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The playboy who got away with $242m – using ‘black magic’
How Foutanga Babani Sissoko pulled off one of the most audacious confidence tricks of all time.
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'Case closed' in Bollywood star's death
Police in Dubai have closed the case into the death of Bollywood star Sridevi Kapoor after handing over her body to relatives. The actress, 54, died on Saturday "due to accidental drowning following loss of consciousness", police said. She was found in a hotel bathtub. It had earlier been reported that she died of cardiac arrest while at a family wedding in Dubai.
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'Runaway princess': 'Daughter' of Dubai's ruler flees country
A mystery 'runaway princess' has claimed to have fled Dubai in an attempt to live a normal life, MailOnline understands. The woman, who says she is the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum - the country's billionaire ruler - claims she doesn't have the freedom to live her own life in Dubai - and was secretly detained in prison for three years after a previous failed escape attempt as a teenager.
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Dubai Adds 200 Megawatts of Solar Power in Renewables Push
Dubai took another step toward completing what it says will be the largest solar park of its kind, inaugurating a 200-megawatt facility with partners Electricite de France SA and Abu Dhabi-based renewables company Masdar. The third and latest phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park will help Dubai toward its goal of generating about 10 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2020. The Gulf Arab city-state is already operating the first two phases of the project in the emirate’s desert and has broken ground on a fourth section.
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Detained Saudi women driving campaigners branded traitors
Just weeks before Saudi Arabia is set to lift its ban on women driving, the kingdom’s state security said Saturday it had detained seven people who are being accused of working with “foreign entities.” Rights activists say all those detained had worked in some capacity on women’s rights issues, with five of those detained among the most prominent and outspoken women’s rights campaigners in the country.
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How Chinese scientists plan to turn Dubai into rice fields
Chinese scientists have successfully grown and harvested rice in the deserts of Dubai after developing a strain that allows the crop to grow in saltwater. A team of scientists, led by China’s “father of hybrid rice” Yuan Longping, has already started growing the crop in diluted sea-water at home and is now bringing the technique to the Middle East, where fresh water is too precious to use for growing water-intensive crops.
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Iranian woman who protested headscarf gets 20-year sentence
An Iranian woman who removed her obligatory Islamic headscarf out of protest in December says she has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Shapark Shajarizadeh posted on her personal website that she had been jailed for "opposing the compulsory hijab" and "waving a white flag of peace in the street."
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Tourist in Dubai nets more than $47,000 in speeding fines in four hours
Before I went to Dubai last fall, I imagined a sea of supercars running rampant with few repercussions. I couldn't have been more wrong (at least when it comes to the repercussions bit). Speed cameras in Dubai are no joke. The drivers, though occasionally erratic, steadfastly follow speed limits. And the penalties for breaking the law in the United Arab Emirates are quite severe.
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Woman held in Dubai with daughter for drinking wine on flight
A woman was detained in Dubai for three days with her four-year-old daughter after drinking a complimentary glass of wine on a flight from London, an NGO has said. Ellie Holman, a dentist originally from Sweden who lives in Sevenoaks, Kent, with her English partner, Gary, and their three children, was denied water and made to clean toilets while in custody, according to the human rights group Detained in Dubai.
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Property for Sale in Dubai
Find the best property for sale in Dubai! Get full project information on new and upcoming off-plan projects, apartments, townhouses & villas in Dubai.
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This City Already Shows What Life Will Be Like in a World Heated by Climate Change
It's become more clear than ever this year that climate change is very real and that we are already seeing the effects.
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Mega Yacht Cruise Dinner Dubai
Mega yacht Dinner Cruise is an epitome of superbly and purposely designed yacht with an extra superfluous comfort and lavishness. She has an exclusive and novel experience of lavish dinner in an ultra-luxurious yacht for you at Dubai Marina; so don’t miss out the chance in Dubai!
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$13.6 billion solar park rises from Dubai desert
Under the Arabian sun, a monumental construction effort is making headway. Located deep within Dubai's desert interior, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park -- named after the emirate's ruler and the UAE's vice president and prime minister -- continues to grow and has just passed another milestone.
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How Teddy Bear can be your Perfect Gift for your Girlfriend
Imagine yourself in a midst of searching the perfect birthday present for your girlfriend, but you only have some bucks left on your bank account.
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Dubai Police Force to welcome Tesla Cybertrucks to its fleet
It says a lot that Tesla’s polygonal pickup truck isn’t the most audacious vehicle the Dubai Police force has considered for its officers.
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Architects are planning a beautiful Martian city in the Dubai desert
Move over, Elon Musk: You’re not the only one with big plans to colonize Mars. You might be leading the pack when it comes to figuring out how we'll get to Mars, but you're not the only one thinking about what we'll do — and how we'll live — when we actually manage that. A group of architects in Dubai has been commissioned to design an experimental Martian city, and to actually take their plans from the drawing board into the desert outside the largest city of the United Arab Emirates.
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UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedoms
The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalizing so-called “honor killings.”
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Underwater City in the World’s Deepest Pool Opens in Dubai
Deep Dive Dubai, a facility containing the world's deepest swimming pool and a "sunken city," is now open for bookings for anyone with deep pockets. The post Underwater City in the World’s Deepest Pool Opens in Dubai appeared first on Nerdist.
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From 1m trees to a tree graveyard: how Dubai’s conservation plans went awry
It all began so beautifully, with the ruler of Dubai photographed planting the first tree of his ambitious environmental initiative, as smiling officials applauded around him. In 2010, the One Million Trees initiative was announced by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai. The aim of the launch was to increase green areas in Dubai through afforestation, while contributing to overall beautification of the city.
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World's millionaires are moving to Dubai for safety, luxury and tax benefits
Dubai, the richest city in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) and the 29th wealthiest in the world, is seeing an influx of millionaires. According to New World Wealth, a research firm that tracks the wealth and the movements of millionaires, multi-millionaires and billionaires globally, Dubai’s population of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), rose to 54,000 in June 2021, up by 3.8 percent from 52,000 last December.
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