Abu Dhabi port authorities have eased restrictions on oil tankers going to and from Qatar, according to industry sources and shipping circulars seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Abu Dhabi Petroleum Ports Authority issued a new circular on Wednesday removing …
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Qatar banks dealt financing blow as Saudi-led alliance cuts ties
DUBAI: Qatari banks, already stretched by financing demands … chief investment officer of emerging market hedge fund Capricorn Fund Managers Ltd. “If it lasts more than a few days we are likely to see rapid increases in risk pricing.”
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UAE turns screws on Qatar, threatens sympathizers with jail
Qatar’s isolation from powerful fellow Arab states advanced, however. UAE-based newspaper Gulf News and pan-Arab channel Al-Arabiya reported the crackdown on expressions of sympathy with Qatar. “Strict and firm action will be taken against anyone who shows …
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Solar panels to power four UAE malls
Dubai: Shopping mall owners Majid Al Futtaim Properties are set to install thousands of new solar panels at four of its malls to reduce the equivalent carbon emissions of taking 700 cars off the road, it was announced on Wednesday. According to a joint …
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Man cleared of embezzling Dh4m from Finance Ministry
Dubai: An accountant has been cleared of committing electronic fraud and embezzling Dh4 million from the UAE’s Finance Ministry after forging 453 e-dirham transactions. The 30-year-old Sudanese accountant, who worked for an outsourced company that deals …
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Man ‘wore a burka to lure 11-year-old boy away to rape and murder him because he knew the child would not walk off with a man’ in Abu Dhabi
A man disguised himself in a burka in order to lure an 11-year-old boy whom he then raped and strangled to death, according to police in Abu Dhabi. The accused was aware that the boy would not accompany him if he knew he was a man, the Gulf News reported.
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UAE turns screw on Qatar, threatens sympathizers with jail
UAE-based newspaper Gulf News and pan-Arab channel Al-Arabiya reported the crackdown on expressions of sympathy with Qatar. “Strict and firm action will be taken against anyone who shows sympathy or any form of bias towards Qatar, or against anyone who …
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Qatari nationals BANNED from flying Qantas to Dubai after the UAE cut diplomatic ties with the Gulf state over claims it supports terrorism
Qatari nationals have been banned from flying on Qantas airliners to and from Dubai after the UAE cut ties with Qatar. Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have stopped all land, sea and air contact …
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Mohammad approves Dubai Police’s new identity strategy
Dubai: Dubai Police’s new identity strategy, based on innovation, security and communication, has been approved by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The new strategy …
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Two Indians win $1m in Dubai Duty Free promotion
Nayaka, who works for WSP Engineering Consultancy in Dubai, was thrilled. “It’s a truly memorable day for me and my family. I can’t wait to share the news with my wife and son who are coming back to Dubai after a short holiday in India. We will be …
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598 Key Sofitel Dubai Wafi Hotel to Open 2019
Sofitel Dubai Wafi will feature 501 luxury guestrooms, inclusive of 86 suites, ranging in size from 55 square meters to 625 sqm, in addition to 97 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom serviced residences to be operated on an extended-stay basis.
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Dubai woman jailed for flashing middle finger in road rage
A Russian woman has been cleared of the charge of putting the lives of two other women at risk during a road rage incident. The Court of First Instance, however, sentenced the 47-year-old accused to three months in jail and deportation for using her friend …
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Qataris banned from Qantas flights to Dubai
Qatari nationals will not be allowed to board Qantas flights to Dubai because the United Arab Emirates has banned them from passing through its airports after Arab powers cut ties with Qatar, an executive at the Australian airline has said. Several Middle …
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Dubai Properties joins hands with Emgas
Dubai Properties, a leading real estate master developer and asset manager known for renowned destinations across the emirate, has partnered with Emirates Gas (Emgas) to provide residents in its communities access to safer cooking-gas by deploying state-of …
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Kuwait mediates Gulf crisis between Qatar, Arab nations
Iran airports company head Rahmatollah Mahabadi told the state-run IRNA news agency. He said that was a direct result of Qatar Airways flights. Associated Press writers Jim Gomez in Manila, Philippines, Aya Batrawy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates …
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Emaar to sell up to 30% of UAE property business in Dubai IPO
Dubai: Emaar Properties PJSC, the Dubai-based developer of the world’s tallest skyscraper, plans to sell as much as 30% of its real estate development business in the United Arab Emirates in an initial public offering. The funds raised will primarily be …
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Dubai launches smart city accelerator – another step forward for UAE based technology start-ups
Julia Ofer provides an overview of options available for creative minds to realise their creative ideas with support of the UAE technology ecosystem. On 1 June Dubai Silicon Oasis (“DSO”) Authority, together with its strategic partners Emirates …
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