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Dubai Police uses AI to secure Expo 2020 site

Officials reviewed the security measures for all the upcoming events to be held across the venue

Video, pics: Inside Expo 2020 Dubai’s only onsite hotel

Located adjacent to Al Wasl Plaza, Rove Expo 2020 features 331 rooms and suites

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Etihad offering flat 50% off on all tickets booked at pop up in Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates

The discount is applicable across all classes at the pop up located on the lower ground floor of the mall from September 16-23

Dubai’s Emirates suspends Nigeria flights until September 30

Customers who have been to or connected through Nigeria in the last 14 days will not be permitted on any Emirates flights bound for Dubai

Emirates jobs

Emirates recruiting 3,000 cabin crew as part of expansion drive at Dubai hub

It also plans to hire 500 airport services employees for its UAE operations

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Xiaomi lights Dubai Frame; introduces three new smartphones

Xiaomi 11T Pro is its first smartphone to be released internationally with its 120W hypercharge technology which allows for a full charge in just 17 minutes

Wasl hospitality

Wasl to open four new hotels in Dubai

Wasl hospitality and leisure has a portfolio of 6,885 hotel rooms

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Emirates resumes scheduled services between Dubai and Philippines

The airline will also operate special “Bayanihan” passenger flights to Manila this month

Dubai’s Emirates to introduce daily A380 service to Istanbul next month

The carrier is the world’s largest operator of A380s, with 118 currently in its fleet

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Lulu to open 1MWp solar carport at its hypermarket in Dubai’s Silicon Oasis

The solar carport covers an area of 7,209 sqm and will produce 1.7 GWh of clean energy annually, offsetting more than 1,205 metric tons of carbon emission

Dubai’s Aramex in discussions to acquire Turkey’s MNG Kargo

Discussions are still in the early stages

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Spain’s Iker Casillas to open goalkeeper training centre in Dubai

Fursan Hispania will scout for the best goalkeeping talent from the region, and recommend them for a full-boarding programme at the Iker Casillas Academy in Madrid

Dubai’s DIFC records 59% increase in new company registrations in H1 2021

A total of 492 new companies joined the financial centre in the first half of the year

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University of Birmingham, Siemens to create smartest campus in the world

The University’s Edgbaston and Dubai campuses to be a Living Lab where research, teaching, and learning can take place

Dubai’s Emirates ramps up operations to South Africa

The airline will also restore its strategic South African Airways partnership from the end of September

How Dubai’s The Box is disrupting the local self-storage market

The Box recently opened a sprawling state-of-the-art facility in Dubai’s JLT

Dubai records property sales transactions worth Dhs14.97bn in Aug 2021

A total of 55 per cent of all transactions were for secondary/ready properties, while 45 per cent were for off-plan properties

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Dubai ranks fifth globally in the International Shipping Centre Development Index

The top four destinations include Singapore, London, Shanghai and Hong Kong

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Microsoft-Accenture JV Avanade launches presence in the UAE

Adriano Neves to lead Avanade’s business in the region

Carrefour opens new AI-powered checkout-free store in Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates

The store – the first such Carrefour worldwide, has 97 cameras in-store to identify products, improve inventory management and track the movements of customers

Merger of Emaar Properties and Emaar Malls receives final nod

The merger is expected to complete before the end of this year

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Emirates handled 1.2 million customers in Dubai across July-August

Last year, the airline handled roughly 402,000 passengers in Dubai over the same period

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Dubai FDI supports expansion by Amazon Web Services in UAE

The new AWS Middle East (UAE) region will have three availability zones

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Expo 2020 Dubai to offer curated programmes with free entry to all UAE school students

The four programmes will take place across the Expo’s three Thematic Districts — Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability

Spotlight on Sharjah: Investing in sustainable cities is the way forward

Initiatives by the Sharjah government to increase economic activity as well as developing the city as a hub for culture and tourism, have truly boosted demand for upscale property

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Dubai-based corporate services company accepts cryptocurrency payments

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin are among the four major cryptocurrencies accepted by SFM

Pfizer vaccine

Covid-19: Dubai’s DHA to offer third dose of Pfizer vaccine for certain categories

Fully-vaccinated individuals who do not have an immune disease do not need to take a third dose of the vaccine, the DHA stressed

UAE’s KhalifaSat takes image of Expo 2020 site from space

The six-month long mega event is set to begin a month later, on October 1, 2021

Dubai’s Emirates to receive final A380 in November this year

The deliveries will bring Emirates’ total fleet of A380s to 118 units

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UAE-based Selfdrive launches mobility app to redefine on-demand car rentals

The all-in-one mobility app uses machine learning and artificial intelligence technology to match customer profile with the cars they would like to drive now and, in the future