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DUBAI, 7th October, 2026 (WAM) — The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has formed the first Dubai Parents Council, comprising 15 parents of students enrolled in private schools, and the first Dubai Educators Council, comprising 15 teachers and education professionals. KHDA has also approved the second cohort of the Dubai Students Council for the 2026–27 academic year, bringing together 16 students from Grades 9 to 12 across Dubai private schools. The three councils support the objectives of Dubai’s Education 33 (E33) Strategy and its game-changing initiatives to empower students, parents and educators, including Leaders of Tomorrow, Pathway Partners, and…

ABU DHABI, 7th October, 2026 (WAM) — Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) said that its shareholders have approved the proposed increase in the bank’s issued and paid-up share capital through a rights issue expected to raise approximately AED1.75 billion in gross proceeds. The resolution was approved by the requisite majority of shareholders at the General Assembly Meeting held on Tuesday. The capital raise will strengthen ADIB’s capital base and support the next phase of growth under Vision 2035, enabling the bank to pursue its growth trajectory while maintaining capital strength and creating sustainable long-term value for shareholders. The proposed rights…

ABU DHABI, 7th October, 2026 (WAM) — The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), on Wednesday launched three new artificial intelligence models that bring Emirati language and culture, as well as multimodality, within reach of developers, researchers and everyday users. Falcon-Emirati is a 7-billion-parameter language model purpose-built for Emirati Arabic, capturing the dialect’s vocabulary, expressions, idioms and cultural context. It launched alongside Falcon-ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition), a compact 1.6-billion-parameter model that converts spoken Standard and Emirati Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese into written text, and Falcon-OCR-Arabic (Optical Character Recognition),…

Actor Soha Ali Khan remembered late British author Jeffrey Archer following his death, recalling his long-standing friendship with her father and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.Archer passed away peacefully at his home on October 5 at the age of 86. Following his death, Soha shared a throwback photograph with the author on her Instagram Stories and remembered his connection with the Pataudi family.Recalling Archer’s friendship with her father, Soha said the two had known each other since their “Oxford days”. She also remembered how the author wrote about her father and later paid tribute to him following…

BRUSSELS, 7th October, 2026 (WAM) — The Ajman Chamber participated in the UAE trade mission to the Kingdom of Belgium to strengthen economic partnerships and expand trade and investment ties between the business communities of the two countries. The mission was organised by the Federation of UAE Chambers in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UAE Embassy in Brussels, from 5th to 6th October. Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Salmeen Al Ariani, Board Member of the Ajman Chamber, represented the Chamber within the UAE delegation, which included government officials and private sector representatives. The programme included participation in…

ABU DHABI, 6th October, 2026 (WAM) — Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Special Affairs, witnessed on Tuesday the launch of Global Food Week (GFW), organised by ADNEC Group, a Modon company, in partnership with ADAFSA. The event runs from 6th to 8th October at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi. H.H.…

AHOY, the group building the world’s leading deployed Sovereign Physical AI platform, today announced the appointment of Kamil Hilali to its Board of Directors as an Independent Director. Mr. Hilali is Group CEO of TASC Towers Holding, an independent digital infrastructure platform operating across the Middle East and North Africa. He previously served as Group Chief Strategy Officer of Zain Group, where he led the development and execution of the 4Sight and 4WARD strategies underpinning Zain evolution from a mobile operator into a diversified digital and infrastructure TechCo, leading landmark M&A, capital restructurings, IPOs and tower divestments. He serves as…

ABU DHABI, 7th October, 2026 (WAM) — TRENDS Research & Advisory, an affiliate of TRENDS Group, held a workshop in collaboration with the UAE Public Prosecution during its participation in Ai Everything Abu Dhabi, which opened on Tuesday and runs for two days at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi. Titled “From Awareness to Readiness: Towards an Empowered AI Generation”, the workshop was presented by Issa Ali Al-Mannai, an AI researcher at TRENDS. It addressed the rapid transformations brought about by the AI revolution in the education and labour sectors and the need to equip young people with the skills to use…

ABU DHABI, 7th October, 2026 (WAM) — Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism and Co-Chair of the Investopia Board of Trustees, said Investopia has evolved into a platform that transforms dialogue into partnerships, opportunities and projects, while Investopia Bridge 2026 aims to connect capital with opportunities and markets with businesses. Speaking to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on the sidelines of Investopia Bridge 2026, bin Touq said the number of companies operating in new economy sectors in the UAE reached nearly 125,000 by the end of the first half of 2026, up about 37 percent from…

Hollywood actress Eva Marie Saint, best known for her roles in ‘On the Waterfront’ and ‘North by Northwest,’ has passed away at the age of 102.The actress passed away on Tuesday, October 6, of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, according to a press release. She was surrounded by her family and loved ones at the time of her passing.She is survived by her husband of more than six decades, television director Jeffrey Hayden, their two children, Darrell and Laurette, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.Born on July 4, 1924, in Newark, New Jersey, Saint studied at Bowling Green…