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The Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, announced that it had received 14,711 emergency reports this year through its Call Centre, and Madinati service available on RTA Dubai App. According to a press statement, the reports received were related to any emergency damage to the infrastructure of Dubai, and the signing …

Key locations like the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall and Burj Al Arab are always popular destinations for the millions of tourists who visit Dubai every year. Now, however, there is also a growing interest being shown in locations that reflect the thousands of years of history of both the city …

Abu Dhabi Police has arrested a gang of five Asian men who stole electrical cables from a construction site for a private company by using a pick-up vehicle that was emptied and customized in order to create enough space for the equipment they will steal. Details of the case reveal …

Spontaneous celebrations across the UAE marking Saudi Arabia’s 88th National Day are testimony to the special bonds of love, brotherhood and unity that reigns between the two countries, an editorial in a local English language daily has said. The editorial, in today’s edition of The Gulf Today, added, “The relationship …

Dubai Criminal Court has charged a fitness trainer with sexually harassing a 17-year-old Arab student while she was in his fitness center in Al Muhaisnah district, forcing her to take off her clothes and trying to take them off himself, claiming that he needed her body measurements to identify her …

Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, has added 200 vehicles to the smart car rental fleet, bringing the total number to as many as 400 vehicles. The move follows the success of the initial stage and the increasing demand generated by the service, which has clocked high rates of journeys and …

H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has issued an Emiri Decree No. 42 of 2018 to adopt the general organisational structure of the Sharjah Directorate of Human Resources, SDHR. According to the Decree, the Sharjah Executive Council, SEC, shall issue, by …

Sun-like stars rotate up to two-and-a-half times faster at the equator than at higher latitudes, a finding by researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi, which challenges current science on how stars rotate. Until now, little was known about the precise rotational patterns of sun-like stars, only that their equators spin faster …

Doctors at at Ibrahim bin Hamad Obaidullah Hospital in Ras Al Khaimah have saved a serious, urgent and unique condition of an Asian woman, 38, who accidentally swallowed her “dental retainer”. According to Dr. Mariam Al-Khattari, head of the laparoscopy department at the hospital, who managed the medical team that …

Millions of people from around the world will have the chance to make meaningful contributions to global development goals at Expo 2020 Dubai’s Opportunity Pavilion, the final major design element to be unveiled ahead of the next World Expo.   Complementing Expo 2020’s two other Thematic Pavilions, which are inspired …