Emirates embarks on ‘biometric’ plane boarding

DUBAI 22 September 2019: Emirates is once again pushing the boundaries of technology, becoming the first airline outside America to receive approval for biometric boarding from the U.S. Customs Border Protection (CBP). Soon, customers flying […]

See the portable palace made of recycled stuff

SHARJAH 21 September 2019: The Sharjah Museums Authority (SMA), is celebrating the heritage of the Mena region through a portable ‘palace’ made of recycled fabric using the art of reverse Appliqué. The ‘T-Serai’ (an acronym […]

Cops look after kid whose parents were in Dubai jail

DUBAI 18 September 2019: The Dubai Police General Headquarters has sponsored an Asian child providing treatment, housing and education until the end of his parents’ imprisonment in financial cases. Brigadier General Tariq Mohammed Noor Tahlak, […]

AD Airport begins trials of autonomous wheelchairs

ABU DHABI 17 September 2019: Abu Dhabi Airports has partnered with Etihad Airways to launch a trial of autonomous wheelchairs. The move is in collaboration with air transport communications and information technology company, Sita, and […]

143 fake degrees detected in UAE: HireRight

Fake Degrees: A multi-million dollar industry DUBAI 15 September 2019: Forging educational certificates is big business. The most prolific scandal in recent years centred around Axact, a so-called ‘diploma mill’ operating hundreds of fake online universities […]

Honest cabbie hands over bagful of money

DUBAI 13 September 2019: The people of Dubai continue to surprise and amaze – especially those whom you’d least suspect to resist temptations. A bag full of money was no temptation for this honest Cars […]

Mohammed meets man who created Dh3.3bn firm

DUBAI 11 September 2019: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, met Founder and CEO Divyank Turakhia whose ad-tech company, Media.net based in Dubai […]

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