DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The biennial Dubai Air Show opened Sunday with the world’s biggest defence companies promoting their fighter jets, drones, armoured vehicles and missiles amid heightened tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Airlines also …
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Dubai’s Emirates partners with Mercedes for new first class suite
Dubai carrier Emirates has enlisted the help of German automotive … Also included in the revamp is a redesigned business class seat inspired by the interior of a modern sports car. It includes a diamond stitch pattern on a full leather cover, with …
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10th anniversary special: Raffles Dubai
There are a number of guests discreetly going about their business, and it’s easy to see that the property still commands a high number of GCC guests. Raffles Dubai has also successfully maintained its position in the top two hotels in Dubai out of 556 …
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Meet the Dubai-based Indian girl who can sing in 80 languages
Speaking to Gulf News, the Dubai prodigy said she now knows to sing songs in 80 languages, a skill she acquired in just over a year. Her plan is to learn at least five more songs in five different languages before she attempts to break the record.
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What’s this paraplegic doing at Dubai Fitness Challenge and how?
Dubai: Sujith Koshy Varghese cannot walk — for now … because they are either concerned or they feel you’re generally limited,” Sujith told Gulf News. “I was a guy with a lot of dreams. I wanted to do tons of things. I was 21 years old [when …
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Dubai Airshow: Storm clouds over the ‘Middle East three’
The Dubai Airshow, which starts on Sunday … Emirates reported far better news on Thursday when it said half-year net profits more than doubled to Dh1.7bn. It was a result of cuts in capacity and dollar exchange rate benefits. But trading remains tough.
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Emirates unveils new first class cabins at Dubai Air Show
Emirates President Tim Clark unveiled the cabin on Sunday at the start of the biennial Dubai Airshow. Clark declined to say how much a ticket in the 40 square-foot (3.7-square-meter) private suite will cost. The private suites will be available on the …
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What UAE gratuity payment is my maid entitled to?
We want to pay at least the amount legally required out of goodwill, so could you clarify please? WS, Dubai The end of service gratuity is an allowance paid on leaving service to employees who are covered under UAE Labour Law, Federal law No 8 of 1980 …
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Can the move to the UAE wreck your marriage?
Dubai: The matter of divorce rates among expatriates in Dubai has been an important one with statistics attesting to this problem. In 2014, for instance, among the total population of Dubai, the number of divorces surged by nearly 38 per cent with two …
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A decade in the making, Louvre Abu Dhabi opens to the public
The Louvre Abu Dhabi has opened to the public after a decade-long wait and questions over laborers’ conditions working on the project. Long lines of people on Saturday thronged the new museum, which encompasses work from both the East and West. Abu Dhabi’s …
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Louvre Abu Dhabi opens to public
Abu Dhabi: The much-awaited and iconic Louvre Abu Dhabi museum … an array of entertainment activities including headline acts by international artists, Gulf News reported. American choreographer Lucinda Childs will give a surprise performance and Emirati …
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Middle East Round-up: ‘News’ on Saudi succession, Louvre glory for Abu Dhabi, Bin Nayef’s assets frozen and Saad Hariri still ‘missing’
Abu Dhabi’s new Louvre Museum was inaugurated on Wednesday by French president Emmanuel Macron. The Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum embodies the Gulf Emirate’s aspiration to leave its mark on the cultural universe. The emirate, whose sovereign wealth fund is the …
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UAE financial advisers feel strain of tighter regulations
The UAE Insurance Authority (IA … “The insurance broker shall not resume its business, unless it achieves (100 per cent) of the paid-up capital required to practice the activity,” the circular said. This has had a direct impact on firms, with …
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Five Things To Know About the New Louvre Abu Dhabi
Officials of the United Arab Emirates hope the museum will help transform Abu Dhabi into a major world cultural destination … reports Javier Pes of artnet News. The layers of steel have been fashioned into star shapes, which cast beautiful patterns …
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Book fair puts Sharjah on atlas of culture
The Sharjah International Book Fair, one of the earliest initiatives of its kind in the Gulf region, has had another successful edition. As it winds down on Saturday, what is billed as the world’s third largest book fair would have attracted almost two …
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Why are the French so interested in the UAE?
Government and business leaders from the UAE and France called for strategic cooperation between the two countries in the areas of innovation, mobility and sustainability, during the UAE-France Business Forum in Dubai on Thursday. The event was organized …
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Dubai’s non-oil private sector makes strong start to Q4
Dubai’s non-oil private sector made a strong start to the final quarter of 2017 with steep expansions in activity and new business, according to a new report. The seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index showed a sharp improvement in …
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