Relaxnews Twitter has released a new feature that allows all Twitter users to create their own “Moments,” made up of collections of Tweets connected by common subject matter. The feature was first introduced to the social platform in October 2015, originally curated solely by Twitter employees and certain publishing partners, but has been slowly opening up to the public. …

  San Francisco / AP Facebook launched on Monday a “Marketplace” trading platform that lets users of the vast social network buy and sell goods with each other in a mighty challenge to the likes of eBay and Craigslist. The new feature puts Facebook — with a global base of 1.7 billion users — squarely in competition with local online …

Miami/ AFP A decade ago, Jessica Goldman Srebnick was afraid of walking through Wynwood, a derelict warehouse neighbourhood in Miami. Today, she is the virtual curator of an open-air art gallery that has turned the area into one of the hippest places in the United States. Windowless factory warehouses in the bleak urban district have become a venue where artists, …

  Berlin / DPA “And what do you do?” Hardly a first chat with a stranger goes by these days without someone asking the question. But why is it so important what we do? And why is a successful career such an important goal for some people? For the members of Haus Bartleby, a network founded two years ago and …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE will spare no efforts to invest in human resources as we aim to develop leading educational models on which we rely to make a difference, and which feature the 21st century skills to address issues in a fast-changing world, His …

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE hosts the best minds in the world as it aims to shape the future, and started a new era today where it proactively plans for the future, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said. Sheikh Mohammed’s comments were made during the …

  Dubai / WAM Dubai International Airport, DXB, welcomed a record 7.7 million passengers in August, eclipsing the previous record achieved in July, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator, Dubai Airports. Passenger traffic at DXB reached 7,727,105 compared to 7,282,256 in the corresponding month last year, an increase of 6.1 percent. The year to date traffic totalled …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The inaugural edition of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) will be held at Al Reem Island, in Abu Dhabi, from March 27-30 the organising committee has announced. The GMIS will bring together high-profile representatives of public and private sectors, and representatives of civil society organisations. It will also attract global innovators in the …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Inspectors from the General Administration of Customs, Abu Dhabi, recently foiled two attempts to smuggle more than SR9.7 million at Al Ghuwaifat Customs Centre, in two separate incidents, when two Asian travellers were caught entering the country through the land border during a routine inspection. In one case, inspectors became suspicious of a vehicle driven …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Niall Gibbons, Tourism Ireland CEO, and Peter Baumgartner, CEO of Etihad Airways, have launched the Etihad Airways and Tourism Ireland trade incentive during an Abu Dhabi Roadshow event at Sofitel, Abu Dhabi Corniche. The travel trade incentive, which is part of the Etihad Airways SuperSeller programme, encourages agents to sell flights and holiday packages to …