Dubai: Over 3,500 students in the UAE who appeared for their … Principal Brendon Fulton at DBS told Gulf News: “We are absolutely delighted with the performance of our A-Level students this year, who, in the face of significant curriculum changes …
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Dubai population set to double by 2027: say researchers
But Dr. Fayez Elessawy, a researcher at UAE University (UAEU), who led the research told UAE daily Gulf News, the growth was due to immigration and not natural growth. Elessawy said the Dubai-focused research showed that the city had seen a “rapid …
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Shock over death of politician from Kerala in Sharjah
died in a freak accident in Sharjah. The deceased, Sunitha Prashanth, 40, first fell on the road from a moving car and then hit an electric post, community sources told Gulf News. While she died on the spot, her four women colleagues in the car suffered …
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Iraqi Shiite cleric’s Saudi, UAE trips show Gulf realpolitik
Abu Dhabi’s powerful crown prince, and other officials. “Experience has taught us to always call for what brings Arabs and Muslims together, and to reject the advocates of division,” Sheikh Mohammed said in a statement carried on the state-run WAM news …
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Sharjah Municipality closes 62 private parking lots
The Sharjah Municipality caught 93 private paid parking lots violating norms and closed 62 of them. Ali Abughazi, director of public parking department at Sharjah Municipality, revealed that inspection campaigns during the past two weeks zeroed in on the …
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Abu Dhabi safest city in the world
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi has been named the safest city in the world by Numbeo, a website that curates and collates data to develop the world’s largest user-contributed database about cities and countries worldwide, it was announced on Tuesday. With the …
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Abu Dhabi named as safest city in the world
Abu Dhabi has been named the safest city in the world by Numbeo, a website that curates and collates data to develop the world’s largest user-contributed database about cities and countries worldwide. With the lowest crime index of just 13.54 in the past …
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Dubai magnate tied to Trump brand seeks new ventures abroad
During recent trips to Croatia and Malta, a Dubai-based billionaire and business partner of the Trump Organization looked more like a head of state himself — mingling with government dignitaries, receiving a presidential reception and visiting the …
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Dubai billionaire seeks to sell Trump-branded villas abroad
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — During recent trips to Croatia and Malta, a Dubai-based billionaire and business partner of the Trump Organization looked more like a head of state himself — mingling with government dignitaries, receiving a presidential …
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Dubai’s Torch Tower residents get a surprise
Dubai: Residents of Torch tower received a surprise gift on … At the time, a resident of the building told Gulf News that the tower had long been plagued by problems, such as false fire alarms going off on an almost daily basis. The tower, situated …
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UAE Pushes for Better Ties With Cleric Sadr Amid Efforts to Contain Iran
“Experience has taught us to always call for what brings Arabs and Muslims together, and to reject the advocates of division,” the Abu Dhabi crown prince told Sadr, according to report on the Emirati state-run news agency WAM. The Iraqi cleric’s trip to …
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UAE funds Dh1.5 billion worth of projects in Pakistan
Up to Dh1.5 billion worth of sustainable development projects have been financed in Pakistan by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), a new country report said on Monday. To date, the ADFD, a national entity for development aid, has supported Pakistan …
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From luxury yacht to primitive Dubai prison cell: How John Ibrahim’s brothers were arrested while ‘celebrating drug deal with Moet champagne on $45,000-a-day boat’
Five men arrested over their role in an alleged $810 million drug ring have gone from living lives of luxury to sweltering in a primitive Dubai prison cells in 45C heat. Michael Ibrahim, 39, older brother Fadi, 43, and other members of the ‘Dubai Five …
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UAE: Top choice for young jobseekers
The UAE has emerged as the most attractive country for young jobseekers in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, with nearly six in 10 respondents saying that they would relocate to the country for job opportunities. According to the ‘Fresh …
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Arab bloc won’t discriminate against U.S. firms in Qatar rift
DUBAI: Four Arab countries that imposed sanctions on Qatar have told the United States that U.S. companies doing business with them would not be punished for also working with Doha, four sources with knowledge of the matter said. Foreign firms have become …
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UAE- Maternal instinct nurses a business
(MENAFN – Khaleej Times) The #UAE is the ideal place for women entrepreneurs with a progressive leadership that is driving a diversity strategy to empower and enable women in different fields, says Shifa Yusuffali, CEO of Ideacrate Edutainment Company.
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UAE dates: A long, sweet history of togetherness
From tissue culture to drip irrigation, new technologies have played a major role in reviving and expanding date palm cultivation in the UAE, senior officials told Gulf News. Nowadays, large-scale propagation of the date palm in the UAE takes place in …
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