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If you are the type of person who likes to explore a country’s “authentic” culture, traveling to Dubai can be a bit dizzying. Everywhere you turn, there is another mall or shopping center. There’s the …
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Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen topped the opening practice session of Formula 1’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating team-mate Daniel Ricciardo by almost half a second. Verstappen …
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City University London and Bradford University which also have campuses in Dubai told BBC News that they had had no issues with boycotts by staff or students. Exeter, London Business School, Middlesex …
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest in first practice for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday but five times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton made sure everyone knew who …
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Q: (Walter Koster – Saarbruecker Zeitung) Lewis, I want to remind you politely of your promise you have given two years ago, same place, here in the FIA press conference in Abu Dhabi. Quote: ‘In ten y…
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The Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Ras Al Khaimah Municipality have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on electricity and water efficiency in the two Emirates, and share …
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There are signs of hope this morning for Matthew Hedges, the British PhD student jailed for life earlier this week for spying in the United Arab Emirates. His sentencing prompted widespread shock and …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The wife of a British academic jailed by a UAE court on spying charges called on the Emirati authorities on Thursday to review her husband’s life sentence and set him free. The Gulf …
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ABU DHABI (Reuters) – A UAE court sentenced a British academic to life in prison on charges of spying for the British government on Wednesday, in a move Britain said would have serious diplomatic cons…
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But Dubai’s apparent attempt to put the dispute behind it came … in July but only began to speak out about the case after Hedges’s family went public with news of his arrest in early October. The sc…
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He told Sky News: “We see absolutely no evidence for any of the charges laid against him. “We’re very concerned for his welfare. “The UAE is supposed to be a friend and ally of Britain’s.
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Media captionDaniela Tejada said her husband Matthew Hedges was “scared” in court. The wife of a British student jailed for spying in the United Arab Emirates says the British government put UK intere…
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“We see absolutely no evidence for any of the charges laid against him. We’re very concerned for his welfare,” he told Sky News. “The UAE is supposed to be a friend and ally of Britain’s. We’ve given …
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Dubai is shining the spotlight on its fashion industry with the opening of its inaugural ‘Dubai Fashion Days’. Co-organized by Arab Fashion Week and JollyTrust, the event kicked off this week and will …
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Williams’ announcement in Abu Dhabi, the venue of Kubica’s most recent F1 race in November 2010, completes a remarkable sporting story for a driver whose career at the top level had appeared over when …
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… on May 5 while researching the UAE’s foreign and internal security policies after the Arab Spring revolutions of 2011. Hunt began to speak out about the case after Hedges’s family went public with …
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He has warned the UAE of “serious diplomatic consequences” over Mr Hedges’ sentence and raised the case with the crown prince during a visit to the country earlier this month. Mr Hunt told Sky News th…
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