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Abu dhabi: A fast-moving wildfire tore through southern France, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes as nearly 1,000 firefighters and water-bombing aircraft battled to contain the blaze. The fire swept through wooded hills in the Var region,…

Abu dhabi: Japan’s Nikkei share average climbed for a second straight session on Wednesday as stronger semiconductor stocks lifted sentiment before closely watched technology sector earnings. The benchmark Nikkei 225 advanced 1.75 percent to 67,388.7…

Abu dhabi: China’s expressway mileage has expanded to 199,000 km during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), Vice Minister of Transport Xu Chengguang said at a media conference Tuesday. Xu emphasized the significant growth in the country’s tra…

Abu dhabi: The area of forest burned in the Amazon fell to its lowest level in 40 years in 2025, according to the annual report by Brazilian monitoring initiative MapBiomas. Around 3.1 million hectares were affected by fires last year, about 80 perce…

Amman: Jordan air defence systems detected six missiles launched from Iranian territory towards the Kingdom on Wednesday and engaged them immediately upon entering Jordanian airspace, a source at the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces — Ar…

Abu dhabi: AIREV, the Abu Dhabi-based creator of the OnDemand autonomous AI platform, has signed an agreement with Redington, a leading technology aggregator and innovation catalyst, to distribute AIREV’s OnDemand, its agentic AI platform, across the …

Abu dhabi: The euro area’s government debt-to-GDP ratio increased to 88.9 percent at the end of the first quarter of 2026 from 87.7 percent at the end of the previous quarter, while the European Union’s ratio rose to 82.9 percent from 81.8 percent. A…

Abu dhabi: The yen was pinned near an almost four-decade low on Wednesday as rising oil prices and US Treasury yields hoisted the dollar and left traders on edge about possible Japanese intervention. On Tuesday in New York trade, the yen hit 163.24 p…