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Private plane from Sharjah to Turkey crashes with 11 people onboard
12 Mar 2018
The National -- A private plane flying from Sharjah to Istanbul carrying a group of young women crashed in Iran on Sunday night during a heavy rain, killing all 11 people on board.
The plane was owned by Başaran Holding and was widely reported to have been carrying the group's heir Mina Başaran, who had been in Dubai with friends to celebrate her bachelorette party.
The Bombardier Challenger C600 series was carrying eight passengers and three crew members who died on impact,... Read More
Dubai’s realty a top attraction for foreign investments
12 Mar 2018
Dubai is among the world’s top cities for foreign investments in real estate, according to a new update from the consultancy JLL. This has gone hand-in-hand with improvements made in making real estate specific regulations more transparent. The scale of the inward investments has not been provided.
Dubai and Abu Dhabi are classified as “hybrid cities” in JLL’s latest rankings, released Sunday. Hybrid cities are defined as mid-sized “compete in specialised markets, which benefit from... Read More
Slava Zaitsev spent his last fashion show (Video)
12 Mar 2018
Display of a collection autumn-winter 2018-2019 took place in the framework of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Russia (MBFWR) and was timed to the 80th anniversary of the Museum. He combined it with a special retrospective show.
According to the designer, he’s not going to retire, but to hold seasonal shows will be no more.
Slava (Vyacheslav) Zaitsev – Russian fashion designer, born in the city of Ivanovo, a graduate of Moscow textile Institute. Sketches of the first collection... Read More
Car number plate W22 sold for Dh2.62m at Dubai auction
11 Mar 2018
Gulf News -- Double digit numbers W22 and T32 went for a combined price of Dh4.3 million at the Roads and Transport Authority’s 98th number plates auction on Saturday.
Among the 80 special number plates up for grabs W22 attracted the highest bid of Dh2.62 million, followed by T32, which for Dh1.68 million.
Apart from the two double digit numbers, attractive three, four and five digit plates were also on offer.
The first to break the Dh500,000 barrier was three digit... Read More
Tunnelling for Route 2020 metro extension 50 per cent complete
11 Mar 2018
The National -- Excavation for a subway tunnel, a vital section of the Route 2020 metro project, is now 50 per cent complete, Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority said on Saturday.
Construction for the 3.2km tunnel between Discovery Gardens and Green Community began five months ago and will form part of a 15 kilometre extension of the Dubai Metro to the Expo 2020 site.
During his inspection tour of the project on Saturday, Mattar Al Tayer, director general and chairman of the... Read More
Illegal 'white' cigarettes make up a third of UAE's sales
11 Mar 2018
The National -- The Tobacco Atlas report of 2018 has warned of the growth of markets supporting illicit ‘white’ cigarettes claiming a third of manufacturers are operating from free trade zones.
Cheap whites, or illicit whites, are products made legally in a factory with the approval of an overseas licensing authority, but may fall short of product standards in the country where they are ultimately sold.
“It is estimated that 98 per cent of illicit cigarettes traded globally are... Read More
Tom Cruise skydiving over Abu Dhabi desert for “Mission Impossible 6” (Video)
08 Mar 2018
Tom Cruise looks to be getting a bird’s eye view of the UAE desert, judging by the latest shot from the Abu Dhabi shoot for Mission Impossible 6 the actor has placed on his Instagram.
The shot, posted in the early hours of this morning, shows presumably Cruise himself – the actor is renowned for performing his own stunts – leaping from the back of an aeroplane high above the dunes and is captioned “Dropping in. Summer ’18. #MissionImpossibleFallout”.
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Barbie releases new dolls to mark International Women's Day
08 Mar 2018
Associated Press -- A trailblazing film director. A snowboarding champion. A pioneering mathematician for Nasa. An iconic artist. Barbie is marking International Women's Day by honouring some of the inspiring women of the present and the past.
The brand announced on Tuesday — a day before International Women's day — that it has chosen 17 modern-day and historic role models to honour with a doll in their likeness.
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World's top 10 richest for 2018 revealed as seven from UAE make billionaires list
08 Mar 2018
The National -- Amazon founder and chief Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who slipped to second place, according to Forbes magazine's new annual billionaires list.
US President Donald Trump's ranking on the list fell to 766th place from 544th in the last edition, his wealth now being estimated at $3.1 billion, $400 million less than a year ago.
The list of billionaires included seven from the UAE:
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US aircraft carrier takes a break in Dubai from anti-terror operations
07 Mar 2018
The National -- The USS Theodore Roosevelt is known as the ‘Big Stick’ by many who serve on board the 332-metre aircraft carrier, and it’s easy to see why as it lies in Jebel Ali Port on a brief Dubai stopover.
Described as “an implement of power” and towering 20 storeys above the waterline, the ship is loaded with more than 70 fighter planes and helicopters primed and ready for conflict.
The giant vessel has been a menace patrolling the Arabian Gulf in support of anti-terror... Read More
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