News

AMMAN, 1st June, 2023 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has attended the wedding today of His Royal Highness Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Princ...

 The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) announced a ban on working in open spaces and under direct sunlight from 12:30 to 15:00 every day from 15th June to 15th September 2023.Implementing the midday break is in line with Ministerial Re

Brokerage companies at the Dubai Financial Market added 22,704 new investor accounts in the first five months of 2023.The market reportedly witnessed significant momentum since the announced listing of 10 governmental and semi-governmental companies, incl

 His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, today announced $2.7 billion in offtake agreements for the UAE’s industrial sector in a move to boost local manufacturing, strengthen supply chains and attract internationa

The UAE has won the presidency of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which functions as an authoritative body on weather, climate, hydrological and related environmental fields within the UN system.Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous, Director General of the

During its participation at the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s (MoIAT) Make it in the Emirates Forum in the UAE, Dubai Industrial City, a member of TECOM Group PJSC and one of the region’s largest industrial and logistics hubs, announced t

The best places to go out, before the curtains come up...

Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has installed over 17,500 new directional signs in parking control zones across Dubai. These signs provide details about public parking fees, service hours, and payment channels. The step is part of RTA's ongoin

Afrobeats, evening beach club parties and more...

Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids’ voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant

The UAE Ministry of Finance has released two new decisions that together specify the main features of the Corporate Tax regime as it applies to juridical persons operating out of free zones in the UAE. These include Cabinet Decision No. 55 of 2023 on Dete

Europe’s inflation took a positive turn with a significant drop to 6.1%, but prices are still posing a pinch to shoppers who are yet to see real relief in what they pay for food and other necessities.The annual figure in May eased from 7% in April for the

 The big cheese of extreme U.K. sports events is back.Hundreds of spectators gathered Monday to watch dozens of reckless racers chase a 7-pound (3 kilogram) wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down the near-vertical Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in southwe

Emirates is unveiling a new closed loop recycling initiative this month, where millions of onboard items such as plastic trays, bowls, snack and casserole dishes, will now be recycled in a local facility and remade into fresh, ready-to-use Emirates meal s

Kick off the new month in style...  The search for the best things to do in Dubai at the weekend isn’t exactly the easiest endeavour. Why? Because there

flydubai, the Dubai-based carrier, today marks 14 years of operations. On 01 June 2009, the carrier welcomed its first passengers on board its inaugural flight FZ 157 from Dubai to Beirut.  Since then, flydubai has been changing the way people travel arou