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July 6, 2022

Dubai

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Dubai: Will the Middle East’s new crypto oasis go global?

April 15, 2022 Liam Gibson, Wealth of Geeks

Dubai has big ambitions to become a regional and global destination for cryptocurrency. It is well-positioned as the most populous of the United Arab Emirates’ seven emirates and the region’s undisputed travel and trade hub. […]

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Dubai’s state-owned water, power utility plans public offer

March 15, 2022 Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai’s state-owned utility announced Tuesday it will list a sliver of its worth on the emirate’s stock exchange, hoping to ride a recent wave of initial public offerings in the […]

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Turkey’s flag flies high as Erdogan’s Dubai trip marks reset

February 18, 2022 Aya Batrawy, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Turkey’s red flag illuminated buildings in the United Arab Emirates and flew high in a ceremony in Dubai on Tuesday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spent a second day in […]

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Bustling bars, surging business: Dubai sees a post-vax boom

December 26, 2021 Isabel Debre, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nations around the world are lurching into lockdown, steeling themselves for a brutal surge as the omicron variant spreads like wildfire.  But in Dubai, Donna Sese is bracing for a […]

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Contractors who powered US war in Afghanistan stuck in Dubai

August 12, 2021 Isabel Debre, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Some of the foreign contractors who powered the logistics of America’s war in Afghanistan now find themselves stranded on an unending layover in Dubai without a way to get home. […]

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Dubai’s deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid dies at 75

March 26, 2021 The Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and the finance minister of the United Arab Emirates, has died, his brother said on Wednesday. He was 75. Sheikh […]

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At Dubai airport, travelers’ eyes become their passports

March 13, 2021 Isabel Debre, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai’s airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, can already feel surreal, with its cavernous duty-free stores, artificial palm trees, gleaming terminals, water cascades and near-Arctic levels of air conditioning. […]

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Dubai airport sees passenger traffic drop 70% amid pandemic

February 15, 2021 Isabel Debre, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai International Airport saw the coronavirus pandemic push passenger traffic down by an unprecedented 70% in 2020 compared to the previous year, its CEO announced Monday, even as the airport […]

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Dubai closes bars, limits activities after virus cases spike

February 1, 2021 Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai announced Monday it would close all bars and pubs for the entire month of February and limit other activities after a spike in coronavirus cases followed New Year’s Eve […]

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Saudi Aramco to issue bonds as it seeks cash amid oil slump

November 16, 2020 Aya Batrawy, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco announced Monday it will issue international bonds as it seeks a cash infusion to help pay for billions of dollars in dividends the company promised […]

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