ABU DHABI // Two major development projects will bring thousands of homes and jobs to an underdeveloped area on the outskirts of the capital. The Dh4 billion Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City is 90 per cent complete and will open later this year, while construction is under way on a Dh2.5bn...

DUBAI // Two luxury yachts worth more than US$4 million have been stolen from Dubai by a fugitive conman and used by criminals including human traffickers and gun runners. UK private investigators are trying to recover the yachts. They were used by Ultimate Charter for daytrips around Dubai...

Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi said the plan could resolve the UAE’s water shortage An Abu Dhabi firm has revealed plans to tow icebergs from Antarctica to the UAE in early 2018 to harvest for drinking water. Gulf News cited Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi, managing...

“There is a major logic in continuing the cut,” Suhail Al Mazrouei was quoted as saying OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers should extend their production cut agreement into the second half of the year, the UAE’s energy minister has been quoted as saying. Suhail Al Mazrouei stressed that...

Dubai Gourmet, a Meraas company, will launch its Boutique Hotel at the family lifestyle and heritage destination, Qasr Al Sultan, UAE in September. The hotel will also combine luxury and the natural elements of Dubai’s enchanting landscape, within12 spacious 100-sq-m Royal Villas designed to...

Dubai-based building company Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI) is owed millions of dollars in unpaid fees for work it has done in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, it is no surprise that after reporting a 2016 loss of 815.3 million UAE dirhams ($222 million) and launching a restructuring plan...

Abu Dhabi-based real estate developer Aldar Properties PJSC is expected to issue and award main construction tenders for four of its developments in the second half of this year, a company executive said. Aldar announced in March that it had completed a 3 billion UAE dirham ($816.8 million)...

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ABU DHABI // Taxi fares in the capital remain among the lowest of major cities of the world despite a price rise, the head of Abu Dhabi’s taxi regulator said on Monday. Mohammed Darwish Al Qamzi, general manager of Abu Dhabi Integrated Transport Centre (formerly called TransAd), said the...

The site only said it was acquired by a “large regional business” Dubai-based e-commerce platform JadoPado has been acquired by a “large regional business”, it confirmed on Monday. In a statement sent to its users, the site declined to disclose who it was acquired by and the...