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Dubai: Metro services on the Red Line had been and continue to be running delayed — due to technical glitch that still remains unresolved, Gulf News has learnt. According to the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), the network is facing a technical issue …
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More than a decade in the making, the Louvre Abu Dhabi opens its doors this week, bringing the famed name to the Arab world for the first time. French President Emmanuel Macron is set to attend the Wednesday inauguration on his first visit to the United …
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Dubai: When Mohammad Riaz joined Dubai Zoo as an animal keeper … In six months, I learnt everything and I could handle them by myself,” he told Gulf News. Riaz recalled catching a cheetah that had been on the loose in the street.
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Dubai: A flyer bound to the UAE got the surprise of a lifetime when the aircraft’s pilot got down on one knee to pop the question. First Officer Richard Abu Manneh briefly stepped out of the cockpit last week to propose to his girlfriend during a Royal …
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Exciting news! The driverless buses that will be connecting the people … the buses were able to maintain an indoor temperature of 23°C – percent for Dubai’s summer. The vehicles that have been designed and operated by Dutch technology firm 2getthere …
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Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai’s civic body, said that this great achievement emphasises the leading role played by the UAE in international competitiveness, according to UAE state news agency WAM. The World Bank Ease of Doing Business …
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Six Sri Lankan guards of a security company in Dubai have been jailed for three years each for robbing Dh1.19 million from a cash transfer van. The six Sri Lankans earlier admitted in the Dubai Court of First Instance to the charge of theft of the funds …
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“My friends say if I get more than a mile from a Fairmont, I get a nosebleed,” jokes a guest sitting next to me in the Gold Lounge at Fairmont Dubai. A colourful example, maybe, but a neat illustration of the dedication the brand can inspire.
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Speaking to Breaking Travel News in London earlier this year, Dubai Tourism chief executive, Issam Kazim, explained that the emirate was seeking to diversify its tourism offering. While not rejecting the luxury hospitality roots that have made the emirate …
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Flight time: Six hours 30 minutes. On time: Departing, yes. But at Dubai we sat on the tarmac for about 45 minutes waiting for a gate to become available. This delay added stress to an already tight connection. Seat: 19D, a Business Class suite which turns …
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NEW YORK – The journalism department at New York University is cutting its ties to NYU’s Abu Dhabi campus over two professors being denied work visas by the United Arab Emirates. The majority of senior faculty at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute …
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Dubai: Dubai Police have broken the Guinness World Record for most people performing burpees as part of the 30-day Dubai Fitness Challenge. The new record saw 1,455 policemen from Dubai Police perform burpees simultaneously to break the earlier record …
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