June 2017 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

June 17, 2017 no comments 1671
Animals including giraffes, rhino and wildebeest will call move to the Elebriddi wildlife protected area in Al Dhaid Sharjah has taken delivery of nearly 300 wild animals from Africa which will make their home at the Elebriddi wildlife protected area in Al Dhaid. The Environment and...

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Telecoms company Etisalat Nigeria is working with its lenders and Abu Dhabi state investment fund Mubadala , the second-largest shareholder in the business, to resolve debt woes it said were caused by a devaluation of the naira currency. Mubadala spokesman Brian Lott told Reuters on Friday...

June 17, 2017 no comments 1503
Emirates SkyCargo airlifts the Jannarelly Design-1 which is inspired by classic sports cars of the 1960s Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has transported the first car designed and built entirely in the UAE to France where it will be exhibited during the prestigious ‘24...

June 16, 2017 no comments 1502
AL AIN // Doctors in Al Ain have called for an increase in the number of cardiac surgery facilities in the city, with only one hospital currently offering the life-saving procedure. The privately-run NMC Specialty Hospital is equipped to carry out complex heart operations and the number of...

June 16, 2017 no comments 1651
Sylvester Stallone is set to make Abu Dhabi his home for an unspecified amount of time later this year when the Hollywood film veteran lands in the capital to film action thriller Ex-Baghdad . According to film sources, Stallone, who is best known as Rocky, will be joined by Jackie Chan,...

June 16, 2017 no comments 1662
The relaunched service will mark flydubai’s third location in Tanzania Low cost carrier flydubai has announced plans to begin flights to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and increase its flight frequency to Zanzibar due to increasing demand. The relaunched service will mark flydubai’s third...

June 16, 2017 no comments 1426
The UAE-based public joint-stock companies have disttibuted cash dividends worth around Dh28.5 billion ($7.75 billion) for the fiscal year 2016, said a repport, citing the Securities and Commodities Authority. Of the total amount, Dh27.9 billion are cash dividends, comprising 98.05 per...

June 16, 2017 no comments 1958
Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), the investment firm owned by billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, has acquired a 7.11 percent stake in Dubai-based ride hailing service Careem for $62 million, Reuters reported on Thursday. The KHC deal came about after United Arab...

June 15, 2017 no comments 1486
As the call to Maghrib prayers rang inside the temple, Muslims broke their fast over water, dates, Rooh Afza milkshake, and dal with naan, paneer and biryani. To demonstrate the spirit of tolerance and giving, a Sikh temple in Dubai gathered the Muslim community with different faiths over...

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DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre) and Alrosa, a Russian group of diamond mining companies, have agreed to enhance diamond trade cooperation. Alrosa president Sergey Ivanov discussed options for expanding Alrosa's trading activities at the Dubai Diamond Exchange, a DMCC entity, with Ahmed...

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