Two ‘mothers’ and their friends held over ‘lost’ kid
DUBAI 22 September 2019: Four women are in Dubai Police custody for conspiracy to leave a five-year old child at a police station – claiming he was lost. None of them were his mother – […]
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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 […]
Publishing of crime videos is against UAE law: AG
ABU DHABI 13 September 2019: Dr. Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, UAE Attorney-General, has announced that the publication of videos of crimes being committed, is against the state’s constitutional and legal system. He also called on […]
Free bottled water in private schools and nurseries
SHARJAH 12 September 2019: H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has directed the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa) to provide Zulal bottled drinking water to […]
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 […]