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Dubai Design District (d3), today announced that it is gearing up to host the fourth edition of the region’s premier annual design event, Dubai Design Week. The upcoming edition is set to run in the Design Quarter from 12th to 17th November, 2018. Following the success of last year’s event …

Fourteen UAE-based volunteers joined forces with the local community in Basauti village in Nepal, which is still recovering from the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of 2015, to change the lives of 150 out-of-school children by setting the foundation of a 3-classroom new primary school. Slated for completion in 2019, …

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdualziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, discussed ways of further consolidating the robust brotherly relations between the …

Today, Louvre Abu Dhabi announced that it has welcomed more than one million visitors in its first year, establishing itself as one of the leading cultural institutions on the global stage. Commenting on the first anniversary of Louvre Abu Dhabi, Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Department of Culture …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued a federal law, authorising the UAE Cabinet to grant temporary licenses for the testing and vetting of innovations that utilise future technologies and its applications such Artificial Intelligence (AI). The law aims at providing a safe test environment for …

HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the first of the new Dubai metro trains had arrived in Dubai. The train had been transported to the Metro Depot at Rashidiya. The manufacturer will continue supplying the …

The UAE has made a new leap in the Global Competitiveness Index, GCI, according to the recent Global Competitiveness Report issued by the World Economic Forum (Davos) 2018, where the country has advanced 18 places in “ICT Adoption” from 24th to 6th place in the world. This theme measures the …

Six people were injured after a Fly Jamaica plane on a flight from Guyana to Toronto crash landed overnight at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Flight OJ256 left from Cheddi Jagan International Airport, near the Guyanese capital of Georgetown, with 120 passengers — including two infants — and eight crew aboard shortly after 1 a.m. …

Dubai police officers have begun training on flying motorbikes with four propellers to help them fight crime from the skies. Police believe the S3 2019 hoverbike, designed by a California tech firm, will help them reach hard-to-access areas when they respond to emergencies. Footage shows one officer wearing a motorcycle helmet taking …

Flash floods in Jordan have killed at least seven people and forced the evacuation of nearly 4,000 tourists from the ancient city of Petra. Rescue teams and helicopters are searching for five people whose car was swept away in Madaba, south-west of the capital, Amman. Downpours also triggered a state …