The United Arab Emirates is struggling to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, as its main airport worked to restore normal operations even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and roads. Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, allowed global carriers on Thursday morning to again fly into Terminal 1 at the airfield. The UAE, a hereditarily ruled, autocratic nation on the Arabian Peninsula, typically sees little rainfall in its arid desert climate. However, a massive storm forecasters had been warning about for days blew through the country's seven sheikhdoms on Tuesday, causing massive flooding.

HP Inc. has failed to shunt aside claims in a lawsuit that it disables scanners and other functions on its multifunction printers whenever the ink runs low. The suit claims that HP's so-called "all-in-one" printers provide consumers no indication the devices require printer ink to scan documents or send faxes. The plaintiffs contend that HP deliberately hides this fact from consumers to boost profits from lucrative ink sales. A federal judge dismissed an earlier version of the complaint but allowed plaintiffs to revise it. On Aug. 10, the judge allowed the case to proceed.