Abu Dhabi – Mubasher:Tthe main index of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) retreated in the week ended 28 September 2017 for the second successive week. The main index shed 1.08% or 48.09 points to 4,397.40 points. The banks sector lost 0.99% after …
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UAE doctors warn young people against unhealthy lifestyle
A recent survey of social attitudes in the UAE found that many residents are concerned about cardiac illnesses. The survey – which was commissioned by Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi – queried over 1,000 UAE nationals and residents and found that 44 per cent of …
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Abu Dhabi strides ahead; numbers up
Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi … in the Middle East and North Africa as well as in other parts of the world. Travel related news, analysis, and new appointments together with information on up-coming exhibitions, marketing and …
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Abu Dhabi Hotel Real Estate News
Abu Dhabi witnessed a dramatic double-digit increase in the number of hotel guests in August, compared with the same period in 2016, helping to push up the total number of guests staying in the emirate to more than 3.1 million in the first eight months of …
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UAE University students making 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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Pardoned prisoners thank Sharjah Ruler
Prisoners speak The pardoned prisoners expressed their happiness and gratitude after receiving the news. “We thank His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah for this kind gesture.” Mohammad Mustafa Shaukat, 68, a taxi driver, has spent 15 years in jail because …
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Narrators from around the world entertain people in Sharjah
Sharjah: The 17th Sharjah International Narrators Forum (SINF) concluded on Wednesday after three days of inspiring visitors in the art of storytelling. Held under the theme ‘Saga and Epics’, the forum featured a line-up of 117 narrators and …
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Sharjah to help train job-seekers from Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sharjah ruler and UAE supreme council member Sheikh Sultan … strategy was similar in India and in Gulf countries — divide and rule.” Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India …
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Study to boost readiness for UAE wet weather
Dubai: The Ministry of Infrastructure Development has conducted a study to prepare for the rainy season, with the aim of discovering the causes of water deviations and flooding. It also seeks to facilitate the installation of 16 drainage pipes to the …
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‘I tried to hide my leaking boobs during filming’: Australian news anchor lifts the lid on what it’s REALLY like to be a mother-of-two and TV star in Dubai
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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