|By Arabian Post Staff|DP World, which already has a tie-up with Hyperloop One for conducting a feasibility study on moving containers from ships docked at DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port via the Hyperloop system to a new inland container depot in Dubai, is now keen to join China’s multi-trillion dollar One Belt One Road (OBOR) project. DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem […]
NAIROBI A plane from Somalia landed on its belly and veered off the runway at Nairobi’s international airport on Sunday, causing no casualties but prompting the authorities to temporarily close the runway. Kenya Airports Authority said on Twitter that the plane had four people on board when it made the emergency landing at 4.55 p.m. (1355 GMT) at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. “As a result the runway […]
By Lucien Libert and Morade Azzouz | PARIS PARIS Hundreds of thousands of workers and high-school students joined protest marches across France on Wednesday to challenge plans to loosen the country’s protective labor laws that unions say favor businesses. The day of protest — which led to scores of arrests as youths and police clashed in Paris, Lyon and Nantes — marked the fourth such test of […]
WHEREVER you are right now, there’s a very good chance the weather is much nicer in San Diego. California’s second most populous city has long used its relentlessly pleasant climate to lure travelers to attractions like the USS Midway, SeaWorld, more than 90 golf courses and roughly a bazillion miles of beaches and hiking trails. Rarely does a sneak attack of cold or wetness ruin a weekend […]
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Chinese phone supplier Huawei has supplanted Samsung as the second most profitable smartphone brand globally in Q3 2016. Apple continues to remain atop the list, having enjoyed 91 percent of all smartphone profits this year. Huawei, meanwhile, enjoyed 2.4 percent of the pile, earning an estimated $200 million for smartphone sales during the aforementioned quarter. Huawei Places Second It should come as no surprise that Apple has […]
Gulf governments are increasingly turning to export credit agencies (ECAs) to finance billions of dollars of infrastructure projects as low oil prices squeeze liquidity in the region. Bankers say that since oil prices fell more than two years ago, eroding state revenues and drying up funding from local and international banks, borrowers are considering ECA finance for everything from airports to oil refinery expansion. The extent of […]
By Tim Hepher and Johanna Decosse | TOULOUSE, France TOULOUSE, France Europe’s largest twin-engined passenger jet, the Airbus (AIR.PA) A350-1000, took to the skies for the first time on Thursday, seeking to grab the spotlight from Boeing’s popular 777. The lightweight carbon-fiber plane, 7 meters longer and able to carry 40 more people than A350s already in service, began a three-hour debut flight at 4.42 a.m ET, […]
By Stanley Carvalho and Agnieszka Flak | ABU DHABI/MILAN ABU DHABI/MILAN Alitalia could cut up to 2,000 jobs as controlling shareholder Etihad Airways pushes for sweeping changes to turn the loss-making airline around, according to sources close to the matter. The Italian carrier may also ground at least 20 planes to cut certain unprofitable routes on domestic and regional services where it is struggling to compete with […]
BERLIN Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) pilots in Germany began a two-day strike on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights at one of Europe’s largest carriers in a bid to increase pressure on management in a long-running pay dispute. The pilot’s union initially called a walkout for 24 hours for Wednesday, but after two courts rejected attempts by Lufthansa to halt the strike, the union extended the strike for a further […]
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs is welcomed by Abdul Malik Salal, prime minister of Algeria, upon his arrival at Houari Boumediene International Airport in Algeria on Tuesday for a one-day official visit. Wam Sheikh Mansour is accorded an official welcoming ceremony after landing in Algeria. Wam Sheikh Mansour meets with Abdul Malik Salal during a one-day official visit of Algeria. […]
TEHRAN: More than 1,000 combatants sent from Iran to fight in support of President Bashar Assad in Syria have been killed in the conflict, the head of Iran’s veterans’ affairs office said Tuesday.“The number of martyrs from our country defending the shrines has now passed 1,000,” Tasnim news agency quoted Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahalati, the head of Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs’ and Veterans’ Affairs, as saying.Iran has […]
ABU DHABI // The new Dh2.1 billion motorway connecting Abu Dhabi and Dubai will be open by the end of next month, providing an alternative to the congested E11. A 62-kilometre stretch of road between the end of the E311, near Al Ghadeer Village, running to the Abu Dhabi-Sweihan Road is 98 per cent complete, the Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) announced on Tuesday. It will […]
True to the adage “reflection of personality,” a new research has uncovered that day-to-day objects handled by users can reflect their lifestyle and personality. A full profile developed can even show traits of individuals such as shopping habits and health status. Lifestyle Sketches Out Of Molecules By scanning the molecular imprints left behind by the users on smartphones, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and […]
The UK’s Autumn Statement arrives laden with investors waiting to see whether the British government will make good on recent heavy-handed hints about fiscal expansion. Past Treasury updates have tended to be a damp squib in global financial markets — political posturing and fiddling with tobacco taxes rarely able to catch the interest of international money. This year however the chancellor, Philip Hammond, has an opportunity to […]
21st November, 2016 Abu Dhabi, UAE GCAA is organising a visit of the future of UAE nationals in the Air Navigation Service provision to Sheikh Zayed Air Navigation Centre from 21st -24th November as part of its participation in the UAE innovation week, aiming to enhance the culture of innovation among UAE national students. H.E Saif Mohamed Al Suwaidi, Director General of GCAA said: “During the innovation […]
Abu Dhabi International airport reported a slight drop in passenger numbers for the month of October. Abu Dhabi Airports said 1,903,556 passengers travelled through the transport hub during last month, a 0.9 percent drop in the figure (1,920,011) for the same month last year. Passenger numbers for the first ten months of the year at Abu Dhabi, however, are up 5.4% on the number of travellers from […]
It may not get the international acclaim of Dubai or the media attention of Doha, but Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is quietly making its mark. Famed largely for bringing the world RAK Ceramics, the northern UAE emirate is forging a serious reputation on the global business stage. Be it in tourism, free zones, property or infrastructure, everywhere you look in RAK, something new is springing up. And […]
Committed to keeping Dubai a competitive shopping destination: Mohammed Ali Rashed Lootah Dubai, 18 November 2016 The Department of Economic Development has trained 100 employees from Dubai Parks and Resorts, the region’s largest integrated theme park destination, to conduct compliance checks as part of its ‘Self Inspector’ programme. Under the programme launched last year by the Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in DED, employees nominated […]
Challenges and solutions concerning entrepreneurial strategies discussed at length by public and private sectors during dialogue hosted by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry and MEED, organisers of Innovation Live! The need for introducing a platform as a ‘one-stop shop’ for starting business in the UAE identified as key to progress. Dubai, UAE, 18 November, 2016 The inaugural Innovation Live!, an official anchor event for UAE Innovation […]
Rotana to open 16 hotels in 2017 The UAE hotel company Rotana has announced that it will open 16 hotels next year, including five in the UAE and four in Saudi Arabia. There will also be two hotels each for Turkey and Iraq and the company’s first property in Muscat, Oman. The UAE properties are the Capital Centre Rotana in Abu Dhabi, complementing the existing Capital Centre […]
BAGHDAD/BASHIQA: Iraqi militias said on Wednesday they had driven ISIS terrorists from an air base west of Mosul, a victory which would threaten its supply route from Syria to its last major stronghold in Iraq. “The airport of Tal Afar has been liberated,” Yusif Al-Kallabi, a spokesman for Popular Mobilization, a coalition of mainly Iranian-backed militias, told Iraqi state TV.The capture of the base, if confirmed, could […]
DUBAI // Indian expatriates appealed to their government for enough time to get home and deposit the now-defunct 500 and 1,000-rupee notes. Last week the government of prime minister Narendra Modi scrapped high-denomination banknotes in an attempt to tackle corruption and tax evasion, setting a December 30 deadline to exchange old bills. India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, said those unable to deposit banknotes in […]
Donatella Versace: “The United Arab Emirates is a very important market for Versace” The city serves as a launch pad for Versace’s most extravagant hotel – Palazzo Versace Dubai, 16th November 2016 Hospitality industry in the UAE remains firm on its growth trajectory with the launch of top-tier and breath-taking landmark projects. Continuing its positive momentum, The Palazzo Versace Hotel in Dubai opened its doors in […]
