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Student app turns anxiety into classroom support

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi schoolgirl Nakshatra Prem has built a free mobile app to help classmates manage fear, uncertainty and stress during emergency alerts, turning her own moment of panic into a student-led mental health tool. Nakshatra, a 12-year-old Grade 7 pupil at Abu Dhabi Indian School, developed the Android app “Al Amal – The Hope” after hearing emergency alerts for the first time amid […]

May 19

Cardano card targets Japan’s QR payments

Cardano’s payments push is moving into Japan through a partnership linking EMURGO, SecondFi and Slash Vision Labs, in a move designed to bring stablecoin spending into one of Asia’s most sophisticated cashless markets. EMURGO, a co-founding entity of the Cardano blockchain, has tied its consumer finance strategy to Slash Vision Labs’ payments infrastructure to make the Cardano Card available to users in Japan through the SecondFi app. […]

May 19

Hormuz insurance plan tests shipping risks

Tehran has moved to turn the Strait of Hormuz crisis into a new insurance and payments channel, with an Iran-linked platform branded Hormuz Safe offering maritime cargo cover tied to cryptocurrency settlement for vessels using the strategic waterway. The initiative targets shipowners, charterers and cargo interests facing sharply higher war-risk costs, disrupted routing and mounting legal uncertainty across a corridor that remains central to global energy trade. […]

May 18

StanChart deepens crypto custody push

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Standard Chartered is moving to bring Zodia Custody’s crypto custody business inside its own digital-asset operations, marking a sharper push by the London-headquartered bank to capture institutional demand for regulated storage of tokens and blockchain-based financial assets. The planned acquisition would fold key custody activities of Zodia Custody Ltd., a majority-owned subsidiary, into Standard Chartered’s corporate and investment banking division, where the bank […]

May 18

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Enfield Royal Clinic Dubai Expands to United States With Three New Branches

The three new locations form part of a structured international growth strategy focused on bringing the clinic’s established medical aesthetics and surgical services to patients across key United States markets. Each branch has been positioned in a state with strong demand for aesthetic and medical services, chosen following market research into patient demographics and regional healthcare needs. The Viera, Florida location serves the Space Coast region, an […]

May 18

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Barakah fire tests nuclear safeguards

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi authorities contained a fire at an external electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Al Dhafra after a drone-linked incident, with officials reporting no injuries, no radiological impact and no disruption to essential nuclear safety systems. The incident drew swift attention because Barakah is the Arab world’s first commercial nuclear power station and a central […]

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Saudi security fair scales up ambitions

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia’s main security, safety and fire protection trade platform is set for its biggest edition as demand accelerates across critical infrastructure, smart cities, commercial property, industrial sites and large-scale development projects. Intersec Saudi Arabia 2026 will run from 16 to 18 November at Riyadh Front Exhibition & Conference Center, shifting into a larger venue format and expanding exhibition space by 40 per […]

AI tools widen smart contract threat

CertiK has warned that attackers are using artificial intelligence to scan ageing smart contracts for exploitable flaws, raising the risk level for decentralised finance projects that still rely on older code, inherited protocol designs and under-maintained deployments. The blockchain security firm’s May 15 alert points to a shift in the economics of crypto attacks. Vulnerability hunting that once required time, specialist knowledge and manual review can now […]

Kelp restores rsETH after exploit shock

Kelp DAO has moved rsETH back towards normal operations after a $292 million April exploit exposed weaknesses in cross-chain verification and triggered one of decentralised finance’s largest recovery efforts of the year. The liquid restaking protocol, working with Aave and other ecosystem participants, has completed the burn of exploiter-linked rsETH on Arbitrum and begun restoring the token’s backing through a staged refill into the LayerZero OFT adapter […]

Copper bulls crowd into record rally

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Money managers have lifted bullish copper wagers to their highest level in five months, reinforcing a powerful rally that has pushed New York futures to record territory and sharpened debate over whether the market is pricing a durable supply squeeze or a crowded speculative trade. Hedge funds and other large speculators raised their net-long position in Comex copper by 16 per cent to […]

May 16

Ether faces BitMine supply test

Ethereum is entering a critical trading phase as BitMine Immersion Technologies pushes its corporate treasury close to 5 per cent of the network’s total supply, sharpening debate over whether concentrated accumulation can support prices or magnify volatility. The token was trading near $2,227 on Saturday, after slipping during the session from an intraday high above $2,310. The move kept ether above the $2,100 level watched by some […]

Etihad widens Central Asia access

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Etihad Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with Uzbekistan Airways, opening eight destinations across Uzbekistan to its global passengers and giving travellers from Tashkent access to Abu Dhabi through a single-ticket arrangement. The agreement takes effect from 15 May 2026 and is designed to connect Etihad’s international network with Uzbekistan Airways’ domestic reach through Tashkent, the largest city in Central Asia. Bookings are […]

Abu Dhabi property surge draws global capital

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi’s property market has entered 2026 with record transaction values, sharply higher foreign investment and growing evidence that global capital is treating the emirate as a long-term real estate and wealth-management base rather than a cyclical Gulf property play. K Estates, a boutique luxury real estate advisory, said its Abu Dhabi Market Brief for 2026 shows total real estate transactions reaching AED66 […]

Vista deepens Gulf software investment push

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Vista Equity Partners has opened a new Abu Dhabi office within ADGM, giving the global enterprise software investor a regulated base in one of the region’s fastest-growing financial centres as capital flows into technology, private markets and artificial intelligence-linked infrastructure accelerate across the Gulf. VEPM Middle East Limited has secured full authorisation from ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority, allowing the firm to advise […]

M42 widens kidney care through AI

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai M42 has launched kidney. com, a free AI-powered kidney health assistant aimed at widening access to reliable education for people living with, or at risk of, chronic kidney disease across several international markets. The platform has gone live in the UAE, France, Germany, Portugal and the UK, with further country launches planned. It combines M42’s artificial intelligence, health technology and genomics capabilities with […]

May 14

FUCHS widens reach across Upper Egypt

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai FUCHS Egypt Lubricants has appointed Dynamic Distribution Co. as its official distributor across Upper Egypt, marking a sharper push by the German-rooted lubricant group to deepen its access to workshops, fleet operators, agricultural users and industrial customers beyond the Cairo-centred supply chain. The partnership gives Dynamic Distribution responsibility for expanding the availability of FUCHS products in a region that includes major commercial corridors […]

May 14

Abu Dhabi arbitration demand gains momentum

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi’s arbitration centre has recorded a 38 per cent rise in cases between its first and second years of operation, signalling stronger business reliance on the emirate’s formal dispute resolution framework as cross-border commerce expands. The Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre, known as arbitrateAD, has administered 105 matters since it began accepting cases in February 2024. The growth was disclosed in its […]

Circle bets on Arc premium

Circle’s first-quarter results have sharpened investor focus on whether its planned Arc network can turn USDC’s growing scale into a broader valuation story beyond reserve income. The stablecoin issuer reported total revenue and reserve income of $694 million for the first quarter of 2026, up 20 per cent from a year earlier, while USDC in circulation reached $77 billion at quarter-end. The operating picture, however, was more […]

Nisus builds UAE construction bridge

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Nisus Finance Services Co Limited has announced a strategic push into the UAE construction market through New Consolidated Construction Company Limited, positioning the newly acquired contractor as a regional platform for infrastructure, real estate and specialised asset delivery across the Gulf. The move brings NCCCL into one of the region’s busiest project markets, where construction, transport, utilities, housing and technology-led infrastructure continue to […]

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Trump takes Nvidia to Beijing

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has joined US President Donald Trump on Air Force One on his trip to China, after initial indications the executive had not been invited. Read that line again, because it tells you almost everything you need to know about modern markets. A generation ago, the most important seat on a presidential trip to Beijing might have gone to an oil chief, a banker, […]

Edge AI partnership targets UAE autonomy

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai e& and Qualcomm Technologies have deepened their technology partnership with a plan to develop AI-powered autonomous systems for robotics, drones and other physical platforms across the UAE, placing edge computing and intelligent connectivity at the centre of the country’s next phase of industrial digitalisation. Central to the collaboration is a Next-Gen Autonomous Management Platform for Physical AI, designed to combine e&’s connectivity infrastructure […]

May 11

Space42 lifts satellite phone ambitions

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Space42 has selected Skylo Technologies to provide standards-based direct-to-device connectivity through Thuraya-4, advancing plans to merge mobile satellite services with mainstream telecom networks across underserved land, sea and remote industrial zones. The Abu Dhabi-listed space technology company said the partnership will use Skylo’s 3GPP-compliant non-terrestrial network platform with Thuraya-4, Space42’s next-generation geostationary mobile communications satellite. The integration is designed to allow ordinary compatible […]

May 11