If you’re a sheikh with several wives and more than 20 children it stands to reason that your Highland retreat will be more castle than croft.For at least a year the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed …
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Video: Watch eclipse in UAE skies on Friday
UAE skies is set to witness two celestial events in June – a solar and lunar eclipse. The Arabian Peninsula, including UAE, Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries will witness the second lunar …
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COVID-19: How Dubai malls control crowds at full capacity to maintain safe distance
As Dubai malls resume operating at 100 per cent capacity, a leading mall operator has said entire teams at its malls have been trained to help enforce social distancing requirements, among which is …
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Business as usual? UAE consumer spending post COVID-19
While the UAE has unveiled a series of stimulus measures to support businesses during COVID-19, the economic fallout of the pandemic has taken its toll on consumer behavior. With many of the country’s …
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KSA and UAE Food & Beverage Markets 2019-2020 – Consumption Habits, Mega Trends, Emerging Opportunities
The 2020 outlook of the KSA and UAE F&B market charts out the prevailing trends in the F&B consumption patterns across the 2 countries, and provides the shares of the various food …
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Dubai: Dane involved in Sweden, Spain gang crime arrested
A Danish citizen allegedly involved in gang-related crime in southern Sweden, and killings and explosions in Spain, has been arrested in Dubai, a Swedish newspaper reported Friday.
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UAE authorities tackle rising cybercrime during COVID-19 pandemic
Big Data, blockchain and the Internet of things (IoT) have positively disrupted many Middle East and North African societies, economies and industries in recent years.
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UAE- ICT leaders have key role to play in pandemic management
Information and communications technology (ICT) leaders will have a key role to play in helping businesses not just survive, but also to thrive, during a pandemic, experts said at the 2020 Remote …
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UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala to invest $1.2 billion in India’s Jio Platforms
Mubadala, the UAE sovereign wealth fund, is investing $1.2 billion in Jio Platforms in exchange for nearly 1.9% of the business. Owned by India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, Jio Platforms is valued …
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UAE residents to witness partial solar eclipse on June 21
Residents can view the celestial event from 8:14:47am until 11:12:04am. Hasan Al Hariri, chief executive officer of Dubai Astronomy Group, said the partial solar eclipse is massive in terms of solar …
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Treated wastewater in UAE is free of Covid-19, say researchers
Treated sewage water in the UAE is free of the coronavirus and is fit to be used for irrigation, experts have said. Researchers at Khalifa University’s Centre for Biotechnology and the Centre for …
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Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar And UAE Safe City: Technologies Market Research Report – Global Forecast till 2022
Jun 05, 2020 (AmericaNewsHour) — ISIS and Iranian-backed homegrown Shia terrorism. As a result, these countries’ governments embarked on long-term …
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Amid pandemic, life insurance becomes priority for UAE residents
According to the survey results, 46 percent of UAE residents have indicated that life insurance is more important to them than before the pandemic – placing it four times higher than travel insurance …
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Sale: Dubai shopping mall offers up to 70% discount
UAE – Ibn Battuta Mall is kicking off the 100 per cent reopening of Dubai’s shopping malls with discounts of up to 70 per cent at dozens of stores. As malls resume normal operations, the world’s …
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Why is this woman running every single street in Dubai?
DUBAI: A Dubai-based Lebanese expat, who was on a mission to run every single street in the emirate, may have been stopped in her tracks by the stay-home drive amid the COVID-19 outbreak. But she is …
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Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala picks up $1.2bn stake in Reliance’s Jio
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala will invest $1.2bn in Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms, as the sovereign wealth fund joins Facebook and a number of US private equity groups in backing the Indian telecom and digital …
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Jio Platforms receives over ₹9,000 crore investment from Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala
Reliance Industries has gained yet another investor, with Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment to buy a 1.85% stake in its digital unit, Jio Platforms, for ₹9,093 crore, or $1.2 billion. Jio …
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