Meanwhile, the markets regulator for the Dubai financial center where Abraaj is licensed is holding discussions with the firm about some investors’ concern that capital in a healthcare fund wasn’t allocated properly, though no formal investigation is ... ( read original story ...)
Abu Dhabi University Organizes Its First International Urban Planning Conference
The Department of Architecture and Design at Abu Dhabi University (ADU), organized its first-ever international urban planning conference under the theme 'Constructing an urban future: the sustainability and resilience of cities including infrastructure ... ( read original story ...)
Mueller probe witness secretly backed UAE agenda in Congress
WASHINGTON — An Associated Press investigation has found that a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump received millions of dollars from a political adviser to the United Arab Emirates before he began making political donations to U.S. lawmakers ... ( read original story ...)
UAE’s first nuclear power plant now completed
Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s first nuclear power plant at Barakah has been finally completed, after nine years in the making. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces ... ( read original story ...)
UAE government portal gets more online visitors
Dubai: More and more users are visiting the UAE government portal, which had about three million visits in total by mid-March 2018 and the number of portal page views of six million. The official portal’s increase in number of visits has doubled seven ... ( read original story ...)
British newspaper editor jailed for killing wife with a hammer in Dubai
The former editor of the English-language Gulf News had faced the possibility of the death penalty for the July 2017 killing. On July 4, Dubai police say they were called to Matthew’s three-bedroom villa in the Jumeirah neighbourhood. There, they say ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai Cares concludes field visit to Colombia
A delegation of Dubai Cares has concluded a field visit to Colombia to monitor and evaluate the progress of its Dh11 million programme, launched last year, for children affected by conflict in the north eastern region. The delegation was led by Tariq Al ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai journalist convicted in killing
... A British newspaper editor in Dubai was found guilty Sunday of bludgeoning his wife to death with a hammer and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Francis Matthew, the former editor of the English-language Gulf News, had faced the possibility of the ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai Islamic Bank’s ‘MyHome’ Is Set to Change UAE Home Finance Market
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the UAE’s largest Islamic Bank, has launched a new home finance product that is set to change the face of home finance in the UAE. DIB’s MyHome is a ‘one stop shop’ to meet a customer’s entire home finance related needs. ( read original story ...)
Dubai property market seeks boost from ‘Expo 2020 factor’ to banish real estate gloom
LONDON: It has been almost half a decade since Dubai was awash with exuberance following its Expo 2020 bid win. The property pundits of the day predicted vast transformative effects for the emirate such as vertiginous property value hikes, sold-out hotels ... ( read original story ...)