Can sharks really smell blood from miles away?
DUBAI 1 August 2019: Just in time for Shark Week, youtuber Mark Rober and his marine biologist friend Luke Tipple, try and see if sharks detect a drop of human blood in the water from a […]
Day: August 1, 2019
Emirates NBD buys DenizBank from Sberbank of Russi
DUBAI 1 August 2019: Emirates NBD Bank PJSC (“Emirates NBD”) and Sberbank of Russia (“Sberbank”) refer to the announcement dated 30th June 2019 relating to the approval by banking regulators in the UAE, Turkey, Austria […]
Top runners for Marmoom Ultramarathon $100,000 prize
DUBAI 1 August 2019: The second edition of Dubai’s Al Marmoom Ultramarathon, the world’s longest desert race, will take place in the Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve this 9th-13th December, 2019. Organised under the umbrella of […]
Students spend 5+ hours on social media daily
DUBAI 1 August 2019: Some 69.7 percent of students in the UAE use social media for five hours or more every day, according to a study conducted by a team of students from the Canadian […]
50,000 Indians trained for jobs in the Gulf
DUBAI 1 August 2019: A unique orientation programme rolled out by the Indian government last year to prepare its nationals to live in the Gulf has reached a milestone. India’s Ministry of External Affairs, MEA, […]
Uganda to breed mosquitoes to fight Malaria
DUBAI 1 August 2019: The Ugandan government plans to breed genetically modified mosquitoes as part of a plan to fight malaria in Africa. According to the African News Agency, ANA, the Ugandan capital Kampala will establish […]
Baby turtles hatch at Al Taweelah beach in AD
DUBAI 1 Augustg 2019: The Hawksbill turtles have arrived for their annual nesting season at the shorelines of Al Taweelah beach in Dubai. The Emirates Global Aluminium, EGA, have announced that the critically endangered turtles – […]
Djibouti continues to flout law on Doraleh: DPW
DUBAI 1 August 2019: DP World has said a decision to be taken later this week by the government of Djibouti, to apply to the country’s high court to rule all previous international adjudications null […]