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F1 driver Nico Hulkenberg’s Renault car spectacularly burst into flames and flipped over following a collision with French driver Romain Grosjean on the first lap of Sunday’s Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi. Fortunately, Hulkenberg emerged unscathed from the wreck, which occurred just moments after the chequered flag at the final Formula 1 race of the […]
Enlarge / The Landmark skyscraper, center, stands on the city skyline beside a waterway in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, May 30, 2016. (credit: Alex Atack/Bloomberg via Getty Images) This week, startup Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (otherwise known as HyperloopTT) announced that it would start building a commercial Hyperloop track as well as an […]
Abu Dhabi – the capital of the United Arab Emirates – has reduced tourism fees from six per cent to just 3.5 per cent. These are the fees applied to hotel stays and dining at food and beverage outlets attached to hotels. Municipality fees have also been cut from four per cent to two per cent – hotel guests have to pay […]
Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images Yemen’s militant Houthi group has fired a cruise missile toward a nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi. There were no reports of any missiles reaching the UAE. The Iran-aligned Houthis control much of northern Yemen and had said Abu Dhabi was a target for their missiles. DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi group […]
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Brigitte Macron, 64, was spotted covering her head as a mark of respect as she entered a mosque in Abu Dhabi. The First Lady of France, as she’s been dubbed by fans, was pictured arriving at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque wearing all white. Sheikh Zayed Grand is considered to be the key site for […]
Abu Dhabi will finally open the doors to its version of Paris’s iconic Louvre on November 11. The ambitious project has faced five years of delays due to the economic crisis caused by a drop in oil prices. Abu Dhabi’s Louvre, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel himself, is nothing short of show-stopping. A web-patterned […]
The US is scaling back its ban on laptops for Middle Eastern flights headed to the US… though it’s not because officials believe everything is safe. The Department of Homeland Security has exempted Abu Dhabi International Airport from the ban (which also covers tablets) after verifying that Etihad Airways has properly implemented “enhanced security measures.” […]
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