UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Ethara's delegation following the company's 2025 F1 Promoter of the Year win. He praised UAE talent in the events sector and described it as a key pillar of national development.
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A small spotted wild cat found at a Bolivian wildlife sanctuary a decade ago has been confirmed as a brand-new species, the first felid added to science since 1923. Named Leopardus tilcayo, the discovery also rewrites the cat family tree and could trigger further reclassifications across small wild cat species in Africa and Asia.
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Etihad Airways has signed a strategic partnership with the UAE Wrestling Federation, becoming its official airline and gaining naming rights to the Federation's primary training centre. The deal, signed at Arabian Travel Market, includes a focus on growing female participation in wrestling.
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Newly unredacted filings in the New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft show that a senior Microsoft executive privately called AI data scraping "the largest theft of labor in human history" — while both companies were actively building training datasets from paywalled news content. Internal documents also show Microsoft's own data found its Copilot tool cut New York Times click-through rates by as much as 93%.
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Aldar has detailed plans for Saadiyat Grove, a one-square-mile luxury retail and dining destination on Saadiyat Island opening in Q4 2026. Flagship tenants include Louis Vuitton, Cartier, and Van Cleef & Arpels, alongside new-to-market F&B concepts from Alain Ducasse and David Chang's Momofuku group.
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UFC Fight Night is returning to Doha on November 21, 2026, following a sold-out debut at Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena last November. Tickets go on sale October 9, with Visit Qatar positioning the event as part of its year-round international sports calendar.
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Arabian Travel Market 2026 closed after four days in Dubai with delegations from 15 countries, the launch of the UAE's first unified national tourism brand, and a string of deals across aviation, hospitality, and travel technology. Emirates signed 11 MoUs, Etihad struck an air-rail partnership, and Rotana announced a 40-hotel development pipeline.
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Etihad Airways and DCT Abu Dhabi have expanded their stopover programme to include Al Ain, the UAE city named Capital of Arab Tourism for 2026, offering transit passengers a complimentary hotel stay and shuttle transfers. More than 310,000 visitors have used the programme since its 2024 launch, with around 60,000 arriving in the first eight months of 2026 alone.
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