Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the museum is designed to present the historical, cultural and social development of the Emirates from its earliest human settlements to the present day. The museum will feature more than 3,000…

SANTIAGO, Chile, October 20, 2025: Morocco made football history on Sunday night by becoming the first Arab nation to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup, defeating Argentina 2-0 in the final held at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago, Chile. Yassir Zabiri scored both goals in the first half to secure the title for Morocco. The winger opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a direct free kick from just outside the box. He struck again in the 29th minute, finishing from close range after a quick exchange in the penalty area. The result delivered Morocco its first U-20 world title and…

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19: A new investigation by Consumer Reports has found that several widely sold protein powders and shakes in the United States contain high levels of lead and other heavy metals, raising concerns over product safety and consumer health. The nonprofit organization tested 23 protein powder and ready-to-drink products between November 2024 and January 2025, covering dairy, beef, and plant-based varieties. The analysis revealed that more than two-thirds of the products exceeded Consumer Reports’ safety threshold of 0.5 micrograms of lead per serving per day, a level consistent with California’s Proposition 65 standard for daily exposure. Plant-based protein powders showed the highest…

BRUSSELS, October 18: Annual inflation in the euro area rose to 2.2 percent in September 2025, up from 2.0 percent in August, according to data released Friday by Eurostat. The increase marks the first acceleration in consumer price growth since April and pushes inflation slightly above the European Central Bank’s medium-term target of 2 percent. The largest contributor to the year-on-year inflation rate was the services sector, which added 1.49 percentage points to the overall figure. Prices for food, alcohol and tobacco added 0.58 points, while non-energy industrial goods contributed 0.20 points. The energy component posted a slight negative impact of minus 0.03 points. The Harmonised Index of…

GENEVA, 18 October 2025: The United Nations has issued a firm call for global reform in water governance, urging countries to shift away from market-based management approaches and instead adopt rights-based, democratic systems that ensure equitable access to water and sanitation. Pedro Arrojo Agudo, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, presented his report to the UN General Assembly on Friday, describing what he termed a “democratic crisis” in global water access. Inclusive water governance models needed to address rising water insecurity worldwide. He said billions of people continue to live without safe drinking water, not due to…

VEVEY, Switzerland, Oct 17, 2025: Nestlé SA announced Thursday that it will eliminate 16,000 jobs globally over the next two years as part of a broad cost-reduction plan, marking one of the largest workforce restructurings in the company’s history. The decision follows a detailed internal review and comes amid continuing efforts to streamline operations and improve organizational efficiency. Nestlé to reduce workforce by 16,000 as part of ongoing global reorganization. The Swiss food and beverage multinational confirmed that approximately 12,000 of the affected positions will be white-collar roles across management, administration, and other corporate functions. The remaining 4,000 cuts will be spread…

CUPERTINO, California, Oct. 16, 2025: Apple on Wednesday announced a major update to its mixed-reality headset, unveiling the new Vision Pro featuring the M5 chip and an all-new Dual Knit Band. The upgraded device delivers faster performance, enhanced visuals, improved battery efficiency, and a more comfortable fit, along with a software update to visionOS 26 introducing new spatial computing features. The latest version of Apple Vision Pro is powered by the M5 chip, built using a third-generation 3-nanometer process. The chip features a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, supporting hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading. Apple stated the GPU enables improved lighting and shadow…

CUPERTINO, California, October 16, 2025: Apple Inc. has introduced a refreshed 14-inch MacBook Pro featuring its new M5 chip, delivering a marked upgrade in artificial intelligence performance, graphics capability, and power efficiency. The device maintains the familiar hardware design but incorporates significant internal enhancements aimed at accelerating professional and AI-intensive workloads. The M5 chip, built on Apple’s third-generation 3-nanometer process, integrates a 10-core CPU and a 10-core GPU with Neural Accelerators embedded in each GPU core. Apple states the new chip delivers up to 3.5 times the AI performance and up to 1.6 times the graphics performance of the previous M4 processor. The M5…