Author: Emirates Insight

The United Arab Emirates welcomes the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2817, which condemns in the strongest terms the unprovoked missile and drone attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the UAE, fellow Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, and Jordan, and demands that Iran cease these attacks immediately. This resolution was led by Bahrain on behalf of the GCC states and Jordan. The UAE expresses its deep gratitude to Bahrain for its able stewardship in advancing this resolution. Resolution 2817 determines that these acts constitute a breach of international law as well as a serious threat to international…

AKCEL Holding, a Dubai-based diversified conglomerate, has signed a strategic development agreement with XRange Golf Entertainment to develop a network of next-generation golf entertainment venues across the UAE, in a project valued at more than AED 1 billion. The initiative will introduce technology-enabled golf entertainment destinations that combine interactive driving ranges, digital gaming, hospitality, dining and social experiences designed for residents, tourists and corporate audiences. Initial development opportunities are being explored in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah, with additional locations expected to follow as the platform expands. The golf entertainment venues will strengthen the UAE’s growing gaming industry…

QUBE Development announced a contribution of AED2 million in support of the Edge of Life campaign to rescue five million children from hunger, launched in Ramadan by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, with the aim of raising a minimum of AED1 billion to be invested to help fight childhood hunger worldwide. The Edge of Life campaign to rescue five million children from hunger, operating under the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), embodies the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for sustainable humanitarian…

The 43rd edition of the “Ramadan Nights 2026” exhibition opened yesterday, Tuesday, at Expo Centre Sharjah, offering an extensive programme of heritage and entertainment activities combined with strong retail promotions. Organised by Expo Centre Sharjah with the support of Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), the exhibition will run until March 22 as part of the Sharjah Ramadan Festival. It features over 210 exhibitors representing major retailers and distributors and upwards of 700 leading international and local brands, offering promotional deals and discounts of more than 75 per cent on a broad selection of products. Spanning more than 18,000…

The Digital Knowledge Hub (DKH), an initiative of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), reached a major milestone in the volume of its knowledge offerings. The platform now hosts over 2.3 million titles, with more than 35 million specialized digital resources available. This achievement highlights DKH’s continued commitment to delivering advanced knowledge materials that support readers and researchers throughout the Arab world and to promoting open access to modern digital knowledge. This development coincides with the Month of Reading, during which DKH is providing free access to selected resources to broaden its beneficiary base and promote digital…

Etihad Rail Freight services across the UAE’s national railway network continue to operate normally, ensuring the uninterrupted movement of goods throughout the country and supporting the resilience of national supply chains. Over the past nine days alone, Etihad Rail Freight, one of Etihad Rail’s subsidiaries has operated more than 100 freight train trips, transporting more than 459,000 tonnes of cargo and over 7,900 containers across the network. The network continues to provide reliable connectivity between key industrial zones, ports, and logistics hubs. To further strengthen network resilience, additional rail corridors have been activated, with intermodal capacity redeployed to East Coast…

Changpeng Zhao ranked above Bill Gates on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list, but he says the figures are wrong. Forbes’ newly announced 2026 Billionaires list shows that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) is now richer than tech mogul Bill Gates. CZ came in 17th place in the magazine’s annual ranking of the richest people in the world, while Gates is placed not far from him at 19th. CZ Outranks Gates in Forbes Billionaire List Released annually, the Forbes Billionaires List provides a real-time snapshot of the wealth of the most prolific entrepreneurs, investors, heirs, and celebrities worldwide. According to Forbes’s…

Australian software giant Atlassian will shed around 1600 jobs in a major restructuring as artificial intelligence comes to the fore. The company announced that around 10% of roles will go. Its global workforce sits at around 16,000 people. CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes sent an email to all staff 20 minutes before those losing their jobs were informed by email saying “I have made the incredibly difficult decision to reduce the size of our team by ~10%” “We are doing this to self-fund further investment in AI and enterprise sales, while strengthening our financial profile. We’re also changing the way we work…

Find out which banks are offering the best money market account rates right now. As interest rates continue to fall following the Fed’s recent rate cuts, it’s more important than ever to ensure you’re earning a competitive rate on your savings. One option you may want to consider is a money market account (MMA). Wondering where to find the top money market account rates today? Here’s what you need to know. From a historical perspective, money market account interest rates have been quite high. The national average interest rate for money market accounts is just 0.56%, according to the FDIC,…

In this article, you will learn how to use a pre-trained large language model to extract structured features from text and combine them with numeric columns to train a supervised classifier. Topics we will cover include: Creating a toy dataset with mixed text and numeric fields for classification Using a Groq-hosted LLaMA model to extract JSON features from ticket text with a Pydantic schema Training and evaluating a scikit-learn classifier on the engineered tabular dataset Let’s not waste any more time. From Text to Tables: Feature Engineering with LLMs for Tabular DataImage by Editor Introduction While large language models (LLMs)…