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Department of Transport signs agreement with ‘Uber’ to provide passenger transportation services in Abu Dhabi and link it with other emirates through the smart application.

Abu Dhabi Municipality has announced the extension of the period before confiscation of neglected / abandoned vehicles, to become a month (30 days) instead of the initially announced 7 days, and indicated a 50% reduction in the value of the fine.

Theresa May is set to renew her efforts to sell her draft Brexit withdrawal agreement, using a speech to say it has been “agreed in full”. She will tell business leaders in the CBI it will deliver a fair immigration system, in which EU nationals can no longer “jump the …

The UAE Cabinet has issued a decision detailing that Commemoration Day, previously Martyr’s Day, ceremonies are undertaken by ministries and institutions across the country on Thursday, 29th November, as 30th November falls on a Friday. Commemoration Day will see the UAE flag raised at half mast at 08:00, and a …

The Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, in Dubai, has announced plans for a AED590 million project to expand its smart traffic systems. The project entails upgrading and expanding the smart traffic systems in Dubai by providing an integrated infrastructure of smart traffic systems in the Emirate, and the construction of …

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, today received Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, who is on an official visit to the country. Upon his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi, the …

An Emirati man has promised to take care of two of his friend’s sons -of Indian nationality-, who had to travel to the United States, accompanied by his two daughters, leaving behind his two sons, because they could not obtain a visa for immigration. The Indian man ended up staying …

Global football superstar Lionel Messi visited Dubai this week with his family to enjoy a break in the international premier league season. The celebrated footballer, considered one of the world’s greatest players, visited some of Dubai’s most exciting attractions during his holiday. The Argentine football captain and Barcelona ace was …

For four days from 21st to 24th November, 2018, Xposure International Photography Festival 2018 at the Expo Centre Sharjah will be hosting a number of accomplished international photographers, who will be discussing their work, their passions, and the risks they took to uncover the truth, on important social, economic and …

In recognition of International Day for Tolerance, celebrated on 16th November of each year, The Founder’s Memorial organised educational tours dedicated to highlighting values of tolerance and coexistence, values that the UAE’s Founding Father lived by. The Founder’s Memorial was built as a tribute to the late Sheikh Zayed bin …