The country’s residents will get a four-day break from December 1 to December 4; here are the rules to keep in mind The UAE has announced new Covid safety protocols for events to celebrate the country’s 50th National Day next month. The country’s residents will get a four-day break from We

Union Coop hypermarkets is giving away free vouchers as part of promotional campaign to mark UAE’s 50th anniversary. Residents who were born in 1971 will get the chance to enjoy free shopping in Dubai to mark the UAE’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. Union Coop, one of the largest hypermarket

Authority inks agreement in line with push to make 25 per cent of transportation in emirate driverless. The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) on Thursday inked an agreement with autonomous logistics company Evocargo to showcase and initiate trials of unmanned all-electric hydrogen veh

Chetan Bhagat, Chris Gardner, among stellar lineup of international, Arab writers The 40th annual Sharjah International Book Fair will bring the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, to the UAE, alongside screenwriters of the superhit Netflix series 'Money Heist'.

Guests will be able to ring up their favourite Looney Tunes characters for room service brought to them by Bugs Bunny himself. Warner Bros is opening its first hotel in the world. And its home will be none other than right here in the UAE. The WB Abu Dhabi hotel is all set to open

Public sector employees can look forward to a 3-day weekend. UAE authorities have confirmed that October 21 will be a holiday in honour of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) birthday. Public sector employees can look forward to a long weekend, as the Prophet's birthday falls on a Thursday.

Targeting civilian airport amounts to war crime, says coalition spokesperson Ten people were injured at an airport in Saudi Arabia in a Houthi drone attack on Friday evening. According to a Saudi Press Agency report, the terrorist Iran-backed militia deployed a bomb-laden drone to

Islamic scholar from Kerala honoured for humanitarian work Grand Mufti of India and Islamic scholar Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad has received the UAE’s Golden Visa for his humanitarian works. Sheikh Abubakr, the Sheikh Zayed International Peace Conference chairman, is an educationist, soci

Walk-in interviews will be held in Dubai on October 11. A leading UAE airline will recruit 500 customer service agents in the week through walk-in interviews in Dubai. Interested candidates should have over two-year experience in the customer service industry, a high school certifi

Visitors are also invited to board world’s largest passenger lift. For students who are exploring the Expo, a journey through space and time at the ‘Alif’ pavilion has been one of the most captivating. The three-winged Alif–The Mobility Pavilion takes its young visitors on a voyage

The shots can be taken six months after the second dose. Authorities in the UAE have approved the emergency use of booster shots of Pfizer-BioNTech and Sputnik vaccines for some residents. The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) also announced on Tuesday that it has started administering booster P

The general public has been reminded to adhere to all safety instructions issued by the police and other authorities These were among the several precautionary measures that the UAE authorities took to mitigate the impact of the storm. Emirati carriers Etihad and Emirates said the storm

Last month, Dubai’s Emirates airline also announced that it would recruit 3,500 employees over the next six months Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will host a major recruitment drive to hire up to 1,000 individuals with hospitality experience to join the airline’s cabin crew, as the aviation

The airline will begin flying to Johannesburg and Cape Town on Nov 25, and Zanzibar on Nov 26. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways on Thursday announced three new quarantine-free destinations for the winter season, which will take the number of destinations it'll be operating to at 70 across 47 co

The process took 16 days and 4,379 man-hours to complete. Dubai's flagship airline Emirates has just unveiled a flying invitation card for the Expo 2020. In a bold departure from the carrier's traditional white and gold paint scheme, the bright blue aircraft livery features large-scale g

The 72nd International Astronautical Congress will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from October 25 to 29. In just a month’s time, some of the world’s best minds in the space industry will be sharing their insights at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2021) in Dubai.

The Dubai Ruler will personally supervise implementation of the project. The Dubai Ruler has approved an integrated Emirati housing policy that he will supervise personally. A Dh65-billion budget has been allocated to the programme for the next 20 years. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Ra

Capital does away with pre-entry Covid-19 screening at border points Domestic and inter-Emirate tourism is expected to rise now that Abu Dhabi has done away with pre-entry Covid-19 testing at border entry points, experts in the travel sector have said. On Saturday, September 18, the Abu Dh