The man claimed that when the woman visited in 2016, he picked her up from Dubai International airport and drove to a flat in Sharjah, according to Gulf News. He said that a Pakistani religious scholar married the couple verbally, though the woman denied …
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Dubai aims to be disabled-friendly by 2020
Dubai: Dubai’s Executive Council is working to make public buildings and city facilities friendly for people with disabilities by 2020 — and more accessible for everybody. From this year, many new public spaces must fulfil a new emirate-wide, disabled …
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UAE Properties Boom Is Back With a Bang, Says Yzer Property
Business cycle of the United Arab Emirates and its local property market are no longer relying on area of oil exploration to drive its economic growth. Financial fortunes of the UAE and its real estate division have long been linked to the fluctuations in …
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Qatar says UAE source of hacking that sparked Gulf row
Qatar on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates of being behind the “hacking” of its national news agency that triggered one of the worst Gulf crises in years. The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic ties with Qatar on June 5 and …
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Etihad Increases The Cost Of Onboard Wifi
This includes things like them cutting back the food choices in their lounges, eliminating chauffeur service outside the UAE, etc. Well, it looks like their latest cut involves something near and dear to my heart. I value inflight wifi more than most …
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UAE issues warning on possible return of ‘GreenBug’ cyber attack
The UAE Central Bank has warned of a possible new cyberattack on banks, financial institutions and money exchange houses. In a circular sent to companies this week, it warned the return of the Greenbug cyber espionage group in the Middle East, advising …
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Emirates a380 business class: review
This is a review of the experience aboard an Emirates A380 business-class flight, travelling from Dubai to London’s Heathrow airport. Pre-departure: Business-class passengers flying from Dubai (and some 70 other cities) can book complimentary pick-up …
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Sharjah strengthens heritage ties with Czech writers
Sharjah: Sharjah Institute for Heritage (SIH) chairman Dr Abdul Aziz Al Musallam and colleagues have been on a visit to the Czech Republic from July 15 at the invitation of the Czech Pen Club which represents Czech Writers Association. The Sharjah group …
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The banking paradox
In this section I look at the UAE banking system and come to some startling conclusions. It seems that banks are grabbing market share in a market with deteriorating margins and increased risks. Last week I took a look at Union National Bank’s Q2 …
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Dubai police to paint huge smiley emojis on station ceilings to promote ‘happy vibes’
If you get arrested in central Dubai this week, a smiling face will be waiting for you at the police station. As in an enormous yellow emoji grinning with delight and wearing a Dubai police hat at a jaunty angle. The huge smiley face has been painted …
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Al Tayer reviews construction work at Phase 3 of MBR Solar Park
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), conducted a field visit to the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The solar park projects and its various phases aim to achieve the targets of the Dubai Clean …
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Dubai Future Accelerators calls on innovators to address key challenges
and explore breakthrough technologies to help cyclists and pedestrians travel in hot and humid climates. Dubai Health Authority seeks to reduce costs and increase the efficiency and potency of diagnosis, disease prevention & patient monitoring by factor of …
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Adnoc hires banks for fuel retailer IPO: sources
ABU DHABI/DUBAI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc … First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup have been mandated for the IPO, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The sources declined to be named …
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Dubai financial authority fines, bans former Senior Executive Officer
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has fined Andrew Grimes, a former Senior Executive Officer (SEO) of a DFSA Authorised Firm $52,500 (Dh192,675) and imposed a restriction preventing him from performing any function in connection with the …
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Gulf business counts cost of Arab states’ Qatar embargo
For Mohammed Saleh, who runs a business that distributes building materials across the region, the crisis left an important Qatar-bound cargo stranded at Dubai’s Jebel Ali port. He had to take out a loan to pay his supplier, losing £30,000 in the process.
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Booze and bulls***: The dark side of Dubai
A question I asked myself in 2015, as I was making the big move to Dubai. The Dubai I was moving to was the Dubai I had seen in Gigi Hadid’s holiday Instagrams, home to the tallest, the biggest and the brightest. In real life, Dubai is like an unreliable …
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Cheap solar supplying power at night about to become a reality in Dubai
Solar plants that supply electricity at competitive prices after the sun goes down are about to become a reality in the Middle East, according to one of the region’s biggest developers of power plants. ACWA Power International CEO Paddy Padmanathan …
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