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Since 2000, Dubai's municipality has initiated construction phases in the city, predominantly in the Mina Seyahi area, located further from Jumeirah, towards Jebel Ali. [52] This has come at a cost however. Dubai ( and UAE ) construction companies employ low-wage labourers from Asia for up to 12 hours a day, six or seven days a week. [53]
UPS Airlines Flight 6. / 25.098; 55.360. On September 3, 2010, UPS Airlines Flight 6, the Boeing 747-400F flying the route between Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Cologne, Germany, developed an in-flight fire, which caused the aircraft to crash, killing both crew members, the only people on board. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It was the first fatal air crash ...
2009 Dubai housing crash was a major economic crisis that hit the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The crisis was sparked by the global financial crisis of 2008, which severely impacted Dubai's economy, particularly its real estate sector. [ 1] The crisis was caused by several factors ...
The Abu Dhabi police force is noted for its fleet of exotic police cars, [2] similarly to that of the nearby Dubai Police Force. Among their fleet of vehicles are: Chevrolet Camaro [3] W Motors Lykan HyperSport [4] [5] (one of 7 Lykans) [6] Nissan GT-R [7] A race car "F999", to commemorate the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix [8] [9]
The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: برج العرب, lit. ' Arab Tower ') is a luxury hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [8] Developed and managed by Jumeirah, it is one of the tallest hotels in the world, although 39% of its total height is made up of non-occupiable space.
The United Arab Emirates is a high-income developing market economy. The UAE's economy is the 4th largest in the Middle East (after Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel ), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$415 billion (AED 1.83 trillion) in 2021-2023. [ 5] The UAE economy is heavily reliant on revenues from petroleum and natural gas ...
In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [4] There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between ...
On 21 January 2014, a Sri Lankan national was executed after being convicted of killing an Emirati businessman by mowing him down with his car. In June 2015, the Federal Supreme Court sentenced an Emirati terrorist woman, Alaa Bader al-Hashemi, to death for the murder of Ibolya Ryan and planting a "handmade bomb" in an Egyptian-American doctor ...