Appetite for larger homes rise in Dubai, in step with global trend Dubai’s residential property market is witnessing a huge fillip despite supply concerns and negative population growth thanks to home buyers flocking to larger villas and apartments during the pandemic. "The...

State-owned firm posts first loss in 30 years Emirates Group, the operator of Emirates airline, has slashed its total workforce by more than a third in a series of job cuts due to lack of demand in air travel that was triggered by COVID-19, the company said on Tuesday. "For the...

Transport, storage and communications sectors played a key role in ensuring sustainable food supply chain movements in times of crisis ABU DHABI: The UAE transport, storage, communications construction and real estate sectors received AED44.1 billion in credit facilities in 2020,...

DEWA will commission the world's tallest CSP tower in September 2021 DUBAI - Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has announced that the authority will add 600 megawatts (MW) of clean energy capacity using photovoltaic solar panels and...

Flyers from UK will now need to quarantine upon arrival Abu Dhabi has removed the UK from its green list, meaning travellers arriving will need to quarantine under COVID-19 prevention measures. The UK was on the travel list issued by Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism...

Indian and Pakistani expatriates, hit by travel restrictions, are hopeful that the UAE flights will resume soon as coronavirus cases are declining in their respective countries. The inbound UAE flights have been suspended for travellers from India and Pakistan as part of the COVID-19...

Dubai Parks and Resorts operator confirms completion of mandatory acquisition State-backed Meraas Leisure and Entertainment now holds all the shares of Dubai theme parks operator DXB Entertainments (DXBE), according to a bourse filing. The minority shareholders of the company,...

Project includes constructing 226 pedestrian paths and 857 dropped kerbs, creating paths for people of determination at 1053 points DUBAI - Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has endorsed a project for integrated transport and flexible mobility around 9 Expo 2020 bus stations....

Exports grew 25% to $13.7bln, representing a volume of 5 million tonnes, a rise of 20% DUBAI - Dubai’s economy has proved its resilience and ability to recover quickly from the global repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic by achieving high levels of external non-oil trade growth in Q1...

The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced on Friday that it conducted 225,651 additional COVID19 tests and detected 2,281 new coronavirus cases. The new cases bring the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 593,894. The infected individuals are from various...