Dubai Court of Appeal upheld a 10-year prison sentence followed by deportation for a European woman after being charged of bringing 307 electronic cigarettes containing cannabis oil in a smuggling attempt through Dubai Airport, as the first case of its kind recorded last year, it was also found in her …
Read More »Dubai: Text messages are not required to impose “Salik” fines
Dubai RTA confirms that Salik toll gate fines which are related to passing through the gates without sufficient credit in the customer’s account is a valid violation, even if the customer did not receive a notification SMS alerting for the need to recharge within the grace period.
Read More »A traffic accident at Al Mina tunnel
Abu Dhabi Police clarifies that a traffic accident had occurred at Al Mina tunnel in Abu Dhabi last week due to over speeding and resulted in severe injuries to the driver.
Read More »China reports 4,515 confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia, 106 deaths
Chinese health authorities announced Tuesday that 4,515 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 30 provincial-level regions by the end of Monday. A total of 106 people died of the disease. China’s News Agency, Xinhua, quoted the National Health Commission as saying in …
Read More »Facebook blames Apple iOS for Jeff Bezos’ phone hacking
acebook has blamed Apple’s operating system for the hacking of Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone, saying WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption is unhackable. Investigators believe that Bezos’s iPhone was compromised after he received a 4.4MB video file containing malware via WhatsApp – in the same way when phones of 1,400 …
Read More »UAE ranks first in Arab world, 21st globally on Global Labour Resilience Index 2020
The UAE ranked first in the Arab world and 21st globally on the Global Labour Resilience Index 2020, which was issued in Davos, Switzerland during a special session held on the sidelines of the 50th summit meeting of the World Economic Forum in the presence of Sultan bin Saeed Al …
Read More »Sharjah Art Foundation adds new permanent installation to its collection
Sharjah Art Foundation has acquired the work Aging Ruins Dreaming Only to Recall the Hard Chisel from the Past by Otobong Nkanga with Emeka Ogboh, making it the foundation’s second permanent installation after Random International’s Rain Room Sharjah. Located in the courtyard of Bait Al Aboudi within the foundation’s Al …
Read More »Gas field discovered in Sharjah, first in 37 years
The Sharjah National Oil Corporation and its Italian partner ENI, have announced a successful new discovery of natural gas and condensate onshore at the Mahani field in Sharjah. The discovery at Mahani-1 exploration well, with flow rates of up to 50 million standard cubic feet per day, comes within the …
Read More »RAK Ruler directs to grant AED 9 Million to those affected by the rains
Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, the ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, directs to grant AED 9 Million compensation to those affected by the rains which the emirate recently witnessed .
Read More »An American woman imprisoned for hiding cocaine in her suitcase handles
Dubai criminal court sentenced an American visitor to 10 years in prison followed by deportation and a penalty of AED 50,000 for bringing and possessing 1.9 kg of cocaine in a smuggling attempt “by air” hidden in the handles of her suitcases.
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