Category: NEWS

AN ADVOCACY group has taken the extraordinary step of warning tourists not to report rape in the United Arab Emirates as a British rape victim faces jail for going to police about her own attack. Detained in Dubai, a UK-based group that helps victims of …
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UAE Exchange, the leading global remittance, foreign exchange and payment solutions brand, unveiled its first ever “women-powered” branch at the Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZA), United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is a first-of- its-kind initiative in the …
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The 18th Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) and the 1st Dubai Solar Show have successfully concluded. HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Founder and Chairman of WETEX said that …
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In collaboration with Emirates Auction, Abu Dhabi Police, profited over Dh99 million during the public auction which sold off 50 VIP vehicle license plates, class 50. To mark its 50 anniversary, AD police organized this distinguished auction. With the …
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In a public display of his immense wealth, Dubai resident Balwinder Sahni paid 33 million dirhams (approximately $12.1 million CAD) for a sought-after licence plate at a government auction the first week of November. As reported by CNN Money, affixing a …
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Dubai: Hussain Nasser Lootah, director-general of Dubai Municipality, on Sunday opened the Innovation Week exhibition and events in the municipality, which will last until Thursday with the participation of its various organisational units. “With this …
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Dubai: Shoppers in Dubai will be able to snap up items at bargain prices over the three-day weekend taking place over this year’s National Day holiday. The National Day Sale, from December 1 to 3, will see malls and retail outlets give shoppers discounts …
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If they could develop their own industry, why can’t we?” the 21-year-old intern at the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) told Gulf News in an interview on the occasion of the UAE’s 45th National Day. “We have resources … we have the youth.
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Dubai: A new law issued on Sunday guarantees everyone’s equality before courts without any discrimination and upholds litigants’ right to defend in all stages of the investigation and trial. The Law No.13 of 2016 on the Judicial Authority in Dubai was …
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the founding father of the UAE was to cultivate and invest in its people who were viewed as the invaluable asset of the country and its future. Gulf News spoke to Emirati innovators and inventors whose commitment to nation-building has been a core …
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Dubai: A Filipina has been judged as the UAE’s best nanny, at the first such award held in the country on Saturday. “This is really an unexpected blessing,” said Lorina Bunio, 29, who had swapped her everyday casual clothes for a ball gown and …
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Dubai: Dubai will have a new specialised mobility and transport centre that will offer intensive training programmes in the rail and transport sector from the first quarter of next year, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced on Saturday. RTA …
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… has fetched a whopping Dh31 million at the Vanity Number Plate Auction held on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, a bid six times the reserve price. Speaking to Gulf News, 32-year-old Emirati Abdullah Al Mehri from Abu Dhabi said: “I’m so excited that I won …
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Abu Dhabi: A documentary showing a team from the UAE army conquering Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, will air on December 7. In May this year, after a gruelling climb through icy temperatures and treacherous winds, a group of soldiers from a …
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Even if you’re not representing the government or the private sector, as a human being we have the responsibility for protecting mother earth and convincing others to change their own practices,” he told Gulf News on … than 200 UAE visitors to …
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Abu Dhabi: UAE Innovation Week will be launched on Sunday by the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development, an official announced on Friday. The five-day event, to be held under the patronage of Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture …
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Market trader David Butlin, 22, and footballer Louis Harris, 24, are accused of rape by the woman, who was thrown in prison by Dubai police after making her complaint. The woman’s family is campaigning for her to be returned to Britain. Yesterday the IT …
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