Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates NBD – a leading bank in the region, dnata Travel – a leading travel and leisure services provider and Mastercard celebrate the ten year partnership of their hugely popular dnata Mastercard World and Platinum credit card offerings with a revamped loyalty programme. The enhanced card products will offer accelerated rewards earning up to 15% …
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Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) concluded on a record-breaking note, with the 35th edition of the world’s third largest book fair the most successful to date. Titled ‘Read More,’ SIBF 2016 hosted more than 2.31 million visitors over its 11 days, with the footfall figures breaking all previous records established since its first edition in …
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Dubai / Emirates Business High-ranking representatives gathered to break ground on the site of King’s College Hospital London, Dubai recently. The construction of the 100-bed hospital in a plot located at the heart of the premium community ‘Dubai Hills’, is set to be completed in Q4 2018. During the ground breaking ceremony, the leading London teaching hospital, revealed that …
Read More »DUBAI / Emirates Business The Smart Dubai Office (SDO) is traveling to Barcelona, Spain with partners from 14 government entities and the private sector to participate in the Smart Cities Expo & World Congress, the premier annual gathering of smart city leaders, to showcase Dubai’s smart transformation achievements of the past year. Her Excellency Dr. Aisha bin Bishr, Director General …
Read More »DUBAI / Emirates Business Millennials will form the largest and most influential workforce during the next decade, representing nearly 75 percent of all employees by 2030, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Addressing the growth, and a host of other topics, global thinkers and industry leaders, led by Malcolm Gladwell, will discuss various topics impacting the global …
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Dubai / Emirates Business Revitalise your traditions and celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve with a difference. Take a break from the fatigue of hosting the whole family at home and labouring over a massive meal or spending a hard time choosing presents. This year you can treat your family to a luxurious getaway at Constance Hotels and Resorts …
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Baghdad /AFP Iraqi forces said on Sunday they had recaptured the Nimrud area, the site of an ancient Assyrian city blown up by the IS group, as they battled the extremists south of Mosul. Iraqi troops pushed towards Nimrud last week as they pressed an offensive launched on October 17 to recapture Iraq’s second city, which the extremists …
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Khuzdar District /Â AP Survivors of a massive bomb attack on a shrine in southwest Pakistan that killed dozens spoke of their horror Sunday after families were ripped apart in a strike showing the expanding reach of the IS group. The blast, later confirmed to be the work of a teenage suicide bomber, hit male and female worshippers as they …
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Baghdad / AFP Iraqi Kurdish forces have demolished Arab homes and buildings and in some cases entire villages in disputed areas in the country’s north, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region has gained or solidified control over swathes of territory claimed by both it and the federal government in Baghdad in the course of the …
Read More »Aleppo /AFP Syrian government forces clashed with rebels on the outskirts of eastern Aleppo city on Sunday, a monitor said, after residents received messages from the army giving opposition fighters 24 hours to leave. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, and an AFP correspondent in rebel-held east Aleppo reported clashes in the Karam Al-Turab neighbourhood and …
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