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Gianni Infantino will hold a crisis meeting with top Fifa officials in Morocco on Wednesday as he looks to shore up his position in the wake of the collapse of his gambit to sell off commercial rights to the World Cup.The Fifa president has been the subject of a torrent of criticism, and no small amount of personal abuse, since he floated the idea of the new commercial rights body to Fifa’s 211 member associations last week.The proposed sale of 20% of the body to private investment to raise $4.2 billion, and the involvement of a company with family links…

BRUSSELS, 8th August, 2026 (WAM) — In May 2026, compared with April 2026, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 0.8 percent in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April 2026, services production grew by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU. In May 2026, compared with May 2025, services production increased by 2.4% in both the euro area and the EU. Among Member States for which data are available, the highest monthly increases were recorded in Greece (+4.5%), Latvia (+3.8%) and…

ABU DHABI, 7th August, 2026 (WAM) — Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) have entered a new phase of collaboration under the Abu Dhabi Waste Management Strategy, focusing on delivering a programme of environmental clean-up activities that combine structured field operations with systematic data analysis, reflecting a shared commitment to supporting Abu Dhabi’s environmental protection and sustainability agenda. This collaboration forms part of a broader vision to unify government efforts and transform clean-up operations into strategic tools for environmental monitoring. To date, four clean-up campaigns have been carried out at selected sites,…

There are certain places in the world that arrive long before you do. Shanghai is one of them.Before I’d even landed, I already had a mental image carefully assembled from films, newspaper headlines and social media reels. Glass towers. Neon lights. Relentless energy. The future.Curiously, my first glimpse of mainland China was… none of those things.I’d been to Hong Kong countless times, but never ventured into mainland China, so I arrived with a mixture of curiosity and mild apprehension. Immigration was astonishingly efficient; luggage appeared with military precision and before long I was gliding through the Shanghai night towards Changshu.…

Actor and television host Mini Mathur has emerged as the winner of the reality show ‘Alliance’, lifting the trophy and taking home the cash prize of Rs 50 lakh.Mini defeated fellow finalists Aly Goni and Ruhee Dosani in the final showdown, with Aly finishing as the first runner-up and Ruhee securing the second runner-up position.Reacting to her victory, Mini Mathur said in a statement, “Winning ‘Alliance’ feels absolutely surreal. This journey challenged me in every possible way, emotionally, mentally and strategically, and every single day inside the headquarters pushed me to become stronger.”She added, “There were moments of doubt, moments…

Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open due to an ongoing wrist injury, organisers said on Tuesday, casting fresh doubts over the Spaniard’s fitness ahead of his US Open title defence this month.The seven-times Grand Slam champion has been sidelined since withdrawing from the Barcelona Open second round in April but had been set to return at the August 13-23 ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati, which he won last year.Alcaraz was unable to defend his French Open title and missed Wimbledon as he continued his recovery, though the 23-year-old signalled he was close to a return after…

DUBAI, 7th August, 2026 (WAM) — Emaar Properties PJSC delivered a resilient performance during the first half of 2026, with revenue up 21 percent to AED23.9 billion (US$ 6.5 billion), EBITDA up 24 percent to AED12.9 billion (US$ 3.5 billion), and net profit before tax up 23 percent to AED12.8 billion (US$ 3.5 billion). Building on its performance during the first quarter, Emaar continued to deliver balanced contributions across its development, recurring income, and international businesses. Property Sales recorded approximately AED26.6 billion (US$ 7.2 billion) during H1 2026. Revenue backlog from property sales reached approximately AED164.9 billion (US$ 44.9 billion)…

Dubai’s real estate market remains on track to post an all-time high for rental contracts registered in a single year, with fresh data showing sustained momentum through July.A market analysis released by fäm Properties showed 38,197 rental contracts were registered last month, comprising 18,431 new agreements and 19,766 renewals.That brings the total number of rental contracts recorded in the first seven months of 2026 to 214,445, a 1.9 per cent rise on the same period last year, which went on to close with a record 377,660 registered contracts.Firas Al Msaddi, chief executive officer of fäm Properties, said the level of…

Zendaya and Tom Holland have celebrated their marriage with an intimate gathering in the English countryside, continuing the couple’s tradition of keeping their biggest personal milestones relatively private.According to People, the couple brought close friends and family together at Beaverbrook, a luxury country house hotel in Surrey, England. Holland’s brothers Sam, Harry and Paddy were among those attending the celebration.The private party reportedly had a natural theme, with the setting and details reflecting the surrounding English countryside. Holland’s brothers were dressed in black tuxedos and wore small wildflowers in their buttonholes.The gathering was held after Zendaya and Holland married earlier this…

Turkish top-tier side Trabzonspor said on Tuesday they have begun transfer negotiations with Mohamed Salah, with the club chairman adding they hoped to sign the Egyptian forward later this week.”Negotiations have been launched to transfer professional footballer Mohamed Salah, who is in a free status, to our club,” the club said in a statement on Turkey’s public disclosure platform.Speaking to broadcaster A Spor shortly after the statement, Trabzonspor Chairman Ertugrul Dogan said that while the transfer was not yet complete, Salah was expected to arrive in Istanbul for medical checks on Wednesday and then head to Trabzon to sign with…