(Re)insurers are set to be hit with more claims from skyscraper fires in Dubai after the Torch Tower caught fire yesterday … causing damage to both the property and vehicles in the vicinity. The tower was fully evacuated during the incident and no …
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Dubai excites tourists with new offerings
Al Bandar Rotana and Al Bandar Arjaan by Rotana is another new addition to Dubai. Offering 190 luxurious rooms and suites, this modern and elegantly designed five-star property will provide individual experiences tailored for businesspeople, couples and …
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The Etihad flight targeted by ISIS bomb plot that was foiled at last minute because bag was ‘too heavy’ at Sydney check-in desk
Flight EY 451 has been identified as the target of the jihadist attackers which departed for Abu Dhabi just after 3pm on July 15. The flight targeted by ISIS jihadis has been identified as an Abu Dhabi bound flight out of Sydney (file photo) The Boeing 777 …
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Chinese firms to invest $300 million in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Five Chinese companies will start operations in Abu Dhabi’s industrial zone with an initial investment of $300 million in a boost for the oil-rich emirate’s economic diversification plans. The companies, from Jiangsu province on China …
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AVP – Operations & IT – Huxley Banking & Financial Services – Dubai Jobs
To set the vision and direct the successful implementation of the IT Strategy for leading, directing and managing the IT Department. Oversee allocation/ distribution of IT resources for adequate provisioning of IT support services. Optimize the IT …
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Top stories from Britain and around the world – NHS cyber attack hero due in US court over software to harvest bank details
The British computer expert who helped shut down a world-wide cyber attack that crippled the NHS was due to appear in a US court charged with creating software that harvested banking details … terms of reference in July. DUBAI’S 86-STOREY TORCH TOWER …
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Torch Tower residents in Dubai wake up to the building engulfed in flames yet again
… through one of the world’s tallest residential towers in Dubai on Friday, the latest in a series of fires in tall structures in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf’s tourism and business hub, over the past three years. Flames shot up the sides of the …
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Fire extinguished at 86-storey residential high-rise in Dubai
No major injuries had been reported. A few people were treated for smoke inhalation, according to Dubai’s Gulf News website. WATCH ABOVE: Fire breaks out at 86-storey at one of world’s tallest buildings Several building residents said the fire broke …
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Dubai’s Torch Tower catches fire for second time in two years
These are external links and will open in a new window A large blaze has ripped through one of the largest residential buildings in the world, the Torch Tower in Dubai. Flames shot up the side of the skyscraper, sending debris tumbling from the 337m (1,106 …
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Resident recalls escaping burning Dubai skyscraper: ‘Adrenaline takes over completely’
It was 12:45 a.m. Friday when Souraya Momtaz, a 21-year-old graphic designer, was jolted awake by a deafening alarm in Dubai’s Torch Tower … grabbed by phone and ran out,” Momtaz told ABC News. “In that situation, you don’t think, you just go and …
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WETEX 2017, Dubai Solar to showcase crucial renewable and clean energy solutions
DUBAI. KAZINFORM – Renewable and clean energy solutions and technologies are the top priorities of the 19th Water, Energy and Environment, Technology Exhibition, WETEX 2017, organised by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, from 23rd to 25th …
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Ancient history and nature on show at Sharjah desert centre
Sharjah: Less than an hour’s drive from Sharjah city … and always return to their enclosures when the sun goes down. When Gulf News paid a visit, we were shown around by Ajmal Hasan Mohammad, the centre’s education manager, who enthusiastically …
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Decomposed body of missing Kerala man found in car in Sharjah
An Indian man working in the UAE, who went missing this week, has been found dead with the police finding his partially-decomposed body in a parked car in Sharjah, a media report said on Friday. The body of 35-year-old Dixon, who hails from Perumbavoor in …
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Justmop wants to be the trusted on-demand home cleaning firm
Ali Cagatay Ozcan, co-founder and CEO, told Gulf News that the idea came to his mind when he was … in 2015 as a self-funded start-up with operations in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. “We have tied-up with more than 150 cleaning services companies …
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Torch Tower fire started on 26th floor: Dubai Civil Defence
(@msdar_news) on Aug 4, 2017 at 1:41am PDT The participation of different … Sherouk received her BA in Mass Communications from the American University in Sharjah in 2013. Before joining Khaleej Times, she was a senior lifestyle/entertainment editor …
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Fire put out at 87-story residential skyscraper in Dubai
A few people were treated for smoke inhalation, according to Dubai’s Gulf News website. Several residents said the … And on Thursday evening, in the neighboring emirate of Sharjah, an under-construction tower caught fire that raged for several hours …
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Emirati’s killing in US: UAE to determine further legal options
As Gulf News reported on February 19, the Ohio Attorney-General’s Office had confirmed that Al Ameri was unarmed at the time he was shot. Officials from the Abu Dhabi Police Department had joined an embassy consular team in Hudson, Ohio, to represent Al …
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