DP World Limited handled 19.1 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in 4Q2020, with gross container volumes increasing by7.6% year-on-year on a reported basis and up6.5% on a like-for-like basis. On a FY2020 basis, DP World handled 71.2 million TEU, flat year-on-yearand up0.2% on a like-for-like basis. 4Q2020 Like-for-like […]

Kristel Bechara, an award-winning female artist from the Middle East, has unveiled her latest collection, titled ‘Psychomachia’ at her art gallery in Gate Avenue, DIFC. The series of paintings are inspired by the turbulent events of the past year and recalls the grand poem, Psychomachia, from the early fifth century AD by the Latin poet, […]

The Dubai Police General HQ and main buildings, including the Dubai Police Academy in Umm Suqeim, across Dubai have recently turned red in celebration of the UAE’s Hope probe which is set to arrive to Mars on February 9. According to Brigadier Khalid Ali Shuhail, Acting Assistant to the Commander-in-chief for Community Happiness and Logistic […]

Dubai’s health authorities are on track to administer COVID-19 vaccination to 100% of its adult population by the fourth quarter of 2021, said Dr. Amer Sharif, Head of Dubai’s COVID-19 Command and Control Centre. Speaking to Bloomberg TV in an interview broadcast today, Dr. Sharif said: “We have seen a great response to our vaccination […]

The Business Registration and Licensing (BRL) sector of Dubai Economy issued 4,567 new licenses in January 2021, an increase of 9% from the 4,172 new licenses issued in January 2020. Among the new licenses issued in January 2021, 58% were professional, followed by 40% commercial, and the rest were distributed among tourism and industrial activities. […]