The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is planning to send drones up to the sky and shock clouds with electricity, in the hope that this will instigate them into producing rain. The average rate of rainfall …
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Expo 2020 Dubai to feature Malaysia’s three-wheeled heritage, ‘beca’
The Malaysian classic traditional trishaw, or locally known as ‘beca’, will be featured as an attraction to millions of visitors at Expo 2020 Dubai, slated to be held from Oct 1, 2021, to March 31, …
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Raphael Nagel: Promoting UAE-Israel business ties
Our big dream is to create the common market of the Middle East, with more than 400 million people living in it.” Sharing a Zoom screen on a sunny Israeli afternoon, Dr. Raphael Nagel, head of the …
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Dubai the number one place to do business in the world, hears events forum
A forum featuring some of Dubai’s most prominent events and tourism figures heard Dubai is the best place to do business in the world. Jointly hosted by our sister title Arabian Business, the talk, …
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Sharjah Ruler inaugurates ‘Rahmania Mall’
The mall, which is ten minutes away from Sharjah International Airport,includes pharmacies, cinema halls, banks, beauty salons for men and women, a library, a stationery and a sports club.
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Sharjah’s Child Safety Department hosts 19 virtual workshops
More than 2,800 children, youth and parents were educated on cyber safety and protection from abuse, among other topics through the virtual sessions.
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Sharjah registered real estate transactions worth $952.9mln in February
SHARJAH – Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department in Sharjah revealed that the volume of real estate transactions in the emirate reached 1,818 transactions with a value of AED3.5 billion in …
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UAE suspends Abu Dhabi summit over Netanyahu’s electioneering
The move comes after Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince ‘outraged’ at Netanyahu using his name during Israeli election campaign.
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Abu Dhabi Airports moves to pull MTB contractors’ bonds over project delay
Abu Dhabi Airports Company has moved to cash bonds provided by the contractors consortium – comprising Turkey’s TAV, Lebanon-based Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) and the local Arabtec …
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Covid-19: Dubai issues revised safety measures for Ramadan
Dubai has issued Covid-19 precautionary measures for the Holy Month of Ramadan. According to the Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management, during Ramadan: > Hosting large social gatherings …
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Former Wimbledon champ to open academy in Dubai
Marion Bartoli, the former French tennis star and 2013 Wimbledon champion, is planning to open a tennis academy in Dubai with the aim of discovering and nurturing future Emirati champions. The 36-year …
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TOWIE’s Yazmin Oukhellou shows off her incredible figure in a cut-out black swimsuit after swapping reality TV for a real estate career in Dubai
The former TOWIE star, 26, showcased her incredible physique as she posed up a storm in a risqué black swimsuit, which highlighted her ample assets.
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Dubai Open: Rublev and Shapovalov progress as Harris upsets Krajinovic
Andrey Rublev and Denis Shapovalov eased into the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships on Wednesday and qualifier Lloyd Harris continued his run of upsets.
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Dubai cloud kitchen Kitopi seeks up to $200 mln funds for Asia push -sources
Kitopi, a Dubai-based shared kitchen platform for online food delivery, is looking to raise between $150 million to $200 million in a new round of financing to expand into Southeast Asia, two sources …
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Giant-killing Lloyd Harris serving them up hot in Dubai
Harris will now meet unseeded Kei Nishikori (41) in the quarter-finals at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Thursday. On Tuesday, Harris blew top seed Thiem away, winning 6-3 6-4 on the …
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UAE pulls planned summit with U.S., Israel and Arab states to protest Netanyahu electioneering
The UAE suspended plans for a summit in Abu Dhabi with Israel, the U.S. and Arab states in protest at Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s attempts to use Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed …
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UAE: Man ordered to pay fiancée Dh277,800 for broken promise
An Abu Dhabi youth has been instructed to pay back the Dh277,800 he took from his fiancée after lying to her that she would be a partner in a library business. The Arab man had told the woman that she …
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