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No masks required outdoors at schools, universities in Dubai – KHDA

Protocols such as physical distancing as well as wearing masks indoors are still in place

Private schools in Dubai will not increase tuition fee for 2022-23 academic year

The Education Cost Index for this year stands at -1.01 per cent

Polestar 2 UAE

Swedish electric car manufacturer Polestar enters UAE market

The first Polestar Destination in the UAE is scheduled to open in Dubai later this year

Carrefour BIO

Carrefour launches its first Bio store in Dubai

Located in City Centre Me’aisem, it features the retailer’s first-ever café and an in-store hydroponic farm

Dubai Airport

Dubai’s Emirates suspends partner airline flights to select cities in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

Emirates said that the decision was made due to the closure of airspace over certain areas

Dubai Real estate

Dubai releases first-ever official residential rental performance index

The Dubai Land Department coordinated with Property Finder to launch the inaugural edition of the index

Emirates

Emirates to operate five additional flights between Dubai and Kuwait

The airline will operate the extra flights ahead of Kuwait National Day holidays

Dubai’s Emirates signs agreement with Tourism Authority of Thailand

The carrier will develop initiatives to boost tourism to the kingdom by showcasing it to customers across its network

GEMS Education

Dubai’s GEMS Education confirms being target of cyberattack

The education operator said that all its schools remain open, while external entities have been enlisted to investigate the incident

Dubai real estate

Dubai most preferred foreign investment location for Saudi home buyers – Knight Frank

The annual 2022 Saudi Residential Survey spoke to 55 HNWIs in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam

In pictures: Sheikh Mohammed inaugurates Museum of the Future

The 77-metre tall landmark will provide the largest platform in the region to study, envision and design the future

Diamonds

UAE becomes world’s largest rough diamond trading hub

Over $22.8bn worth of rough diamonds were traded in the country last year

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Dubai’s travel platform Wego to acquire Cleartrip’s Middle East business

Travel bookings worth $2bn were generated by the combined businesses in 2019 pre-Covid and the company expects to return to this rate by the end of 2022

Museum of the Future

Watch: Flying Iron Man delivers special invitations to visit Museum of the Future in Dubai

The stylised video shows the jetpack-powered Browning taking off from the museum and landing at various locations across the city

Dubai Metro

Dubai: 461 million riders used mass transit means, shared transport and taxis in 2021

Last year, the daily average number of riders using mass transit means and taxis reached 1.3 million, compared to approximately 948,000 in 2020

Emaar’s Dubai Hills Mall opens

The new shopping, dining and entertainment destination is home to Roxy Cinemas, Adventure Park and a roller coaster among other offerings

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The Middle East’s first large-scale NFT collection to launch in Dubai

The Bored Falcon initiative has been created and fuelled by a collective of artists across Dubai, Manama, Beirut, and Damascus

Dubai International Financial Centre achieves record company registrations in 2021

Last year, the financial centre also recorded its highest ever annual revenue and operating profit

Dragon Oil

Dubai’s Dragon Oil confirms first oil discovery in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez

The field could contain around 100 million barrels in reserves

Dubai Can

Dubai Can: Free drinking water to be made available across city

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, launched the initiative that aims to encourage the use of refillable water bottles

Dubai’s DP World launches new intermodal shipment tracking tool

Cargoes Flow will provide an end-to-end visibility for shipments irrespective of their shipping modes, carriers, and shipping lanes

Food

Gulfood 2022: UAE’s F&B trade crosses $20bn from January-September 2021

Ten markets accounted for about 66 per cent of the UAE’s total F&B exports, with Saudi Arabia ranking first with a share of 17 per cent

Dubai’s Emaar Properties posts 80% rise in net profit for 2021

Its 2021 revenue stood at $7.697bn, posting an increase of 57 per cent compared to the previous year

Free door-to-door recycling service comes to Dubai

Since its launch in Abu Dhabi in November 2020, Recapp has built a community of 15,000 registered users and collected 150 tonnes of recyclables so far

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Dubai to begin trials of driverless taxis this year

The RTA plans to gradually increase the number of autonomous vehicles to 4,000 by 2030

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Explainer: Is the UAE ready to mainstream nearly zero energy buildings?

Green building strategies can be used to design and build healthy, comfortable, cost efficient and environmentally friendly living and working environments

Dubai International Chamber to attract 50 multinational companies over three years

It also aims to support the international expansion of 100 Dubai-based companies

Abdullah Alajaji, Founder of Driven Properties

The micro and macro trends impacting Dubai’s real estate market

Here are the trends that are set to shape the trajectory of the emirate’s property market in 2022

The future of cities: Is digitalisation the solution for urban challenges?

To better manage their fiscal challenges and limited resources, cities may view themselves as companies serving a complex group of citizen-customers

Middle Eastern oil is flavour of the month as benchmarks diverge

Oil futures have soared to the highest level in seven years in the opening weeks of 2022