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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Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed calls for greater cooperation in food security
state news agency Wam said. Sheikh Mohammed called on the Food Security Centre Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi Food Security Alliance and other stakeholders to come up with plans and programmes for training and capacity building on a par with best international …
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Now: Get your baby's birth certificates online in UAE
The launch of the service came after the signing of an agreement last week that enabled Danat Al Emarat Hospital to become the first private hospital in Abu Dhabi to issue electronic birth certificates. The Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HAAD) has started …
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Kirintec and IGG to showcase new product and BLADE 5 at IDEX 2017
Defence and security specialist Kirintec is teaming up with IGG to exhibit a brand new product and BLADE 5 at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi. The event takes place biennially and will be staged at the National …
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Turkey, UAE to strengthen economic ties, says envoy
Turkey’s ambassador to Abu Dhabi says Turkish and UAE officials will hold 2-day meeting in Ankara to boost economic ties Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek and the United Arab Emirates’ economy minister, Sultan Al-Mansouri, will co-chair a meeting of the …
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Nine days late, Syrians make it to new home in Pennsylvania
Mr. Dent said his office insisted they fly out of Abu Dhabi because it’s one of America’s 15 pre … “Thank you for wanting to come here,” Mr. Wolf replied. During a quick news conference, Mr. Wolf said that he, like many Americans, came from …
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UAE offers road map for other countries to combat extremism
Dubai: The UAE’s model of tolerance and non-discrimination is an ideal example for other countries facing extremism and hatred to follow, says a top UAE human rights official. In a region rocked by tensions, the UAE is ready to help Arab countries track …
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Nobel gems in physics on show in Dubai
Highlights from the opening of Nobel Museum in Dubai’s Children City. Doctor Olov Amelin, Director of the Nobel Museum in Sweden talks to Gulf News. (Video by: Sajila Saseendran/Gulf News) Launched by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF …
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