The TV anchor has been living in Dubai with her husband and their two children – son Ben, aged three, and one-year-old daughter Amelia – for nearly 10 years. Speaking candidly to Whimn, the mother-of-two, originally from Sydney, opened up about her …
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UAE University students trying to make paper from sand
Abu Dhabi: A team of United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) students are working on an environment-friendly project to make paper from sand. The process is designed to tackle water shortages and reduce the country’s carbon footprint, said a UAEU press …
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Prayut says Yingluck in Dubai; UAE source says London
He said he had no emotional reaction to the news that the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division … Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon also said that Yingluck is in Dubai, a country with which Thailand has no extradition agreement. He added that …
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Brit journalist faces EXECUTION in Dubai ‘for killing his wife with a hammer when she called him a loser’
Police in Dubai allege Gulf News editor Francis Matthew beat his 62-year-old wife Jane to death with the tool, leaving her body in a pool of blood in their bed before telling detectives that robbers killed her. Matthew, 61, wore white prison-style …
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Thai PM: Fugitive former leader Yingluck Shinawatra in Dubai
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British editor of Dubai newspaper accused of bludgeoning wife to death and then completing full day of work
where a ex-colleague said both Jane and Francis were well known among Dubai’s large expatriate scene. Mr Matthew continued to write regularly for Gulf News after stepping down as editor in 2005. His next hearing is scheduled for 25 October.
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PM Prayut says fugitive Yingluck is in Dubai
He said he had no emotional reaction to the news that the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division … Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon also said that Yingluck is in Dubai, a country with which Thailand has no extradition agreement. He added that …
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UAE sets goal to be best in education and economy
Abu Dhabi: The UAE on Wednesday announced the strategy for its march to achieve its Centennial 2071 goals. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad …
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Fugitive former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra in Dubai, officials say
BANGKOK — Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appears to be staying in the Mideast commercial hub of Dubai after fleeing a criminal conviction, Thailand’s prime minister said Thursday, in the first official word on her whereabouts since she …
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Fugivite former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra in Dubai, officials say
BANGKOK – Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appears to be staying in the Mideast commercial hub of Dubai after fleeing a criminal conviction, Thailand’s prime minister said Thursday in the first word on her whereabouts. “We have received a …
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UAE Centennial 2071 strategy caps government meetings
Abu Dhabi: The UAE on Wednesday announced the strategy for its march to achieve its Centennial 2071 goals. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad …
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UAE wants to be happiest with best government, education by 2071
Abu Dhabi: The UAE on Wednesday announced the strategy for its march to achieve its Centennial 2071 goals. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad …
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Dubai neighbourhoods to have markets offering maintenance services
Dubai: Residents having difficulty in finding maintenance services in their neighbourhoods will benefit from a new initiative planned by the civic body. Residential neighbourhoods in Dubai are set to get specialized markets that will offer services of all …
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Dubai prosecutors seek death penalty for British editor accused of murdering his wife with a hammer
Matthew, the editor-at-large of the Gulf News, pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared in a Dubai courtroom on Wednesday. The journalist, who along with his wife was a fixture of Dubai’s large British expatriate scene, looked thin and …
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UAE unveils city that will simulate life on Mars
Spending Dh500million, the UAE will build a Mars City – the largest space stimulation city ever built in the world and a realistic model to simulate living on the surface of Mars. His Highnesses Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice-President and …
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UAE expresses concerns over Israeli rights violations in Palestine
Geneva: The UAE has voiced its concern over the lack of debate in the Human Rights Council on the human rights violations taking place in the occupied Palestinian territories. Obaid Salem Saeed Nasser Al Za’abi, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the …
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UAE needs more green-efficient buildings, says report
Dubai: A new and improved eco-standard to make buildings greener and more efficient to cut energy costs is set for implementation in the UAE to help the country cut its greenhouse gases, according to a new report from the Emirates Green Building Council …
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