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Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is marking International Women’s Day by pledging to increase its female workforce by 25 percent over the next five years – the first airline in the country to make this commitment. This follows the International Air Travel Association’s, IATA, voluntary ‘25by2025’ campaign …

An African gang of 4 members in Abu Dhabi on trial for murdering an Asian man. The gang stole his phone and then contacted him to meet and return, but when the victim arrived the gang attacked and assaulted him causing his death and stole 2500 AED from his bank …

Four people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, which was being used to quarantine individuals under observation for the coronavirus, Reuters has quoted the Ministry of Emergency Management as saying on Sunday. The hotel began to collapse on Saturday evening. As of …

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, watched on Saturday the main 119km race of Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Cup Festival at Dubai International Endurance City. The finale, which was attended by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, …

The Ministry of Education calls on students and employees in all educational facilities (governmental and private) who are coming from abroad, to conduct the necessary medical screening and home isolation for a period of 14 days to ensure that they are free of infection. No one will be allowed to …

The Federal Supreme Court has acquitted a young Gulf man from the charge of assaulting and defaming a famous hypermarket through published a video clip for a defected product (Spoiled macaroni). The court held that the accused did not have bad faith but performed a duty required by Islamic sharia …

In their endeavour to ensure the safety of road users across the emirates, the Dubai Police have started installing new smart devices on the emirate’s roads and highways to detect drivers’ behaviour who are not committed to driving safely. Brigadier Saif Muheir Al Mazrouei, Director of the General Traffic Department …

Within four hours from receiving the theft report, Dubai Police identified a thief who had committed crime while disguised as a local woman in Abaya and Niqab (face cover). According to the director of Naif Police Station, Brigadier Tariq Tehlak, the Asian national robbed AED146,000 and $22,000 from the company …

The weather is expected to be fair to partly cloudy in general today with increased relative humidity during nights, according to the NCM. The humidity will increase by late night and Sunday morning over some internal and coastal areas with a chance of fog or mist formation. “The wind will …

Two Chinese patients of new coronavirus, COVID-19, have recovered, bringing to seven the total recovered cases in the UAE, the Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Friday. With the latest recovery announcement of the two patients, aged 38 and 10, all members of the Chinese family are ”free” …