Sport Desk DUBAI: Two-time Grand Slam champion and 2020 Australian Open finalist Garbine Muguruza has received a wild card and will join the stellar field that competes next week in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The regal Spaniard, who won the French Open in 2016 and followed up with a Wimbledon triumph in 2017, made a stunning run to the …

DUBAI: Dubai World Central (DWC) registered a surge in customer numbers in 2019 with annual traffic exceeding 1.6 million (+81.5%) during 2019. The sharp increase in customer numbers was primarily the result of the relocation of operations by a number of international carriers during the 45-day closure of Dubai International’s (DXB) southern runway for rehabilitation in April-May 2019.  Year on …

News Desk DUBAI: Arsenal is wrapping up their winter training in Dubai, enjoying the city’s warm weather, incredible training facilities and iconic attractions courtesy of Emirates and Arabian Adventures before heading back to complete the second half of the season. This is the first time the full Arsenal squad visits Dubai. While in Dubai for an intensive training camp, the Gunners …

DUBAI: Businesses in Dubai and São Paulo can by exploring untapped trade and investment potential in key sectors and areas of mutual interest such as agri-business, technology, innovation, transport and logistics, according to officials speaking earlier today at the Dubai-São Paulo Business Forum. The forum, held at Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s premises, was joined by a high-level delegation …

DUBAI: Triple Brisbane winner Karolina Pliskova is hoping to add the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships trophy to her fast-growing list of titles. The world number 3 began the 2020 season in Brisbane with a bang as she successfully defended a title for the first time in her career, claiming her third triumph there in four years. And, even though she …

News Desk DUBAI: Enhancing the UAE’s food security was the topic on the table at the first-ever meeting of the Emirates Food Security Council, which was held today, February 10, 2020. Taking place at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of The Cabinet, and Chaired by Her Excellency Mariam  Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, the meeting was attended by council members H.E. Obaid Rashid Al Hassan Al Shamsi, …

Facebook, the world’s famous social networking platform, has released tips for online safety addressing its one of the vibrant audiences, teenagers, in order to provide them safe user environment without any complication. Online safety is an important conversation that user can share with your teenaged kids, where both parents and teenagers have roles to play. For parents, it’s a good …

DUBAI: The Emirates Group and GE Aviation have officially kicked off GE’s Leadership Development Programme for 28 UAE National employees at the Emirates Group. The commencement of the programme follows on from the MOU signed between both organisations at the Dubai Airshow 2019, and since then qualifying Emirati employees have gone through a rigorous selection process to identify the first …

DUBAI: Hala, the joint venture between the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) and Careem that offers an innovative way to get around Dubai by enabling customers to book a Dubai Taxi on the Careem app, has partnered with Etisalat, the leading telecom operator in the UAE, to offer its Captains (taxi drivers) a generous data bundle and international minutes package, making it …

Sports Desk DUBAI: Former Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships winner Simona Halep is ready to build upon her magnificent Australian Open adventure as she seeks to reclaim the title she earned in 2015. Simona prepared for the 2020 season by training in Dubai and made an outstanding run to the semi-finals of the year’s first Grand Slam which lifted her to …