One of India’s best-known specialty coffee brands has officially entered the UAE, bringing its farm-to-cup coffee philosophy to Dubai as it eyes wider expansion across the Gulf. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters has opened its first UAE café at BurJuman Mall, marking the company’s entry into the GCC after more than a decade of building India’s specialty coffee movement. Founded in 2013, Blue Tokai has grown from a small coffee roasting business into India’s largest specialty coffee company. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. It now operates more than 250 cafés and three roasteries,…
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DUBAI, 16th July, 2026 (WAM) — Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) and Salik Company PJSC, Dubai’s exclusive toll gate operator, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in delivering innovative, seamless mobility solutions across DIEZ’s free zones, including Dubai Airport Freezone (DAFZ), Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), and Dubai CommerCity (DCC). The partnership is focused on enhancing customer experience, ensuring a smoother traffic flow along the critical corridor. These solutions, which include access control systems and parking optimisation tools, will cover more than 21,000 parking spaces distributed across DIEZ’s three economic zones, supporting more efficient movement and improved…
HONG KONG — Police arrested five people suspected of selling and displaying books deemed “seditious” in Hong Kong after they raided two independent bookshops. Authorities said the publications incited “hatred” against the territory’s government, judiciary and law enforcement agencies. Officers seized books from both shops, the government said in a statement. The group — two men aged 37 and 57, and three women aged between 30 and 59 — are suspected of violating national security legislation by “acting with seditious intent”. They are currently being held for investigation. If convicted, they could face up to seven years in prison. Officials…
WASHINGTON — China is now viewed more positively than the US in many countries around the world, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. It is the first time the organization has recorded such results. Global views of the United States worsened last year as President Donald Trump’s second term began, though most people still had a more positive opinion of the US than China. This year, that is no longer the case. Views of China have improved in recent years while opinions of the US have worsened, to the point where China is now seen more…
BRUSSELS, 16th July, 2026 (WAM) — OpenAI, the owner of the ChatGPT chatbot, lost Wednesday its appeal against the EU’s refusal to register its name as a trademark. The US firm had sought to overturn a decision by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that accepted protecting OpenAI’s logo but not the name. EUIPO had ruled that the combination of the two common words in English, “open” and “AI”, could describe many business activities in the area of artificial intelligence. EU regulations do not allow trademarking a brand that simply describes a product or service, as that would mean…
TOKYO, 16th July, 2026 (WAM) — The Nikkei stock index fell over 3 percent Thursday morning, as semiconductor-related shares declined following overnight losses by their US counterparts and gains were locked in after a two-day winning streak, Kyodo News reported. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 1,954.72 points, or 2.84 percent, from Wednesday to 66,796.79. The broader Topix index was down 45.74 points, or 1.12 percent, at 4,042.38. Source: Emirates News Agency
A mobile registration team from Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) will visit Ras Al Khaimah on Saturday, July 18, to provide identity document services to Pakistani nationals residing in the northern emirates. According to a notice posted by the Consulate General of Pakistan, Dubai, on its social media account, the special facility will operate from 8am to 4pm at the Pakistan Centre in Ras Al Khaimah. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The services on offer include first-time National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (Nicop) applications, Nicop renewals and corrections, reprinting…
WASHINGTON — More than 100 House Democrats voted to block billions of dollars in military aid to Israel in an ultimately unsuccessful effort that highlighted the growing division in their party on the issue, CNN reported. On Wednesday 103 Democrats voted in support of an amendment to block aid that had been proposed by GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, a persistent critic of President Donald Trump who has been skeptical of US support for Israel. One Republican also signed on. But the measure ultimately failed 104-314. As many as 98 Democrats voted against it and 10 voted present, meaning they did…
Vineet Jain, CEO, Egnyte. For over a decade, corporate IT strategy treated the cloud as a borderless utility. Digital transformation meant migrating massive data footprints to the consolidated ecosystems of hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure. However, localised network severances, vulnerabilities in international subsea cable corridors, and physical threats to infrastructure clusters have exposed a critical flaw in this strategy. In an increasingly fragmented global landscape, infrastructure disruption doesn’t just cause standard downtime; it tests the legal boundaries of data custody. When a physical crisis forces unexpected data rerouting across borders,…
ATLANTA — Argentina risked the prospect of disciplinary action after players held up a political banner declaring “Las Malvinas Son Argentinas” (“The Falklands are Argentinian”) after their 2-1 World Cup semifinal victory over England, in apparent contravention of FIFA rules. FIFA’s Stadium Code of Conduct bans “banners, flags, flyers, apparel and other paraphernalia that are of a political, offensive, and/or discriminatory nature” inside stadiums. The defending world champions produced a dramatic late comeback in Atlanta, scoring twice to defeat Thomas Tuchel’s side 2-1 and book a showdown with Spain in Sunday’s final. After the final whistle, Argentina players celebrated while…