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"UAE is not just built by Emiratis; it is built by the world; everything is invested by the world for the world": Omar Al Olama at IGF ME&A 2024
4 weeks ago

"UAE is not just built by Emiratis; it is built by the world; everything is invested by the world for the world": Omar Al Olama at IGF ME&A 2024

Live Mint  

PRNewswire Dubai, November 26: IGF Middle East and Africa 2024 kicks off with H.E. * India Global Forum Middle East and Africa 2024 kicks off in Dubai * Business leaders, policymakers, and celebrities converge at inaugural IGF Forum session * Manoj Ladwa, IGF Founder & Chairman, pays special tribute to late Ratan Tata, says his vision has inspired his work …

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New bond adds vibrancy to China-UAE friendship
5 months ago

New bond adds vibrancy to China-UAE friendship

China Daily  

UAE dancers perform the traditional Al-Razfa dance with bamboo canes in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Saturday. The boy was among Chinese tourists taking pictures with UAE performers showcasing the traditional Al-Razfa dance, a popular art featuring about 20 performers clad in white robes, brandishing delicate bamboo canes and replica rifles, moving in sync to the rhythmic beat of drums. "Qingdao, …

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New bond adds vibrancy to China-UAE friendship
5 months ago

New bond adds vibrancy to China-UAE friendship

China Daily  

By CUI HAIPEI and PAN JIE in Qingdao, Shandong | China Daily | Updated: 2024-07-22 09:30 UAE dancers perform the traditional Al-Razfa dance with bamboo canes in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Saturday. The boy was among Chinese tourists taking pictures with UAE performers showcasing the traditional Al-Razfa dance, a popular art featuring about 20 performers clad in white robes, brandishing …

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New bond adds vibrancy to China-UAE friendship
5 months ago

New bond adds vibrancy to China-UAE friendship

China Daily  

UAE dancers perform the traditional Al-Razfa dance with bamboo canes in Qingdao, Shandong province, on July 20. The boy was among Chinese tourists taking pictures with UAE performers showcasing the traditional Al-Razfa dance, a popular art featuring about 20 performers clad in white robes, brandishing delicate bamboo canes and replica rifles, moving in sync to the rhythmic beat of drums. …

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UAE sentences 43 Emiratis to life for ‘terror’ links in mass trial
5 months, 1 week ago

UAE sentences 43 Emiratis to life for ‘terror’ links in mass trial

The Hindu  

A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to 43 Emiratis for "terrorist" links, state media said July 10, after a mass trial heavily criticised by U.N. experts and rights groups. The Abu Dhabi court "sentenced 43 defendants to life imprisonment for the crime of creating, establishing, and managing a terrorist organisation" linked to the outlawed Muslim …

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Street Food Vendor, Dressed In Kandura, Serves Sharbat. Internet Debates If He Disrespected Attire
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Street Food Vendor, Dressed In Kandura, Serves Sharbat. Internet Debates If He Disrespected Attire

News 18  

Whether or not you should wear traditional clothes in a non-traditional setting is a sensitive subject. A video of a street food vendor wearing a kandura and serving customers has gone viral. The undated video was first shared by an Indian food blogging account and later picked by “Lovin Dubai” an Instagram account dedicated to Dubai. Brother looks handsome in …

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What it means for an oil producing country, the UAE, to host U.N. climate talks
1 year ago

What it means for an oil producing country, the UAE, to host U.N. climate talks

NPR  

What it means for an oil producing country, the UAE, to host U.N. climate talks toggle caption Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — World leaders, climate activists, scientists, business executives and a slew of lobbyists are in Dubai for the annual United Nations climate negotiations. toggle caption Sean Gallup/Getty Images Climate talks focused on fossil fuels, …

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Moon, Mars and beyond: the UAE makes an ambitious foray into space
1 year, 5 months ago

Moon, Mars and beyond: the UAE makes an ambitious foray into space

The Hindu  

This year for Id al Adha or Bakrid, residents of the United Arab Emirates received greetings in Arabic from a well-wisher in outer space — astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, who is on a six-month long mission to the International Space Station. Clad in a kandura, just as he had done for Id al Fitr over a month ago, Mr. Al …

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Russia sells weapons at Abu Dhabi arms fair amid Ukraine war
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia sells weapons at Abu Dhabi arms fair amid Ukraine war

Associated Press  

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Russia offered weapons for sale Monday at a biennial arms fair in the United Arab Emirates, ranging from Kalashnikov assault rifles to missile systems — despite facing sanctions from the West over its war on Ukraine. To reach Russia’s exhibition tent, those attending the fair had to leave Abu Dhabi’s cavernous National Exhibition Center …

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High gas prices in United Arab Emirates stand out where cheap fuel was the norm
2 years, 5 months ago

High gas prices in United Arab Emirates stand out where cheap fuel was the norm

Firstpost  

The unprecedented fuel cost in the UAE remains below the grim records reached in the United States and Britain as the war in Ukraine unleashes the biggest commodity shock in decades Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Mere years ago, fuel was cheaper than bottled water in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. Fuel prices in the major OPEC producer, set in line …

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High UAE gas prices stand out where cheap fuel was the norm
2 years, 5 months ago

High UAE gas prices stand out where cheap fuel was the norm

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Mere years ago, fuel was cheaper than bottled water in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. “Its policy focus remains firmly on reforms.” At about $1.23 a liter, or $4.66 a gallon after July’s price rise, the unprecedented fuel cost in the UAE remains below the grim records reached in the United States and Britain as …

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United Arab Emirates bans Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ from showing
2 years, 6 months ago

United Arab Emirates bans Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ from showing

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates on Monday banned the upcoming Pixar animated feature “Lightyear” from showing in movie theaters after its inclusion of a kiss between two lesbian characters. The film “is not licensed for public screening in all cinemas in the UAE, due to its violation of the country’s media content standards,” the office said …

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How will UAE respond to Houthi attacks?
2 years, 10 months ago

How will UAE respond to Houthi attacks?

Al Jazeera  

Offensive against the Houthis marks a shift in the UAE’s strategy, which had focused on consolidating power of groups it supports in southern Yemen. I went to my bed shaking, I couldn’t sleep that night.” The air raids, carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, have been a recurring theme in Sanaa, along with other areas controlled by the Houthi rebels, …

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Hope springs eternal in the Year of the Tiger
2 years, 10 months ago

Hope springs eternal in the Year of the Tiger

China Daily  

As Spring Festival draws near, workers at an industrial park in Yangzhao village of Jishan county, Shanxi province, are busy making red lanterns. Today, the Chinese Lunar New Year remains the country's most important traditional holiday and a resolute symbol of China's 5,000 years of history. Our comprehensive strategic partnership fostered ever closer medical coordination over the past two years, …

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Biden considers restoring terror listing of Yemen’s Houthis
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden considers restoring terror listing of Yemen’s Houthis

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says the U.S. is considering restoring its designation of Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist group. Biden said Wednesday returning the terrorist designation was “under consideration.” His defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, expressed solidarity for the UAE’s security in a conversation earlier Wednesday with Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Zayed. The UAE was a member of …

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What is behind the Houthi attacks in the UAE?
2 years, 11 months ago

What is behind the Houthi attacks in the UAE?

Al Jazeera  

The UAE, a member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels, has largely avoided the Houthi firing line until now. The UAE – which has been a member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis, and officially backing Yemen’s government, since March 2015 – has largely avoided the Houthi firing line. The STC has instead directly clashed with the Yemeni …

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UAE pledges to retaliate after three killed in Houthi attacks
2 years, 11 months ago

UAE pledges to retaliate after three killed in Houthi attacks

Al Jazeera  

Emirati officials condemn Houthi attacks in Abu Dhabi as ‘heinous crimes’, US says it will hold the group accountable. Meanwhile, Yahya Saree, the military spokesman of the Houthis said the group had “carried out … a successful military operation” against “important and sensitive Emirati sites and installations” using both ballistic missiles and drones. “We condemn the Houthi terrorist militia’s targeting …

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UAE suspends talks on $23B weapons deal with US
3 years ago

UAE suspends talks on $23B weapons deal with US

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday suspended talks on a $23 billion deal to purchase American-made F-35 planes, armed drones and other equipment, in a rare dispute between Washington and a key U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf. “The U.S. remains the UAE’s preferred provider for advanced defense requirements and discussions for the F-35 may be re-opened in …

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Blinken says US still prepared to sell jet fighters to UAE
3 years ago

Blinken says US still prepared to sell jet fighters to UAE

Al Jazeera  

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was still prepared to sell F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates. “The US remains the UAE’s preferred provider for advanced defense requirements and discussions for the F-35 may be re-opened in the future,” the embassy said on. A UAE official also told the Reuters news agency in a statement …

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American official: US ‘fully committed’ to F-35 sale to UAE
3 years, 1 month ago

American official: US ‘fully committed’ to F-35 sale to UAE

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. remains “fully committed” to a proposed sale of advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates, despite the Biden administration slowing down the deal, a senior American official overseeing arms exports said Tuesday. Mira Resnick, a deputy U.S. assistant secretary of state in the Biden administration, also told The Associated Press …

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With Eye on Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Middle East Players are Reshuffling Their Cards
3 years, 3 months ago

With Eye on Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Middle East Players are Reshuffling Their Cards

News 18  

The geopolitical deck of cards in the Middle East is being shuffled once again. Sheikh Tahnoun’s visit to Ankara was the first high-level contact between UAE and Turkey since April 2016 when Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu visited Abu Dhabi in an unsuccessful attempt to build bridges. The two countries had found themselves on opposite sides of the ‘Arab Spring’, with Turkey …

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Israelis, Emiratis meet in Dubai to discuss investments
3 years, 6 months ago

Israelis, Emiratis meet in Dubai to discuss investments

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — At the luxurious Armani hotel inside the world’s tallest skyscraper in Dubai, Israelis in kippas and Emiratis in long white robes and kanduras gathered Wednesday to discuss investment opportunities. Since the UAE and Israel formalized ties in September, tens of thousands of Israeli tourists have come to the UAE — mostly to Dubai or in …

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Biden hopes ‘violence will end sooner than later’
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden hopes ‘violence will end sooner than later’

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Israel has a right to defend itself but after speaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he hopes violent clashes with Palestinians will end quickly. “My expectation and hope is that this will be closing down sooner than later, but Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets …

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UAE partners with Japan's iSpace to send rover to Moon in 2022
3 years, 8 months ago

UAE partners with Japan's iSpace to send rover to Moon in 2022

India Today  

Lunar exploration company iSpace will transport a United Arab Emirates rover to the moon in 2022, the company said on Wednesday, as the UAE pushes for rapid expansion in the space exploration business to diversify its economy. Japanese company iSpace, founded in 2010, aims to provide commercial transportation to the moon with a wider mission to ultimately incorporate the moon …

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