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UAE announces plans to invest $54B in energy and triple renewable sources

The United Arab Emirates plans to triple its supply of renewable energy and invest up to $54 billion over the next seven years to meet its growing energy demands

The Independent UK

Peter Hellyer, prolific writer who chronicled the UAE's rise over nearly five decades, dies at 75

Peter Hellyer, a U.K.-born writer who spent nearly five decades chronicling the history, natural beauty and modern transformation of the United Arab Emirates, has died at the age of 75

The Independent UK

Fire engulfs high-rise in United Arab Emirates. No reports of injuries

Videos circulating online show a fire tearing through a high-rise residential building in the United Arab Emirates

The Independent UK

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Croatia added to ‘grey list’ by financial crimes watchdog

The move makes Croatia the only EU country on the list, which also includes the United Arab Emirates, Panama and Mali.

Al Jazeera

UAE leader welcomes Iranian foreign minister in latest softening of Persian Gulf tensions

The president of the United Arab Emirates has met with Iran’s visiting foreign minister in the latest sign of improving relations between Arab Gulf countries and the Islamic Republic

The Independent UK

Kerala Chief Minister returns after 12-day foreign trip to find State in academic and political turmoil

On Tuesday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan returned to Kerala after a tour of the United States of America, Cuba and the United Arab Emirates to find the State in academic and political turmoil.

The Hindu

Chief Minister hard-sells Kerala as a potent start-up hub

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday made a strong pitch for investments in the State’s burgeoning start-up ecosystem at a function organised in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday.

The Hindu

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UAE cinemas axe Spider-Man film with trans flag

 The latest Spider-Man movie will not hit the silver screen in the United Arab Emirates, a cinema company said on Friday, following backlash over an expression of support for transgender rights.

Bangkok Post

A decade after outcry, SeaWorld launches orca-free park in UAE, its first venture outside the US

U.S. theme park chain SeaWorld, which has been mired in controversy in recent years over its treatment of killer whales and other marine mammals, has opened a massive new aquatic life park in the United Arab Emirates

The Independent UK

India, France, UAE hold maiden maritime exercise in Gulf of Oman

Navies of India, France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held the maiden trilateral maritime partnership exercise on June 7 and June 8 in the Gulf of Oman.

The Hindu

To restore reefs dying in warming seas, UAE turns to coral nurseries

Restoration efforts are underway in the United Arab Emirates as coral reefs face threats in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman

The Independent UK

COP28 Director-General dismisses criticism of his boss, says summit needs new mindset

There's no conflict of interest between leading the United Nation's next climate change summit in Dubai in December and heading the United Arab Emirates' state oil giant at the same time, COP28 Director General said on Tuesday.

Reuters

UN document: UAE keeping rights activists in jail past end of sentences

The United Arab Emirates is arbitrarily detaining 12 human rights activists who have already completed prison terms handed down over an alleged plot to overthrow the government, a U.N. document said on Friday.

Reuters

UAE says it has stopped taking part in U.S.-led Gulf maritime coalition

The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday it was no longer taking part in operations by a U.S.-led task force protecting Gulf shipping, which has been subjected to renewed tanker seizures by Iranian naval forces in recent weeks.

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UAE announces groundbreaking mission to asteroid belt, seeking clues to life's origins

The United Arab Emirates has unveiled plans to send a spaceship to explore the galaxy’s main asteroid belt, the latest space project by the oil-rich nation after it launched the successful Hope spacecraft to Mars in 2020

The Independent UK

UAE releases Lebanese detainees after death in custody raised allegations of mistreatment

A group of Lebanese citizens detained in the United Arab Emirates have been released, according to Lebanon’s foreign ministry

Reuters

Factbox-Russian gold shipments to the UAE, China and Turkey

The United Arab Emirates has become a key trade hub for Russian gold since Western sanctions over Ukraine cut Russia's more traditional export routes, Russian customs records show.

Reuters

Exclusive-From Russia with gold: UAE cashes in as sanctions bite

The United Arab Emirates has become a key trade hub for Russian gold since Western sanctions over Ukraine cut Russia's more traditional export routes, Russian customs records show.

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Emirati leaders invite Israel's Netanyahu, Herzog, to join COP28 climate conference in Dubai

Israel's prime minister has received a long-sought invitation to visit the United Arab Emirates

Reuters

UK business minister to visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE

Britain's business and trade minister Kemi Badenoch will visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week as part of her efforts to reach a trade deal with the six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

The Independent UK

British financier ordered by UAE high court to repay $1.7 billion bilked in tax fraud

The United Arab Emirates' highest court has ordered a British hedge fund trader convicted of orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud to pay that amount to Denmark’s tax authority

Space

UAE's ambitious asteroid mission will tour 7 space rocks

The United Arab Emirates is targeting seven different space rocks with its ambitious mission to the main asteroid belt.

InsideEVs

Watch How Tesla Tests Its Cars In Extreme Heat

If a car can handle the scorching heat of the United Arab Emirates, then it should be just fine on a highway in California or a country road in Germany.

Bangkok Post

High hopes for trade pact with UAE

Thailand and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday announced the launch of their first free trade agreement (FTA).

Reuters

World not ready yet to 'switch off' fossil fuels, COP28 host UAE says

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that countries should agree to phase out fuel emissions - not the production of oil, gas and coal - at the upcoming U.N. climate change negotiations that it will host this December.

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