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September 21, 2023

Dubai

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UAE ambassador to return to Iran, boosting ties after years

August 26, 2022 The Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates plans to reinstate its ambassador to Iran for the first time in six years, the Emirati Foreign Ministry announced, as the Gulf Arab federation accelerates efforts to […]

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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. […]

Article

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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