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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Pope Francis received a grandiose, pomp-filled welcome on Monday as he opened his historic visit to the Arabian Peninsula with a meeting with Emirati leaders ahead o…
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Dubai’s Azizi Riviera is set to have a brand-new park, and it’s looking to be another top spot to sit down for a picnic. Jardins, a “lush green park” will be part of the flagship waterfront developmen…
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Pope Francis is opening his historic visit to the United Arab Emirates by meeting Monday with the federation’s leader and a group of Muslim elders before addressing …
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ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday became the first pontiff to set foot on the Arabian Peninsula, just hours after issuing his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Yemen, where his host …
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Pope Francis has been greeted by Abu Dhabi’s powerful crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on his arrival to the Arabian Peninsula. A young boy and girl in traditional Emirati dress hand…
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The UAE is home to nearly a million Roman Catholics, most of them from the Philippines or India. Some have been queuing for passes for Tuesday’s Mass. One told AFP news agency the Pope’s visit “opens …
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Pope Francis landed Sunday in Abu Dhabi on the first-ever papal trip to the Arabian Peninsula, where he is seeking to turn a page in Christian-Muslim relations while …
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Abu Dhabi (AFP) – Pope Francis heads to the UAE Sunday for the first ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula, birthplace of Islam, where he will hold an open-air mass for tens of thousands of Cathol…
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Schoolkids in Dubai have been given two surprise days off school this week, according to an official announcement. The Ministry of Education tweeted that pupils in the city – as well as those in Sharj…
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(Bloomberg) — First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC jumped on optimism the lender will follow regional peers and raise the foreign-ownership limit on its stock. The shares climbed as much as 5.8 percent in Abu D…
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(Bloomberg) — First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC jumped on optimism the lender will follow regional peers and raise the foreign-ownership limit on its stock. The shares climbed in Abu Dhabi as much as 5.8 …
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(Bloomberg) — Abu Dhabi stocks climb the most in the Middle East as the United Arab Emirates’ biggest lender seeks to increase the limit on foreign ownership of its shares. First Abu Dhabi Bank surge…
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Feb 3 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s stock index led gains on Sunday, boosted by a surge in First Abu Dhabi Bank, while Saudi Arabia’s main market was buoyed by Al Rajhi Bank . First Abu Dhabi Bank, which la…
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The UAE banned the news operations of Al Jazeera inside the country, expelled Qatari residents, blocked websites affiliated with Qatar and warned residents that anyone who expressed sympathy for Qatar …
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Qatar’s national football team coach reacted dismissively to an appeal by the United Arab Emirates to the governing Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that claims the Qatari team used ineligible playe…
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The UAE’s real estate market will continue to see “challenging” conditions throughout this year, according to JLL, the global property investment advisory firm. The company said in a statement that co…
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