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Only customers who pre-ordered the phones were allowed in stores on Friday.

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, attended the UAE Day celebrations at Expo 2025 Osaka on Friday. Sheikh Khaled was shown UAE Day cultural activities put together by 17 organisations, including the UAE Space Agency and the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation. There were traditional handicraft workshops, cultural and artistic performances, and discussions highlighting sustainable development and technological innovation in the UAE. The UAE Day programme also featured events focused on diplomacy that aimed at strengthening co-operation between the UAE and Japan. Education, culture and sustainability were in the spotlight at these events. Click here to read more: https://news.ae/4nA6N1t

Buyers have come from across the UAE to be the first to own the new iPhone 17.

School is more than a place of instruction. It is a social crucible where identities are formed, friendships struck and where the memory of a good teacher can last a lifetime. Technology may enrich lessons, but it cannot replace those human connections. As Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi- سلطان سعود القاسمي writes in the first of his monthly columns on art for TN Magazine, it is precisely this bond that Gazbia Sirry captures in L’institutrice (1954). A group of young girls listen attentively to their teacher. One offers her a lotus flower, perhaps picked on the way to school, a gesture of thoughtfulness that precedes the lesson itself. But admiring this painting is also an opportunity to remember that across the Arab world, millions of children remain outside the classroom. Read more here: https://news.ae/4nDRh4O

Despite hurdles such as sandstorms and public trust, experts say warm winters and robust roads could help autonomous vehicles go mainstream. #autonomousvehicles #UAE

The view from The National Chronic power cuts hurt economies and undermine trust in governments. Sharing infrastructure and boosting supply is the way forward for everyone. #editorial

Under government pressure, even the most prestigious and powerful US universities are losing their academic freedom, writes Janine di Giovanni.

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Dozens of world leaders are descending on New York for the UN General Assembly amid Gaza’s devastation and a growing crisis of relevance for the world body.

Middle East countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia are in a good position to begin widespread use of autonomous vehicles, an expert in driverless cars has said. Srinivas Peeta, director of Georgia Institute of Technology's Autonomous and Connected Transportation Laboratory, told The National that it makes sense countries with a history of rapid technology adoption, strong infrastructure and relatively tranquil weather might be able to begin using autonomous vehicles faster than others. Cody Sigel Combs reports Video produced by Joshua Longmore https://lnkd.in/dXkTHXSE