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DUBAI // Up to 20 private schools are expected to open in the emirate in the next academic year, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority said. There are 173 private schools in Dubai. Eleven opened in 2014 and last year, […]

DUBAI // Employees of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce are irate that their cars have yet to be removed from a company car park in Jebel Ali, which was flooded by the heavy downpours last week. A staff member said […]

Kingdom Holding revealed that the 1km tower had reached its 37th floor. It will overtake the 830-metre Burj Khalifa once complete with a gross floor area of 245,000 sqm. Saudi Arabia’s 1km Kingdom tower, which has just been renamed Jeddah […]

Saudi Arabia’s domestic airports recorded a 51.5 percent increase in the number of international flight services in 2015, according to the last figures from the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). The number of international services from the kingdom’s domestic […]

South Africa and Saudi Arabian ACWA Power launched a $328 million solar power plant in the Northern Cape province on Monday, as Africa’s most industrialised country rushes to expand its power supply and cut its coal reliance. The Bokpoort Concentrated […]

ABU DHABI // Seventeen private schools, including two all-girls institutes, are expected to open in the emirate over the next two years, and between them they will enrol 24,000 pupils. Abu Dhabi Education Council said the schools would help to […]

Dubai has revealed that it will organise the first World Future Sports Games in December 2017 as part of its new economic sector, Future Sports, supported by the city’s World Federation of Future Sports. The event will feature nine competitions […]

So you are ready to start your own business! It’s a time that is both exciting and possibly nerve-racking. But there are so many reasons to do it, right? To be your own boss. To set your own hours. To […]

Work started on Thursday for the installation of the world’s largest folding umbrella in the northern courtyard of the Grand Mosque in Makkah. This is the first of the eight high-tech giant umbrellas and 54 small ones to be installed […]

Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is currently evaluating five bidders for its Dubai Metro Route 2020 project, according to a senior RTA official. The 15-kilometre route will extend from the existing Nakheel Harbour and Tower Metro station on the […]

Logistics firm DHL has been named as the best place to work in the UAE for the third consecutive year, according to a new survey. Great Place to Work, a global research, training and consultancy firm said DHL had retained […]

Australian fashion brand City Chic has announced plans to open a trio of new stores in the UAE, making its range of plus size clothing available to customers in the region for the first time. Brought to the UAE by […]