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Image: Getty Images/ For illustrative purposes The UAE has commenced its 21st annual ‘Midday Work Ban’, effective from June 15 until September 15. A key part of the UAE’s sustainable labour strategy, the rule, enforced by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE), prohibits any outdoor work under direct sunlight between 12:30pm and 3pm daily. The initiative aims to safeguard the health and safety of workers — particularly in construction and outdoor sectors — during the country’s peak summer heat, where temperatures often exceed 50°C. MoHRE added that its inspection teams will conduct unannounced field visits to monitor compliance…
A building used by Boeing in Kyiv was badly damaged in a recent large-scale Russian air attack, in what appeared to be a deliberate strike on the US aerospace company, according to six people familiar with the matter and photographs seen by the Financial Times.The building was among the targets hit on Sunday night in one of the most intense attacks of the war, according to two Boeing employees, three Ukrainian officials and the head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC). Images published online by Ukraine’s state emergency service and verified by the FT showed severe damage…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldUS accountants and lawyers are mounting a furious lobbying effort on Capitol Hill to head off a tax rise targeted at professional services firms, which is buried in Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”.The giant tax and spending package lawmakers are negotiating would shut down a tactic firms used to cut partners’ federal income tax, if the pressure campaign on Republican leaders in the US Senate fails.The American Bar Association this week wrote to senators calling the measure “fundamentally unfair” for…
The UAE’s real gross domestic product (GDP) reached Dhs1.776tn in 2024, marking a 4 per cent increase from the previous year, according to the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC). Non-oil GDP expanded by 5 per cent, totaling Dhs1.342tn, while oil-related activities contributed Dhs434bn to the overall economy, a WAM report said. Read-Non-oil sector now makes up nearly 75% of UAE’s economy Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri emphasised that the latest figures highlight renewed momentum and underline key milestones in the nation’s economic diversification efforts. “These indicators reflect the sustained success of the UAE’s economic strategies,” Al…
Image credit: Emirates/Website Major airlines across the UAE have announced a wave of flight cancellations and suspensions in response to escalating regional tensions and airspace restrictions affecting parts of the Middle East. The decisions have disrupted travel plans for thousands of passengers and prompted rerouting of several flights, with carriers citing safety as their top priority. Emirates suspends flights to four countries Dubai-based Emirates Airline has temporarily suspended all flights to and from Iraq, Iran, Jordan, and Lebanon due to the evolving security situation. The affected destinations include: Amman, Jordan and Beirut, Lebanon — suspended until and including Sunday, June…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Travel & leisure industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.US consumers are paring back their vacation plans and delaying travel bookings until the last moment, in what economists warned could be a red flag for growth in the world’s largest economy.Fewer passengers travelled through US airports in the past 90 days than in the same period last year, as air traffic declined for the first time since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to analysis of figures from the Transportation Security Administration by TS Lombard. Prices for airline…
Image: AFP via Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced that, starting from June 10 (14 Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH), international pilgrims seeking Umrah visas must first secure and document their accommodation contracts through the kingdom’s digital platform, Nusuk Masar. According to a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency, the new regulation requires all Umrah service providers — including companies, establishments, and foreign agents — to book accommodations exclusively in hotels licensed by the Ministry of Tourism. All housing agreements must be electronically documented on the Nusuk Masar platform prior to the issuance of any Umrah…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The chief executive of Jumia, the ecommerce group often dubbed the “Amazon of Africa”, said it needs to “rebuild credibility” with investors as it steps up its push to reach profitability amid rising competition from Chinese rivals. Francis Dufay told the Financial Times the pan-African group had “history” with the stock market where “too much had been promised and not enough” was delivered since it listed in New York six years ago to become the continent’s first tech “unicorn” — a company…
To Israeli military planners, it is akin to Mount Doom: a tightly guarded nuclear enrichment plant, buried half a kilometre beneath a mountain, which is ringed by air defences and symbolically situated near the ancient religious city of Qom.To Tehran the Fordow facility symbolises its desire to safeguard its nuclear programme, designed to survive a full frontal attack, with enough centrifuges and highly enriched uranium intact to potentially produce a nuclear weapon, or “break out”.Buried under hard rock, and encased in reinforced concrete that puts it beyond the destructive reach of any of Israel’s publicly known weapons, it is also…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.StubHub International, the secondary ticketing group, has warned that it will leave the UK market if the Labour government imposes a stringent cap on the resale prices of tickets in the wake of the Oasis debacle. Government officials are consulting on options that could limit ticket resales to the original price or up to a maximum increase of 30 per cent, with the aim of clamping down on professional touts who rip off music and sports fans going to live events.Operators of secondary…