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Etihad Airways lets six-year-old boy become pilot for a day (Video)
14 Oct 2017
The National -- For most young boys, the dream career would be following Cristiano Ronaldo as the world's best footballer, or a title-winning racing driver like Lewis Hamilton.
For those not totally sold on the idea of sports or pop stardom, becoming a pilot would be the perfect way to spend one's adult years, soaring across the skies and wearing the distinctive uniform.
Adam Mohammad Amer, aged just six, has already turned his dreams into a reality after giving the pilots... Read More
Dubai Hosts the 12th Annual Congress of Natalie Tours’ Managers
13 Oct 2017
The 12th Annual Congress of Natalie Tours’ managers started up in Dubai. Held at the majestic Atlantis the Palm 5*, the event brought together over two hundred CEOs and owners of Russian travel agencies, who have shown the best sales performance in the UAE destination during this year.
For two decades now, the leading Russian tour operator with a 25-year history of work in the Russian travel services market has been holding this event to award best sellers, discuss further... Read More
Angelina, Paltrow, and comet of stars accuses Weinstein of abuses
12 Oct 2017
Khaleej Times -- A flood of allegations poured in on Tuesday against Harvey Weinstein in on-the-record reports that detailed claims of sexual abuse and included testimonies from Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, further intensifying the already explosive collapse of the disgraced movie mogul.
The women's allegations against 65-year-old Weinstein were made in an bombshell expose published by the New Yorker. Weinstein denies all charges, according to a statement from his spokeswoman... Read More
New La Mer beachfront opens in Dubai
12 Oct 2017
The National -- A new beachfront in Dubai is opening next week, providing shops and restaurants in Jumeirah 1 and becoming the seventh completed Meraas development in the emirate.
La Mer will be home to shopping, entertainment and dining venues spread over three areas across 13.4 million square feet of existing and reclaimed land between Pearl Jumeirah and Jumeirah Bay.
The design of La Mer South, North and The Wharf is inspired by driftwood and natural elements and is... Read More
Emirates flight grounded after passenger dies mid-flight
12 Oct 2017
The National -- An Emirates flight headed for Munich had to make an emergency stop in Kuwait on Tuesday, after a passenger died on board.
The airline confirmed in a statement that flight EK049 from Dubai to Munich was diverted to Kuwait International Airport due to a "medical emergency".
"The passenger received immediate medical attention upon landing, but unfortunately was pronounced dead by an emergency doctor on the ground," an Emirates spokesperson said.
The flight... Read More
Jail for flight attendant who blackmailed salesman on Instagram
11 Oct 2017
A female flight attendant was jailed for three months for threatening a man on Instagram, demanding that he pay her Dh365,000 or else she would post naked pictures of his wife with her boyfriend.
The Azerbaijani victim, a 35-year-old salesman, said he received a message from the 29-year-old Latvian woman on December 31 last year on his Instagram account in which she wrote that she had pictures of his wife naked with a man who is the defendant’s own former boyfriend.
“She wrote... Read More
Dubai’s Uber roll out Tesla cars on Tuesday
11 Oct 2017
Gulf News -- Uber, in cooperation with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai, offered residents the opportunity to book an all-electric car as of October 10.
Customers can access the service simply by downloading the ride-hailing Uber app, and selecting the UberOne option.
Customers will then be able to choose between the Model S or Model X, with a fee that...
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The world's first five-star bird’s nest opens in Kenya
11 Oct 2017
Clad Global -- A resort in one of Kenya’s most popular safari destinations is offering guests the chance to sleep under the stars in a human-scale ‘bird's nest’ above the treetops.
Guests at this bizarre suite might have to watch out for eagles swooping in and making them comfortable - because it resembles a giant bird's nest.
Constructed alongside a river teeming with wildlife, the Nay Palad Bird Nest provides a 360-degree bird’s eye-view of the surrounding wilderness –... Read More
Meet the UAE’s 5 richest men
10 Oct 2017
Khaleej Times -- Of the hundreds ranked in Forbes' annual list of the world's billionaires, five are from the United Arab Emirates. These five businessmen have a combined net worth of $27.3 billion (Dh100.3b), according to the list.
The list, which ranks the richest people every year, once again begins with Microsoft's Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett at the first and second spots, respectively. Gates has a net worth of $86 billion, while Buffett is close behind at $... Read More
Putin Is Filling the Middle East Power Vacuum
10 Oct 2017
Bloomberg, 3 October -- The Israelis and Turks, the Egyptians and Jordanians – they’re all beating a path to the Kremlin in the hope that Vladimir Putin, the new master of the Middle East, can secure their interests and fix their problems.
The latest in line is Saudi King Salman, who on Wednesday is due to become the first monarch of the oil-rich kingdom to visit Moscow. At the top of his agenda will be reining in Iran, a close Russian ally seen as a deadly foe by most Gulf Arab... Read More
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