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Dubai Land Department announces promotion plan for 2018
15 Jan 2018
Dubai Land Department (DLD) has launched its 2018 real estate promotion plan for the Real Estate Investment Management and Promotion Center, the department’s investment arm.
DLD held a press conference in the presence of His Excellency Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD; Her Excellency Majida Ali Rashid, Assistant Director General and Head of the Real Estate Investment Management and Promotion Center; and a number of key partners from development companies and real... Read More
Plane skids off runway in northern Turkey (Video)
15 Jan 2018
The National -- A Pegasus airplane has skidded off the runway on Sunday after landing in the Turkish province of Trabzon, causing panic among the passengers.
According to reports the aircraft flying from Ankara to Trabzon went off the tarmac after landing and came to a halt just short of the edge of the sea.
Trabzon Governor Yucel Yavuz said all 162 passengers and crew on board were evacuated and safe early on Sunday morning. Mr Yavuz said the cause of the accident was not yet... Read More
Fancy footwork by UAE-based fashion brand
15 Jan 2018
The National -- Jada Dubai, a UAE-based fashion brand, has released a pair of diamond- and sapphire-encrusted shoes with platinum and gold soles. The high heels, of which only one pair exists, are adorned with 54 carats of white diamonds and 416.2 carats of white sapphires, and come with a hefty price tag of over a million dirhams.
The shoes took more than a year to make, with gold specialists from three countries working to create the balance between the gold and platinum that needed... Read More
Supercars driving through Dubai Mall this weekend
15 Jan 2018
The National -- A supercar is not a rare sight in the UAE, but to see one driving through the lower ground floor of Dubai Mall? Now that is a bit more unusual.
A video (that was posted but has since been taken down) by popular UAE account Supercarblondie showed an Aston Martin being driven through one of the largest malls in the world, and it has already been viewed over 345,000 times in just 12 hours.
It showed Alex Hirschi, a Dubai-based Australian car fan behind the account... Read More
Emirates Airlines crowned as the world’s safest airline (Video)
14 Jan 2018
A new safety rating by the Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre, or JACDEC, crowned Emirates Airlines as the world’s safest airline. In a study published in aviation magazine Aero International, Emirates scored 93.61 percent on the Jacdec risk index, ahead of Norwegian Air Shuttle (93.26 percent) and the United Kingdom’s Virgin Atlantic Airways (92.87 percent).
The top three are followed by KLM, Easyjet, Finnair, and Etihad. The only North American airline to crack the top ten... Read More
General Motors reveal images of car without driver controls (Video)
14 Jan 2018
Financial Times -- General Motors on Friday revealed images of a self-driving car without either a steering wheel or pedals and applied for regulatory permission to put it on US roads in 2019, the first established carmaker to publicise an apparently production-ready model without driver controls. The Detroit company released photos and a video of the new Cruise AV self-driving car, which Dan Ammann, GM president, said was the group’s “first production-ready vehicle designed from the start... Read More
The Tower is now taking shape (Video)
14 Jan 2018
Gulf News -- Dubai’s upcoming super-tall masterpiece, The Tower, which is set to surpass the height of Burj Khalifa, is now taking shape.
New photos have emerged of the ongoing construction of the future iconic observation tower, providing the public a glimpse into what goes on at the site.
The aerial images, courtesy of Dubai Media Office, showed the ongoing work at the base of the tower, which broke ground only a little over a year ago.
The tower is scheduled for... Read More
Dubai Police break Guinness World Record for world’s longest ATV wheelie
13 Jan 2018
The National -- One of Dubai Police's most impressive stuntmen has balanced a quad bike on its hind wheels for a whopping 60 kilometres, to claim yet another world record for the UAE.
Captain Abdulla Al Hattawi, a member of the Dubai Police Force, Dubai Police Stunt Team and one of the top ATV stunt athletes in the world, performed a non-stop wheelie down Sheikh Zayed Road, from Ghantoot to Dubai World Trade Centre, on Friday morning.
The stunt was to coincide with the opening... Read More
Where to find the best gourmet burgers in the UAE
13 Jan 2018
The National -- What’s not to like about a good burger? A well-made burger – juicy, hot off the grill and boasting the perfect ratio of sauce and cheese to high quality burger patty and buttery brioche burger bun, is the quintessential comfort food. Perhaps fashion model Gigi Hadid put it best: “I always say: ‘Eat clean to stay fit, eat a burger to stay sane’.”
It seems everywhere you go now across the UAE, there’s a new burger joint – some fancy, some plain – and all serving a humble... Read More
Russian visitors to GCC to increase 38% by 2020
11 Jan 2018
The number of Russian tourists travelling to the GCC in 2020 is expected to be 38% higher than the arrival figures recorded for 2016, according to data published recently by Arabian Travel Market 2018, which takes place at Dubai World Trade Centre from April 22-25, 2018.
Looking at the economic drivers, the value of the Russian rouble is stable and firming gradually, helped by Russia’s decision to join OPEC and cut oil production, which has supported an oil price recovery to over $60... Read More
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