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Shifting sands, moving dates

Picture: Emaar Back in August 2015 the local Dubai media was excitedly reporting that the new Dubai Opera House...

A model of the future DWC on display at the 2015 Dubai Air Show Dubai Airports have appointed a...

Below is today’s editorial in the sycophantic Khaleej Times. Cloying. The very idea that the world should adopt the...

It is always harder when the accident is closer to home. UAE airlines had not had a life-taking accident...

Image from GQ magazine – see story link below The French accident report into the crash of GermanWings flight...

From the Irish Independent. UAE’s Minister for Happiness has quite the job on her hands Last month, the United Arab...

A very solid read from today’s Guardian – barring a major shock or change in voter sentiment this will...

Clean for the Queen…..this week the British are being exhorted to voluntarily tidy up the country for the old...

This is really a cautionary tale for foreigners living in the UAE. Last Monday the supreme court in the...

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has warned Thailand’s ruling generals on Tuesday that a prolonged stay in power...