Dubai: Top officials of the Dubai Health Authority met at the Transformation Forum on Wednesday to outline the goal of Dubai Health Strategy 2016-2021 and assess the achievements of the sector. Strategy leaders also discussed future actions that will help …
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Seven-year-old Dubai boy wins global IKEA drawing competition
Dubai: Seven-year-old Dubai boy Shane Matthew is among 10 winners of IKEA’s global drawing competition. His drawing of a fluffy lion was selected from 70,000 drawings submitted globally by children aged 12 or under. The winning designs will become a …
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United Arab Emirates hockey player has the best reaction to meeting Alex Ovechkin
Fatima Al Ali, the hockey player with the sick stickhandling skills who Capitals great and team ambassador Peter Bondra met on a November trip to Abu Dhabi, is in Washington this week as part of the NHL’s celebration of “Hockey is for Everyone Month.”
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UAE hit by rare snowfall and arctic winds as temperatures drop to -5 degrees
The heaviest snowfall since 2009 was greeted as an opportunity for fun by locals in mountainous Ras Al Khaimah my_rak/Twitter The United Arab Emirates has been hit by some of the coldest weather in the region in years, stunning Emiratis who have been …
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UAE-Russia cooperation discussed
HH Shaikh Mohammed welcomed the Rosneft CEO and discussed with him topics related to oil and energy industries, and investments in these vital sectors, according to UAE News Agency (WAM). They also discussed means of co-operation and co-ordination among …
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UAE Law Firm, Afridi & Angell, Selects Lexis® InterAction® for Relationship Intelligence
Afridi & Angell, a United Arab Emirates full service business law firm, has selected Lexis ® InterAction ® from LexisNexis ® Enterprise Solutions as the firm’s client relationship management solution of choice. The solution will provide lawyers and …
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Rare Desert Snow: Temperatures Drop Causing Snowfall In UAE
It was one unusual event that the people literally didn’t have words to describe it. In other news, Dubai also experienced some temperature drops but it wasn’t as enjoyable in Ras Al Khaimah. On Friday, hail and strong winds ravaged the city streets of …
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Really Special should be tough in UAE 1000 Guineas
Really Special looked very much like the best 3-year-old dirt filly in Dubai when she comfortably won the UAE 1000 Guineas Trial on Jan. 19, and if she is, she will take all kinds of beating Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse in the $250,000 UAE 1000 …
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Abu Dhabi stats: 19 dead, 155 injured from quad bikes
Abu Dhabi: The traffic police’s latest figures has revealed that in 2016, the capital recorded 174 bike accidents that left 19 dead and 155 people with injuries. Statistics issued recently by the General Directorate of Traffic at the Ministry of Interior …
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Dubai welcomed record 14.9M visitors in 2016
Dubai welcomed a record 14.9 million visitors in 2016, the city’s tourism department said Tuesday, as the Gulf emirate capitalised on its reputed safety in a region wracked by turmoil. The city-state, one of seven sheikhdoms that make up the United Arab …
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Two students travel 12,000km for internship at Gulf News
Dubai: Two media students have travelled over 12,000km for an internship at Gulf News. But what’s driving young people like them to the UAE? Alison Xiao, 20, and Natassia Chrysanthos, 21, students at the University of Sydney, Australia, are in their …
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Why international interns choose Dubai
Dubai: Two media students have travelled over 12,000km for an internship at Gulf News. But what’s driving young people like them to the UAE? Alison Xiao, 20, and Natassia Chrysanthos, 21, students at the University of Sydney, Australia, are in their …
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UAE to be in the forefront of women’s empowerment
Dubai: The UAE aims to be among the top 25 nations worldwide excelling in the field of women’s empowerment, speakers at a panel meeting on women’s empowerment said on Monday. The first meeting of the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level …
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Dubai government, companies team up with IBM on blockchain project
The initiative will provide real-time information about the state of goods and the status of their shipment to Dubai’s customs and trade agencies and companies involved in the trade process, IBM said. Dubai, which registered 647 billion dirhams ($176 …
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Abu Dhabi bakery gives free birthday cakes to needy
Abu Dhabi: A family’s love for Abu Dhabi has prompted them to launch a campaign to give free birthday cakes to people in need. Celebrating Life, a family-owned bakery in the capital’s Tourist Club area, will deliver a cake to someone in need on their …
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Food security tops UAE’s priorities, says Abu Dhabi Crown Prince
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi called on the Food Security Center Abu Dhabi, FSCAD, the Abu Dhabi Food Security Alliance and other stakeholders to devise proper plans and programmes for training, capacity building and enhancing national competencies on a …
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Abu Dhabi summit focus on industry matchmaking
Held from March 27 to 30, 2017 at the Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation … become key to growth over the next decade.” – TradeArabia News Service
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