Etihad Airways and celebrated British designer Julien Macdonald OBE hosted an intimate celebration of fashion last night at the UAE national airline’s state-of-the-art Innovation Training Academy in Abu Dhabi. Etihad Airways is a sponsor of 17 annual Fashion Weeks around the world, in partnership with WME | IMG.
The exclusive event, which showcased some of Julien Macdonald’s creations, was also attended by renowned stylist Karl Plewka, fashion and lifestyle media, up-and-coming... Read More
Emirates will celebrate a milestone in aviation history when it welcomes the delivery of its 100th A380 aircraft later this year. For a limited time only, Bahraini travellers can join in the celebration with special fares to South East Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and North America.
Bookings have to be made from 12 September to 21 September 2017, for travel between 15 September and 7 December 2017. Terms and conditions apply.
Celebratory A380 fares to popular destinations... Read More
Gulf Today -- The Latvian stewardess, 29, misused Instagram to threaten the Azerbaijani salesman, 35, that she would tarnish his honour unless he paid $100, 000 to receive the photos from her, the Bur Dubai Police Station learnt.
He paid $10, 000 (Dhs36, 700) for a batch, prosecutors said and demanded the Criminal Court to hand her the toughest punishment. She denied. Her lawyer presented a defence memo. The ruling will be on Oct.10.
An Emirati lieutenant said that upon arrest... Read More
WAM -- The UAE has secured significant strides in areas of Artificial Intelligence, AI, with the country's investments growing by 70 percent over the past three years, and projected to hit AED33 billion by the end of this year, according to economic analysts.
The figures drive home the fact that UAE is ready to embrace AI technologies, managing in a few years to be a role model for adopting state-of-the-art technologies across all economic sectors.
Artificial Intelligence today... Read More
The National -- Hundreds of thousands of pupils returned to school on Sunday to begin the 2017-2018 academic year.
The new school year started early for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, who each began tours of schools across Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid's first stop was Al Maktoum Primary School for Boys where he interacted... Read More
WAM -- The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has proposed the creation of a forum comprising 15 advanced countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC, fashioned after the G-20 format.
"I think we need to create a forum, like G-20, an informal group for the development of science and economy in the Islamic world. From the advanced 15 states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, we could create an OIC-15. Because the development of science and technology... Read More
Dubai Food Park (DFP), the region’s largest specialized zone dedicated to serving the rapidly growing food sector, today signed an AED1.35 billion investment agreement with Ningxia Forward Fund Management Company to build a world-class China-UAE Food Industrial cluster in Dubai. The strategic agreement will significantly consolidate China’s stake in the burgeoning Middle East food industry and further expand bilateral relations.
The agreement was signed by Abdulla Belhoul, Chief... Read More
WAM -- Abu Dhabi University (ADU), achieved a new academic milestone by entering the ranks of the world's "Top 150 under 50" of the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings for 2018.
Internationally recognized for quality education and applied research, ADU also placed 16th among best private universities in the world, adding to the young institutions’ repertoire of accolades, which is especially significant considering that ADU was only established 15 years ago... Read More
WAM -- The Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, ADNEC, will take part in the Defence and Security Equipment International, DSEI, 2017 exhibition, which will be held from 12th to 15th September at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre in the UK, and promote its defence exhibitions and the UAE’s defence industry.
Under the umbrella of the UAE Pavilion, ADNEC will highlight the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX, 2019, the Naval Defence Exhibition and Conference,... Read More
WAM -- Khalid Jassim Al Midfa, Chairman of the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, SCTDA, stressed that the emirate now occupies an advanced stature among the world’s leading, creative and exceptional major cities.
Al Midfa explained that Sharjah now provides a comfortable living that combines modernity and tradition in a safe environment to its citizens, residents, tourists and visitors while the city is home to many people from various nationalities and is a favoured... Read More