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Boeing Co prepared to stage a maiden flight of the largest member its 737 MAX family on Friday, in a further step towards recovering from the safety grounding of a smaller model.

Expo 2020 Dubai has reaffirmed its commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Flydubai has partnered with the contact tracing app Alhosn to help passengers with digital verification of COVID-19 medical records.

Expo 2020 Dubai and the United Nations Global Compact are joining forces to hold a Sustainable Development Goals Business Forum.

The UAE's Barakah nuclear energy plant has crossed another major safety milestone.

Mauritius will start welcoming tourists again from July 15, under a phased reopening plan.

Emirates Airline has posted an annual loss of AED 20.3 billion (US$ 5.5 billion), its first in over 30 years, after the pandemic disrupted the aviation industry.

Malabar Investments, the international investment arm of Malabar Gold & Diamonds has shifted its base to Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

More than 923,000 counterfeit products were seized by the UAE's customs departments last year.

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will launch direct flights from the UAE capital to the Turkish city of Trabzon from July 13. 

Bitcoin hit a two-week peak just shy of $40,000 on Monday, after another weekend reacting to tweets from Tesla boss Elon Musk, who fended off criticism over his market influence and said Tesla sold bitcoin but may resume transactions using it.

Dubai will add 600 megawatts (MW) of clean energy capacity to its overall power mix in 2021.

Dubai’s foreign trade touched AED 354.4 billion in Q1 2021 growing 10% from AED 323 billion in the corresponding period in 2020, and 5% compared to Q1 2019.

Malta is the latest destination to offer quarantine-free access to passengers from the UAE.

Dubai is taking further steps to ease the process and cost of doing business.

The UAE ranks 1st in the MENA region and 2nd globally in overall business skills, only after Luxembourg.

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after Congress approved President Nayib Bukele's proposal to embrace the cryptocurrency.

Flights from Dubai to two popular destinations in France will be resuming in July.

The UAE has ranked among the top 20 countries in 13 transport indexes last year.

Apple Inc on Monday said a new "private relay" feature designed to obscure a user's web browsing behaviour from internet service providers and advertisers will not be available in China for regulatory reasons.

Daily flights between Qatar and Sharjah will resume from July 1.

Dubai is moving ahead with plans to develop a futuristic suspended transport network.

Air Arabia has become the first low-cost carrier in the region to launch direct flight services to Phuket.

A new whistleblowing portal has been set up by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), allowing employees and external parties to report misconduct.

Etihad Airways is launching seasonal flights to Malaga as Spain prepares to welcome vaccinated travellers from today.

There is good news for motorists in Sharjah as two new fuel stations have opened in the emirate.

At least 19 countries now offer quarantine-free access to travellers from the UAE.

More options have opened up for UAE travellers heading to the Balkans.

Dubai is in the lead when it comes to global real estate recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Europe and Britain launched formal antitrust investigations into Facebook on Friday to determine if the world's largest social network was using customer data to unfairly compete with advertisers.

Dubai Economy has issued guidelines clarifying the procedures for the full foreign ownership of companies in the emirate.

Miami is the latest destination on Emirates Airline's US network.

The UAE seeks to strengthen its trade and economic ties with Iraq.

Etihad Airways and Emirates Airline are resuming services to the resort island of Phuket as it reopens to international tourists.

Emirates Airline is expanding its services to Italy following the country's decision to allow quarantine-free travel for passengers flying from the UAE.

The Italian government has waived the 10-day quarantine requirement for all categories of travellers from the UAE, in favour of 'test-based' travel protocols.

The Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC) has kicked off at the Dubai World Trade Centre today, bringing together global experts who'll help develop regional cybersecurity agendas.

Emirates Airline has extended the suspension of passenger flights from India until June 30.

26 fines were issued on Friday to those caught violating precautionary guidelines against COVID-19 in Dubai.

US President Joe Biden's first budget proposal comes with a big price tag - at $6 trillion, roughly 50% higher than pre-COVID-19 federal spending.

Dubai Economy's Commercial Compliance & Consumer Protection (CCCP) department has fined 49 restaurants, cafes and cafeterias for allowing dine-in visitors after 1 A.M.

Apple on Tuesday launched the iPhone 12 with faster 5G connectivity, which the company hopes will spur a wave of upgrades and keep its sales booming through the end of the year.