The ceremony, held as part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Leadership Forum, honoured participants in the ‘UAE Healthcare Leadership Development Program for 100 Emirati Leaders’ Published: Wed 14 Oct 2026, 10:52 AM Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, president of the UAE Olympic Committee, attended the graduation ceremony for participants in the ‘UAE Healthcare Leadership Development Program for 100 Emirati Leaders’, launched by American Hospital Dubai in partnership with Harvard Business Impact. The programme aims to develop a new generation of Emirati leaders capable of advancing the healthcare sector and shaping its future in line with the highest…
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ROME — Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer, according to the Vatican, following a procedure that successfully removed a portion of the pontiff’s right lung, the Vatican has said in a medical bulletin. Doctors diagnosed the 71-year-old pope with lung adenocarcinoma, a common type of lung cancer. The diagnosis was suspected by preoperative tests, his doctors said. He underwent a 90-minute surgery on Tuesday at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, has treated several popes and is home to a large statue of John Paul II. “The operation was successful and there were no complications,” the Vatican said. “After the…
Google Cloud and CaixaBank recently extended their existing partnership to the year 2033. This news arrives as the bank looks to expand its use of AI and cloud technologies to serve 13 million customers. Under the agreement, CaixaBank will deploy Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise platform to develop and manage AI agents. The bank expects the agents to help employees analyse complex financial information, automate repetitive tasks and streamline everyday workflows. The companies identified three areas for the expanded partnership. CaixaBank plans to use Gemini Enterprise to analyse large datasets and deploy specialised AI agents for document management, classification and summarising…
MOSCOW — Russia has arrested a Japanese journalist on the far eastern island of Sakhalin and charged him with espionage in the latest sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Tokyo. Russian authorities have charged a Japanese journalist for espionage, accusing him of Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova identified the reporter as Yuki Imai, from the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, adding that he had been accused of “conducting espionage activities” by gathering information related to Moscow’s defense capabilities on Russian territory. Imai, a reporter at the newspaper’s bureau in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin, was reportedly preparing to return…
BANGKOK, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) — The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) and the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen financial and supervisory cooperation and facilitate the exchange of information and expertise in central banking. The MoU aims to support financial stability and the development of the banking and financial sectors in both countries. The MoU was signed by Khaled Mohamed Balama, Governor of the CBUAE, and Natia Turnava, Governor of the NBG, on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank…
DUBAI, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) — The World Economic Forum (WEF) has appointed Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Chairperson of Frontier25, The Climate Tribe, Aurora50, Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS), and Reset MENA, as the Executive Fellow of the Science, Discovery and Innovation pillar, one of six core themes of the Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders, taking place from 13th to 15th October in partnership between the UAE Government and the World Economic Forum. The appointment represents a further international recognition of the role played by Emirati leaders in shaping the future and highlights Sheikha Shamma’s…
Jim Gargan, Chief Marketing Officer, Riverbed. As agentic AI reshapes IT, Saudi organisations show strong confidence in governance while focusing on measurable returns, employee experience and the foundations required to scale R iverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, today announced the results of the Riverbed Global Survey on ‘The State of Autonomous IT Operations’. Artificial intelligence has crossed the threshold from experimentation into the IT operating model, with organisations accelerating efforts to operationalise AI and progress towards autonomous IT. As AI assumes a greater role in enterprise operations, the ability to understand, trust and govern it will become increasingly…
DUBAI, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and President of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), met with Bernard Mensah, President of International, Bank of America, one of the world’s leading financial institutions. The meeting highlighted the UAE’s growing position as a global financial hub and Dubai’s role in connecting international businesses with opportunities across regional and global markets. Discussions explored opportunities for cooperation in corporate and investment banking, wealth and asset management, and trade finance, as well as the role…
BANGKOK — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced a one-year extension of Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan’s term as Chair of the IMF’s International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), until January 2028, after completing his original three-year term. The extension followed the minister’s acceptance of the committee members’ request to extend his chairmanship. The IMFC is the IMF’s principal ministerial advisory body, responsible for providing strategic guidance on the fund’s priorities and deliberating on key issues affecting the international monetary and financial system. The committee represents the IMF’s 191 member countries through 25 members, comprising finance ministers and central bank…
WASHINGTON, 14th October, 2026 (WAM) — Alphabet’s Google has rolled out its Gemini 4 Argon artificial intelligence model to developers and businesses worldwide, offering a lower-cost option for companies seeking to develop autonomous AI agents. Google said the model is designed to excel at “deep work”, handling complex, multi-step tasks in fields including coding, finance, law, cybersecurity and science. Source: Emirates News Agency