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Video: Abu Dhabi launches world’s first AI university

Located in Masdar City, the university will offer graduate level and PhD programmes

UAE issues advisory for citizens in Lebanon

Lebanon has been struggling to battle massive forest fires which erupted on Monday

Revealed: Dubai developer with the most project handovers in the last six months

Dubai Hills Estate is a “popular location” for investors and end-users, finds new report

UAE, Russia sign deals worth over $1.3bn during Putin’s visit

Vladimir Putin visited the UAE on Tuesday in his first official trip since 2007

Emirates launches new platform to deliver products from US to UAE

Emirates Delivers allows consumers to shop from multiple online retailers in the US and have the goods delivered in the UAE

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in the UAE

Investment deals worth around $1bn are expected to be signed during the visit

Video: American rapper will.i.am lends voice to new Dubai Expo 2020 campaign

Dubai Expo 2020 is preparing to open its doors a year from now

Jasper Hope leaves role as CEO of Dubai Opera

He has been in the role since the opening of Dubai Opera in 2016

Five minutes with… John Martin St. Valery, chairman, British Business Group in Dubai

The BBG is seeing greater interest in face-to-face interaction in Dubai

Dubai bank Mashreq appoints new chairman, CEO

Former CEO Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair has now been appointed chairman

Dubai’s DEWA gets record low bid to build solar-power plant

The contractor bid 1.7 cents per kilowatt-hour for the photovoltaic plant at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park

Sir Tim Clark Emirates Airlines

Dubai’s Emirates warns US-EU jet-tariff war will drive up travel costs

A tit-for-tat imposition of import duties on Boeing and Airbus planes would ultimately increase the cost of planes and ticket prices

New Abu Dhabi toll gates will only charge motorists from January 1, 2020

The four toll gates will be become operational from October 15

Air India flight to Dubai diverted after technical glitch

Flight 993, travelling from Bangalore via Goa to Dubai, was forced to land in the Muscat International Airport on Saturday

Watch: Nathan’s Famous aims to beef up Dubai hot dog market

The iconic American hot dog restaurant chain hopes to become the mustard on top of an already loaded sector

Russian President Vladimir Putin coming to the UAE on Tuesday

The Russian leader will be in the UAE on an official state visit, how second since 2007

Dubai’s DEWA awards Dhs981m construction contract for new headquarters

Al Shera’a will be the “tallest, largest, and smartest” government zero energy building in the world, according to DEWA

Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri returns to UAE after historic space visit

Al Mansoori became the first Arab to visit the International Space Station (ISS)

Who is affordable housing affordable for in Dubai?

The pool of middle and lower-income buyers is much larger and should therefore be the focus for developers in Dubai

The rise of sports tourism in the Middle East

A number of high-profile sporting events in the region could just be the beginning for a booming industry

First Emirati astronaut to return to the UAE on Saturday

The first Arab to reach the ISS, Al Mansoori spent eight days at the station

One of Abu Dhabi’s toll gates to be moved

The Mussaffah toll gate will be moved to ensure that motorists don’t avoid it

Etihad Rail awards billions in new contracts

New Dhs1.6bn ($440m) contract for systems and integration work for second phase of construction of the UAE’s rail network

Plans unveiled in Dubai for world’s ‘first floating police station’

The new smart police station will be based at the World Islands

Mega book sale Big Bad Wolf opens in Dubai

The 10-day book sale will offer discounts ranging from 50 per cent to 80 per cent

Old gets (fashionably) new: how Jonathan Marc Stein plans to bring old-school glam to Arab Fashion Week

The Los Angeles-based designer is one of several rising international stars showing at this year’s Arab Fashion Week

Watch: UAE workers struggling with stress – Cigna survey

A new survey says long working hours and wellness programmes that don’t address mental and emotional wellbeing are serious concerns for workers in the UAE

Dubai Metro services back to normal after disruptions due to technical glitch

Services were temporarily halted in five stations on the Red Line

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to deploy Dreamliner on Beirut route after travel ban lifted

The UAE lifted the travel ban to Lebanon for its citizens earlier this week

UAE remains ‘most competitive’ economy in Arab region – WEF report

The UAE has moved up the rankings by two spots and ranks 25th worldwide