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The Samsung booth at the 2024 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. The event typically doubles as a preview of how tech giants and startups will market their wares in the coming year and if early announcements are any indication, AI-branded products will become the new "smart" gadgets of 2024. Photographer: Bridget Bennett / Bloomberg

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Team Hawks's Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in action against Team Falcon during a match in the World Tennis League in Abu Dhabi, 19 December 2024. EPA

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Prime districts such as DIFC in Dubai have recorded a surge in Grade A occupancy levels. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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A public works vehicle sprays water in a bid to reduce air pollution on Signature Bridge, on a smoggy winter morning in New Delhi. AFP

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Pro-Palestinian supporters hold a picket line outside Columbia University, Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo / Yuki Iwamura)

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From left, portraits of pro-crypto personalities El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, US president-elect Donald Trump and Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk on the exhibition floor of the Bitcoin Mena conference in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National

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