Dubai / WAM The Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) world’s largest district cooling services provider, won the 2016 Marketing, PR and Communications Award presented by the Corporate Vision Magazine, a British publication specialising in business and corporate sectors. Empower won the award in Designing and Marketing, the Most Innovative Brand category, for its campaign “Saving Starts At 24C.” The campaign …

  Goma / DPA In the crater of the Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Congo, the world’s largest lava lake cooks restlessly above the city of Goma, occasionally emitting 1,100-degree-Celsius bursts in what experts warn can precede a cataclysmic eruption. Hundreds of thousands of people who built homes in the immediate path of any new lava flow are acutely endangered. Yet …

  LOS ANGELES / DPA In the exclusive Bel Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles sits a new monument to opulence, a $250 million mega-mansion that’s now the most expensive home listed in the United States. The four-level, 38,000-square-foot mansion comes with a seven-member staff, a $30 million car collection and an infinity pool complete with a swim-up bar, 270-degree views …