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  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by spacepopper
    +43 +1

    Trump's sons Eric and Donald Jr. open golf club in Dubai

    Two of U.S. President Donald Trump's sons ceremonially opened a Trump-branded golf club in Dubai on Saturday, meeting privately with Emirati elites as questions remain about how separated their father is from the empire bearing his name. Eric and Donald Trump Jr., who now lead the Trump Organization, watched as fireworks lit the sky over the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, on the outskirts of the city-state home to the world's tallest building and other architectural marvels.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by drunkenninja
    +43 +1

    The world's first rotating skyscraper will let residents spin their apartments

    The world’s first rotating skyscraper is set to be built in Dubai by 2020. The Dynamic Tower Hotel has been planned since 2008, having been proposed by Israeli-Italian architect David Fisher. It will stand at 1,375 feet tall, with each of its 80 storeys capable of rotating individually around a concrete core, offering 360-degree views of Dubai.  Residents will be able to control rotation speeds and stop their apartment from spinning with voice commands.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by ubthejudge
    +21 +1

    Dubai is buying 200 Tesla vehicles as part of its ambitious self-driving taxi plan

    Dubai is buying 200 Tesla vehicles as it looks to become a leader in the self-driving-car space. Tesla will supply 200 Model S and Model X vehicles to the Dubai Taxi Corporation's fleet, according to The National, a UAE-owned, English-language newspaper. Tesla CEO Elon Musk inked the deal with the Roads and Transport Authority at the World Government Summit in Dubai on Monday.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by robmonk
    +1 +1

    Bahrain executes three Shiites over police killings

    Bahrain on Sunday executed three men found guilty of killing three policemen, in a move likely to further raise tensions between the country's Shiite majority and its Sunni rulers. The three Shiite men faced the firing squad, six days after a court upheld their death sentences over a bomb attack in March 2014, the prosecutor's office said in a statement carried by BNA state news agency. The executions came a day after demonstrations broke out across Shiite villages following rumours that the authorities were going to carry out the death sentences.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by TNY
    +8 +1

    United Arab Emirates to invest $163bn in renewables

    The United Arab Emirates has said that it intends to invest $163bn (£134bn) in projects to generate half of the nation's power needs from renewables. The major oil producing Gulf state is hoping to get close to this by 2050 and says it wants to balance economic needs against environmental goals. The UAE has considerable solar power potential and is eager to reduce its use of fossil fuels.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by sasky
    +3 +1

    Crime Prediction software joins Dubai Police Force

    Minority Report is often a go-to sci-fi comparison for new technology, but retina scanners and motion controls are just side dishes to the film's central futuristic idea: a system to predict when and where crime may occur, in order to prevent it. Given that system's reliance on humans with precognitive abilities, we're unlikely to see it in the real world, but machine learning algorithms are already aiding police forces around the world identify crime hotspots with the goal of preventing crimes before they occur.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by canuck
    +1 +1

    Limited edition Abu Dhabi No 1 plate sells for Dh31 million

    A No 1 limited edition licence plate commemorating Abu Dhabi Government’s Golden Jubilee was sold to an Emirati for Dh31 million on Saturday at Emirates Palace hotel. The winning bidder for the coveted plate, Abdullah Al Mahri, 32, said he bought it in honour of the country’s Rulers, who worked tirelessly to make the UAE No 1 in the world. "I’m very proud to get No 1, especially for this golden jubilee, 50 years of the Abu Dhabi Government. I’m very proud and I’m very happy," Mr Al Mahri said.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by Chubros
    +8 +1

    Brits urged not to report Dubai crimes after 'gang-raped' woman arrest

    A charity is advising UK nationals not to report rapes to the Dubai police after a sex attack victim was arrested when she went to the authorities for help. The 25-year-old woman was locked up by police after telling them she had been gang-raped by two British men in a Dubai hotel room. She has reportedly been released on bail but had her passport confiscated and could face charges of having extra-marital sex. Radha Stirling, the founder of Detained in Dubai, told the Independent that Dubai police assumed Western women were "looking for it".

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by aj0690
    +24 +1

    Missing Russian beauty queen, 17, ‘sold virginity for £8,000 and is now working in Dubai as an escort’

    The mother of a Russian beauty queen has appealed to police to help return her daughter from Dubai amid claims she went there to sell her virginity for £8,000. Anna Feschenko, 17, a model who was runner-up in the Miss Moscow contest in June, travelled to the United Arab Emirates after claiming it was a prize from the pageant. But her friends denied this and said her true intention was to join an escort service which would offer her as a virgin to Arab clients.

  • Image
    7 years ago
    by gogulf
    -3 +1

    Go-Gulf Web Design Dubai, Website Design and Web Development Company

    GO-Gulf Dubai Web Design Company provides cost effective and top quality website design, web development and logo designing solutions in Dubai.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by aj0690
    +4 +1

    Mohammed inaugurates world’s first 3D-printed office in Dubai

    His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, stated that the UAE has emerged as one of the major incubators of innovation and future technology in the world today, and its focused initiatives to shape the future have become global models that can be emulated in all sectors. "We implement what we plan, and we pursue actions not theories. The rapidly changing world requires us to accelerate our pace of development...

  • Current Event
    8 years ago
    by zobo
    +27 +1

    UAE to build artificial mountain to improve rainfall

    The UAE is currently in the first stage of a man-made mountain development project as the country mulls different approaches to maximising rainfall. Experts from the US-based University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), which manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are in the “detailed modelling study” phase, as per NCAR scientist and lead researcher Roelof Bruintjes.

  • Video/Audio
    8 years ago
    by aj0690
    +11 +1

    Shredding an Empty Waterpark Park in Dubai

    Alex Sorgente, Milton Martinez and Jan Hoffman stepped up for a never to be repeated session on some of the most outrageous terrain ever touched. The massive transitions and high danger meant only the most capable got the call from the good people at Atlantis, The Palm Dubai’s Aquaventure park, for a lockdown session.

  • Current Event
    8 years ago
    by drunkenninja
    +4 +1

    Dubai to build $1bn Babylon-inspired tower taller than the Burj Khalifa

    Dubai is planning to build one of its most elaborate structures yet with developers promising that it will dwarf the current world's tallest building – the Burj Khalifa. The new tower, based at the centre of a new development called Dubai Creek Harbour, is set to boast rotating balconies and landscaping inspired by the mythical hanging gardens of Babylon. Chairman of Dubai-based Emaar Properties Mohamed Alabbar, said the huge viewing tower would cost about $1bn (£700m) to build in the Arab...

  • Expression
    8 years ago
    by geoleo
    +51 +1

    It's illegal to take this photo

    It is illegal to post pictures of storms online, authorities in the United Arab Emirates have warned. Posting negative images or rumours about the recent flooding could be punished under the country's cybercrime laws, the interior ministry said. Damaging the country's reputation online is punishable imprisonment and a fine of up to 1m Emirati Dirhams (£189,500), the International Business Times reported.

  • Current Event
    8 years ago
    by gottlieb
    +35 +1

    Teenager wins $250,000 in biggest drone race yet

    A British teenager has won $250,000 after placing first in the inaugural World Drone Prix in Dubai. 15-year-old Luke Bannister piloted his drone to victory along an outdoor track, using a camera mounted on its front to steer the craft through a series of illuminated hoops from a first-person viewpoint, and beating out competition from 150 other teams in the process. Drone racing has rocketed in popularity over the last year...

  • Expression
    8 years ago
    by Appaloosa
    +46 +1

    Dubai is building a colossal domed city 9 times bigger than The Mall of America

    It's basically science fiction.

  • Video/Audio
    8 years ago
    by adrianpicco
    -2 +1

    Dubai: 5 Fun Facts

  • Video/Audio
    8 years ago
    by aj0690
    +13 +1

    Dream Jump - Dubai 4K

    What sounds like a nightmare for most is still a dream for others; to BASE jump off the world's second highest residential structure with the most qualified athletes in the world. SkydiveDubai and XDubai have partnered with DreamJump to bring dreams to extreme reality when they opened the opportunity for limited people from the public to jump using the DreamJump System

  • Video/Audio
    8 years ago
    by jcscher
    +46 +1

    Fire breaks Out in Dubai Skyscraper

    A fire erupts in a building in Dubai close to the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa, ahead of a major New Year fireworks display.