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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo completes second powered test flight

04 Jun 2018

Helmed by two test pilots, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane set new altitude and speed records for the company’s test program Tuesday during a powered flight over California’s Mojave Desert.

Tuesday’s test flight moved Virgin Galactic closer to eventually flying paying passengers to the edge of space on short, suborbital trips after multiple delays in the privately-funded program, including a 2014 accident that killed a test pilot, injured another, and destroyed the company... Read More

Dubai Summer Surprises dates announced

04 Jun 2018

Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS), Dubai’s annual citywide summer celebration, will return to the city from 22 June – 4 August 2018, offering a six-week extravaganza of sales, retail experiences and events.

Organised by the Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), an agency of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), the 21st edition of the popular summer event will feature a sizzling line-up of spectacular sales, retail experiences, unmissable chances to... Read More

Putin Meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

04 Jun 2018

June 1, 2018 Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is in Russia on a working visit.

They discussed the further development of trade between Russia and the UAE, economic and investment cooperation, the current energy situation, and pressing international and regional issues.

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Abu Dhabi's Hudayriat Island opens beach

30 May 2018

The long-awaited Hudayriat Island development welcomed its first visitor attraction in just a few hours as a new beach opens to the public.

Located opposite Al Bateen Beach, and reached through a cable suspension bridge previously known as the "bridge to nowhere", Hudayriat is expected to add 30 kilometres of waterfront to Abu Dhabi. It will also later include residential units for Emiratis, along with commercial and leisure attractions.

Far more than just another beach... Read More

Joint Declaration by the Government structures of Russia, UAE and the UN’s Industrial Development Organization (Video)

30 May 2018

WHEREAS the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), as a specialized agency of the United Nations, has the unique mandate for promoting inclusive and sustainable industrial development in the developing countries and in countries with economies in transition;

WHEREAS the Russian Federation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have a longstanding and cooperative relationship with UNIDO and support the achievement of sustainable and inclusive industrial development... Read More

Putin announces 2019 Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit in Russia

30 May 2018

The Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit, GMIS, the pioneering cross-industry forum launched in the UAE in 2017, announced that Russia has secured the rights to host its 2nd edition in 2019 in the city of Yekaterinburg, the fourth-largest city in Russia.

The announcement was made by Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, during his plenary session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, SPIEF, alongside Emmanuel Macron,, President of France,... Read More

UAE delegation participates in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

30 May 2018

H.H. Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court and Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), participated in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2018 (SPIEF).

UAE’s senior official attended the plenary session of the SPIEF and traditionally took part in the Russian President’s meeting with the representatives of the international investment community. He also met with the Russian government's officials and a number... Read More

Free Dubai taxi rides for people with disabilities

28 May 2018

People with special needs or disabilities are eligible for free taxi rides in Dubai for the remainder of the year.

Dubai Taxi Corporation announced its initiative "Al Khair Ride", meaning the ride of goodwill on Saturday.

To book a taxi, a person with disabilities need only call 042080808. The taxis that will be sent to callers will be equipped with added technologies to lift wheelchair users, and to provide safety and privacy for passengers. They will be driven by drivers... Read More

Ilya Urazakov to head Kazakh Invest Office in Dubai

28 May 2018

Ilya Urazakov, previously acting as managing director, has been appointed by the decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakh Invest National Company JSC its representative to the United Arab Emirates.

Urazakov born in 1983 is a graduate of the Washington Secondary School (the U.S.), Institute of International Relations of the Ablai Khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages (Faculty of IEA). He is fluent in Kazakh, Russian, English and German.

Coffee husks is now fetching a 480% premium over coffee itself

28 May 2018

Aida Batlle grows coffee on her family’s farm in the hills surrounding El Salvador’s Santa Ana Volcano. Like generations before her, she had little use for the skin that encases the beans, so she’d turn it into cheap fertilizer or, more frequently, trash it. Then one day, walking past some husks drying in the sun, a smell hit her, a good smell: hibiscus and other floral aromas. It dawned on her, she says, that some value might be extracted from what she had long considered refuse. So she... Read More