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Binance co-founder He Yi provided insights into Changpeng Zhao’s (CZ) legal situation at a Dubai event on April 19, expressing optimism despite his upcoming sentencing in the United States.

Stablecoin Tether's recent growth is being driven by its use as an alternative to the U.S. dollar in emerging markets, rather than by demand for cryptocurrency trading, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino told Reuters on Friday. Tether issues a stablecoin, also called Tether or USDT, which is designed to maintain a constant value of $1 and is widely used in crypto-to-crypto trading. It has grown rapidly in recent years, hitting more than $100 billion worth of Tether tokens in circulation in March. «In the last few years we have seen the usage of USDTgoing from pure cryptocurrency trading to being basically the most used digital dollar in the world», Ardoino said on the sidelines of the Token2049 crypto conference in Dubai, where industry enthusiasts gathered despite heavy rains this week disrupting life in the desert city.

India is slowly becoming a convenient hub for travel between Southeast Asia and the Middle East as airlines prefer to transfer people by connecting through Indian cities, a top industry official said. There is huge growth in India and many domestic routes are used by airlines for connectivity, V Sumantran, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo Airlines) said here on Saturday. Delivering his address at the 65th Institute Day of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, he said that IndiGo Airlines started off as a low-cost airline in 2006 and has made the largest single order in the aviation industry by ordering 500 aircrafts in France. «India needed an airline that will provide affordable travel for many of us and the net result we can see. Even now we see India really moving forward with a lot more speed on infrastructure development. We have about 140 operating airports now and that would become 220 by 2030. We are seeing a huge increase in regional travel,» Sumantran, an IIT-Madras alumni, said.

Binance  has  been actively  engaged  in close cooperation  with Nigerian authorities following the detention of its head of financial crime compliance. 

Air India announced on Friday the cancellation of flights to and from Dubai due to ongoing operational disruptions at the airport in the Gulf city. Passengers who have booked Air India flights scheduled for travel until April 21 will receive a one-time waiver on rescheduling and full refunds for cancellations. Read More | Dubai International Airport limits incoming flights as city reels from record rainfall

The U.S. has hit Iran with a new wave of sanctions and export controls in response to the country’s recent air attack on Israel, a move aimed at grounding Iran’s drone program and pinching its national revenue. The U.S.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital of Dubai remains flooded after a deluge of rain that fell earlier this week.

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, secured a highly anticipated crypto license in Dubai following the resignation of Changpeng Zhao “CZ” as CEO.

₹50,000-60,000, as against an average fare of ₹15,000-20,000 earlier. Similarly, fares for direct flights on Delhi-Dubai route have also surged to ₹50,000-60,000, against an average ₹20,000-25,000 earlier. The Dubai airport has a capacity to handle 90 million passengers per annum and provides connectivity to around 260 destinations worldwide with more than 100 airlines.

heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel.The state-run WAM news agency called the rain Tuesday “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.” That’s before the discovery of crude oil in this energy-rich nation then part of a British protectorate known as the Trucial States.Rain also fell in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. However, the rains were acute across the UAE.One reason may have been “cloud seeding,” in which small planes operated by the government fly through clouds burning special salt flares.

state-run WAM news agency termed the rainfall as “a historic weather event" ." The widespread rainfall observed across the UAE is attributed to various factors, including cloud seeding. Here are 10 points to know on Dubai floods 1. The rain caused chaos for residents as water entered the city’s expensive homes and underground car parks with some buildings were also left without power.

cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn't really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai, meteorologists said. Cloud seeding, although decades old, is still controversial in the weather community, mostly because it has been hard to prove that it does very much. No one reports the type of flooding that on Tuesday doused the UAE, which often deploys the technology in an attempt to squeeze every drop of moisture from a sky that usually gives less than 4 or 5 inches (10 to 13 centimeters) of rain a year.

Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gridlocked on Wednesday, a day after the heaviest rains on record. Tailbacks snaked along waterlogged, six-lane expressways after up to 259.5 millimetres (10.2 inches) of rain, the most since records began 75 years ago, fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.

Dubai Airport has issued advisories urging passengers to avoid unnecessary travel due to operational challenges caused by severe weather conditions. Dubai Airport advised travelers to refrain from visiting the airport unless absolutely essential, as flights continue to face delays and diversions as the emirate received record rains. Airport authorities emphasized the ongoing efforts to restore normal operations amid challenging circumstances. Emirates airline has suspended check-in services at Dubai International Airport (DXB) for all flights scheduled on April 17, citing safety concerns and operational disruptions. Passengers have been urged to contact the airline for assistance and rebooking options.

Anand Mahindra, had on Tuesday, taken to microblogging site X to share a tweet on Dubai rain and floods. His tweet read, “Nope. Not Mumbai.

Dubai floods caused by heavy rainfall in the e United Arab Emirates. Dubai's flagship Emirates Airline has stopped all check-ins for the day. Emirates, in an official statement, stated that the airline is trying to restore the scheduled flight operations and the teams will provide all possible assistance to affected customers.

Dubai International Airport, one of the busiest airports globally. Meteorological reports indicate that Dubai received about 20 millimeters of rain late Monday, with the storm intensifying on Tuesday morning. By the end of the day, the city had accumulated over 142 millimeters of rain, surpassing its average annual rainfall of 94.7 millimeters.

Telegram messaging app, one of the most popular social media platforms in Ukraine and Russia, will likely cross 1 billion active monthly users within a year, its founder said in remarks published on Tuesday. In a rare interview, Pavel Durov told U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson that the Dubai-based free cloud-based app that allows users to send and receive messages, calls and other files, is spreading like a «forest fire».

infinity pool hanging in the air between two skyscrapers! Is it possible? Well, it has already been made possible in Dubai. World's longest infinity pool measures an astonishing 120 meters in length and it floats hundreds of meters up in the sky, reports 'The Sun'. It will be situated between the two towers of the building. The infinity pool will be located in 'The Link', the longest cantilever building on the planet.

Reuters. "All flydubai flights scheduled for departure from Dubai this evening (16 April) have been canceled effective immediately until 10:00 (Dubai local time) on 17 April. During this period, passengers who do not have Dubai as their final destination will not be accepted for travel," a flyDubai spokesperson was quoted as saying.