Dubai roads, airport reel from floods after record rains
Power outages were reported around Dubai, which was dotted with flooded areas and submerged and abandoned cars. One road tunnel...
UAE to build 3 desalination plants to supply Gaza with water
Abu Dhabi, UAE - The UAE is building three desalination plants in Rafah to supply Gaza with water as part...
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UAE ranks first in Arab world, 11th globally in Global Knowledge Index
Qatar was at the 38th place, Saudi Arabia at 40, Kuwait (48), Oman (52), and Bahrain (55) in the Global...
- Other GCC countries -- including Qatar , Saudi Arabia, Kuwait , Oman and Bahrain -- also figured prominently in the index
- Switzerland ranks first globally, followed by Sweden, the US, Finland and the Netherlands
Business
Oman sees hospitality industry revenue fall 3.5%
The National Centre for Statistics and Information says domestic guest have supported the Oman's hotels.
- Domestic guests constituted the highest percentage of visitors in hotel industry of Oman
- The occupancy rate of hotels in Oman rose by 36.3 percent
Economy
IMF says Omicron could slow global growth
According to the economists, Omicron's threat to economy will likely be less severe than the previous waves.
- The emergence of omicron led to a major crash in the global stock and oil markets in late November
- WHO highlighted the issue of inequitable distribution of vaccines on several occasions
Cyclone Shaheen kills four in Oman; UAE, Saudi on alert
Tropical Cyclone Shaheen bore down on Oman on Sunday, killing at least three people, and authorities urged residents to evacuate...
- The United Arab Emirates also warned those on its eastern reaches to be prepared for the storm
- A child who had been swept away by water was found dead, the state news agency said
Business
Proof of Covid-19 vaccination, PCR test needed to enter Expo Dubai
Expo 2020 visitors will need a coronavirus vaccination or a negative PCR test to enter, organisers in Dubai has said....
- PCR tests will be free for ticket-holders with a 'network' of testing centres available across the city
- The Expo site will have mandatory masks, two-metre social distancing rules and sanitisation stations
Business
12 die in Saudi Arabia from Covid as infection lingers
Twelve people have died in Saudi Arabia from COVID-19, taking the total count of people having succumbed to the disease...
- The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom has increased to 503,827
- A total of 8,212 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far
Saudi officials seize a big load of drugs at border with Jordan
A consignment of two million illegal pills was seized by the Saudi authorities along the kingdom’s border with Jordan. The...
Biden, Kadhemi meeting to focus on US troop withdrawal from Iraq
The White House talks between the two allies come just a week after a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic...
4 charged with plot to kidnap New York-based Iranian journalist
Four Iranian nationals were indicted Tuesday on charges of plotting to abduct a journalist in New York, the Justice Department...
Qatar takes key step to control own airspace
Qatar said on Tuesday that it has been given a preliminary green light by a UN body on a proposal...
Dubai roads, airport reel from floods after record rains
Power outages were reported around Dubai, which was dotted with flooded areas and submerged and abandoned cars. One road tunnel...
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Musk kicks Kanye West off Twitter for ‘incitement to violence’Â
West has made a series of anti-Semitic comments recently, as the one-time titan of fashion and music appears to have...
- Just clarifying that his account is being suspended for incitement to violence, not an unflattering pic of me, Musk said in response to West's tweet.
- West had shared a picture of a shirtless Musk getting sprayed with water, captioned: "Let's always remember this as my final tweet."
10 killed in Aleppo building collapse: Syria state media
The five-story building collapsed in the Ferdaws neighbourhood of Aleppo. Civil defence and local authorities evacuated residents from nearby buildings...
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said the collapsed building was located in a neighbourhood "previously bombed with barrel bombs and missiles."
- The conflict in Syria that broke out in 2011 has killed nearly half a million people and forced around half of the country's pre-war population from their homes
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Sudanese journalists form union to safeguard press freedom
The journalists' syndicate held elections on Saturday, the first since ousted president Omar al-Bashir dissolved independent unions after rising to...
- Saturday's ballot named as head of the syndicate Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali, a correspondent for Agence France-Presse in Khartoum said.
- Reporters Without Borders, which ranked Sudan 151 out of 180 countries in its 2022 World Press Freedom Index, welcomed the "positive step".