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Dubai welcomes UK’s Oceana

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Cruise Tourism, a department of Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), alongside its public and private sector partners welcomed cruise ship Oceana into Dubai for the debut of UK-based, P&O Cruises into the region as it homeports for the season. With Dubai as its official winter hub, the luxury vessel will commence ...

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US, South Korea reach deal on troop costs ahead of summit

Bloomberg The US and South Korea reached a cost-sharing deal for American forces on the Korean Peninsula, relieving pressure on the seven-decade alliance after the Trump administration demanded that Seoul pay as much as 50 percent more. The State Department said in a statement that the US reached an agreement with South Korea on the so-called Special Measures Arrangement. The ...

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Thai vote spurs record number of candidates

Bloomberg Political parties are registering a record number of candidates ahead of the first general election in Thailand since a coup in 2014. More than 6,400 people from 60 political parties deposited their details with the Election Commission on Monday and Tuesday, the first two days of a five-day registration period. The number of parliamentary candidates is already more than ...

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