Sven Sundgaard: Dubai extreme rains part of a global trend

Dubai is getting a lot of attention because it’s a major city in a desert but in the U.S. our own Death Valley had a deluge of rainfall in a storm last summer, doing something very similar: receiving a year or more worth of rain in one event, leading to washed out roads and dramatic videos, but with relatively little infrastructure affected.

PM meets Abu Dhabi deputy ruler

HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani met Saturday with Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and National Security Adviser …