Meljac, the leading supplier of high-end electrical fittings, will be exhibiting its designs for the first time in the United Arab Emirates at Downtown Design Dubai from November 12 to 15. Players from across the local market (designers, home designers, etc.) will have the opportunity to discover the French expertise for which the brand is […]

The much-awaited seventh edition of the 3 Day Super Sale (3DSS) will take place this coming weekend, from 31 October to 2 November 2019. Eager shoppers can get up to 90 per cent off on a wide range of fashion, beauty, gold, home, electronics and jewellery items across malls in Dubai. The bi-annual event will […]

 Sofia Nanjari was just nine when she was introduced to robotics. She overheard her brother, then an engineering first-year undergraduate student, complain about how hard robotics programming was. She later went on to YouTube for tutorial videos, and the first thing she ever learned to build and program were traffic light models. The Chilean teenager […]

Gathered around sheets from what seems to be an instructions manual, laid out on a table a little over a month ago, seven teenagers held their breath as 16-year-old Akbar Abdurakhmonov, student of Just Robotics learning center in Uzbekistan, rebooted their robot for the third time. Hearing the motor whir and grind as the prototype […]

Keep your fangs on and expect a thrilling Halloween as you head down to The Beach for a spooky time of family fun. The laid-back destination by Meraas will get a fang-tastic transformation between 31 October and 2 November 2019 as the weather gets cooler. Watch out for grinning skeletons and dusty cobwebs with spiders […]

There is tremendous potential for the UAE to double its exports to African countries with plastics, rubber and sugar identified as the top products offering the most untapped export potential estimated at $867.9 million, $457.9 million and $291.7 million, respectively. The analysis, based on recent data from the International Trade Center (ITC), relies on an […]

Grandiose, the fast-growing contemporary supermarket chain owned by UAE headquartered conglomerate Ghassan Aboud Group, announces the opening of their new outlet at the Zabeel expansion of the Dubai Mall. The first 100 shoppers will receive a reusable shopping bag filled with free samples, exclusive products and much more. The Dubai Mall Zabeel Expansion is a […]

Etisalat Digital partnered with DMCC – the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – to transform Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) into an innovative smart and sustainable district, powered by the 5G network. Both organisations have committed to the comprehensive roll out of smart services across one of […]

dnata Travel, the UAE’s longest standing travel agency, has revealed UAE traveller trends for summer 2019, with one destination in particular booming in popularity: Russia. Travel bookings to the world’s largest country, which became visa free for UAE nationals earlier this year, were up a whopping 500% for the travel agency from May to September […]

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, announced the start of construction work for its new plant in Dubai Production City, worth AED 197 million. The project will be implemented in two phases, with the first phase is expected to be complete by the end of 2020. Empower highlighted […]

The 14th edition of the Dubai Pulse Ride, an incredible off-road cycling event, returns to The Sports Park in Dubai Sports City on 8 November 2019 as part of Dubai Fitness Challenge. Everyone from professional riders to families and cycling enthusiasts of all ages are encouraged to take to the saddle for the free-to-join event, […]

With thoughtful design and glorious finishing, Al Barsha villas from Al Ghurair Properties raise the bar when it comes to elite living in one of the most central and sought-after areas of Dubai.  A stunning collection of 28 brand new villas in Al Barsha 1, just a few minutes from Mall of Emirates and Mall of Emirates Metro Station, each villa […]

The Afghanistan booth at the FIRST Global Challenge 2019 in Dubai is packed, with hardly any space to move. The all-teenage-girl Afghan Dreamers team are being filmed for a documentary and trailed everywhere by a camera crew while curious bystanders look on. The girls first garnered global attention in 2017 when they were refused visas […]

It is day two of the FIRST Global Challenge 2019 in Dubai, and a young team of enthusiastic Italian students are working meticulously on putting the finishing touches on their robot. Among the sea of competitors from 191 countries here, the Italians are confident their robot is the solution to the millions of pollutants that […]

Four months ago, nine teenagers in Mexico started working on prototypes to solve the global problem that is ocean contamination. Fast-forward 12 weeks, and you find them participating in the FIRST Global Challenge 2019 in Dubai that has brought together over 1,500 students from 191 countries to develop robots to clean up the millions of […]

Despite a lack of funding and support in the early going, Team Jordan’s five teenage members are on a globe-trotting mission, armed with a never-say-die attitude and the know-how acquired from a range of global tech competitions to create technology that can change lives of those in the Middle East. “Technology is not just a […]

Even robots need a bit of tender loving care. Yes, their systems are smart, supported by cutting-edge artificial intelligence, and they’re more adaptable than people to a range of tasks. But it turns out that even they could use a human touch! The 191 country teams participating in the FIRST Global Challenge 2019 in Dubai […]

Competition intensified on the penultimate day of the FIRST Global Challenge 2019 in Dubai as a whopping 141 qualifying matches were played, which included all 191 of the countries represented at the third annual robotics event. At the end of a thrilling day of robotics competition, Kazakhstan leads the rankings with 1,167 points – a […]