A fusion of culture is fast turning Al Seef Street into an international bazaar, boasting of the best handicrafts, traditional performances, antique collections and souvenirs

In an operation called ‘Cats Eyes’, the Bur Dubai Police arrested a suspect, who is allegedly involved in many thefts and has a crime record of over 20 years.

Dubai is reviewing waste management fees in the emirate as part of its efforts to reach an ambitious goal of zero landfilling by 2030, officials said.

DUBAI – His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has stressed the need to strengthen cooperation between the UAE and China not only in the field of trade, but also in other fields like science, technology and clean and renewable energy.

Dubai: Emotional violence towards children is as bad as physical abuse and leaves a child permanently scarred and unable to mature emotionally, a renowned family consultant said. Children of violent parents often grow up to become violent parents themselves because children learn by example, Khalifa Mohammad Al Mehrezi, Head of Quality Department and Family Consultant [...]

Sharjah: The UAE features prominently in the region’s cultural and intellectual domains, and is well positioned to be a major force in “knowledge production”, a senior official said. Manal Ataya, general manager of the Sharjah Museums Department, added: “This helps to define the country’s cultural and literary identity and inspires in its citizens the hard [...]

Abu Dhabi: An Emirati has stopped using plastic bags soon after coming back from an expedition to Antarctica. “I had been thinking of abandoning plastic bags following a Daily UAE report on plastic bags causing death of camels. The presentations made by the climate change experts who showed how plastic bags were killing marine creatures, [...]

Recently, a group of students representing the Verte Club at St Joseph’s School, Abu Dhabi, organised and conducted a ‘No Plastic’ campaign. The main aim of this campaign was to reform the lifestyles of people who excessively use plastic. The students tried to make them aware of the threat that plastic bags present to our [...]

Abu Dhabi: An Ariane-5 rocket placed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit early on Saturday, including the UAE’s Yahsat Y1A, from the European Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. The Ariane 5 rocket carrying the UAE spacecraft lifted off at 1:37am UAE time. The 5.9-tonne UAE satellite Yahsat Y1A, built by Astrium and Thales Alenia [...]

Dubai: The final stages of the Federal anti-smoking draft law is being worked out to make smoking more expensive in the UAE where cigarettes are the cheapest compared to prices in other countries in the region. Dr Hanif Hassan, the Minister of Health, yesterday met with members of the anti-tobacco executive bylaw committee to review [...]