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The Ministry of Health and Prevention (Mohap) has signed an agreement with Dubai South to allow the country’s pharmaceutical companies to establish in developing Dubai South free zone as the sector seeks to participate in the post-oil era economic development. Read more
A British man who visited the UAE in July has been sentenced to three months in jail and fined $554.5 for abusing a policeman and an Emirates staff at the Dubai airport. The 37-year old, after drinking for hours before Read more
Emirates’s catering service, Emirates Flight Catering (EFC), and Dubai South have agreed to build the world’s largest vertical farm for an investment put $40 million. The vertical farm per the collaboration agreement, will cover 130,000 square feet for a total Read more
A UK town has withdrawn an award to Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the Dubai ruler, after residents of the small town opposed the award citing poor human rights in the Gulf country. Newmarket, in the county of Suffolk, has been Read more
UAE’s top two airlines have mocked reports indicating that the two firms are in talks for Emirates take over its Abu-Dhabi-based rival Etihad Airways in a move to form the world’s largest airline. A Bloomberg report citing sources, claiming to Read more
Japan’s giant of resin piping material for valves, pipes, and fittings, Asahi Organic Chemicals Industry Co., Ltd Wednesday launched its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) office in Dubai in line with its overseas expansion, Trade Arabia reports. The office Read more
Foreign workers aged 55 could stay longer in the Gulf country on three conditions including owning property worth AED2 million ($545,000), the federal government announced Sunday. The new law was adopted at a cabinet meeting chaired by Dubai ruler and Read more
Giant hotel group AccorHotel has appointed Mark Willis to head its Dubai-based office overseeing the Middle East and Africa region. The appointee will be responsible for overseeing a combined network of hotels in the two regions, around 400 hotels; some Read more
Dubai-based tabloid Xpress will disappear from newsstands from September 1 as the weekly, published by Gulf News, will issue its last edition this Thursday. The media owned by Al Nisr Group and published by Gulf News said the decision has Read more
Emirati authorities Monday dismissed reports of a drone attack on Dubai airport by Yemeni Houthi rebels fighting the international coalition shoring up the regime of President Mansour Hadi in Yemen. The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) debunked claims by the Read more