Tag: Dubai

• Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Oil companies' pledge deemed insufficient at COP28

  

  While 50 leading oil companies and more than 100 countries committed at the Conference of Parties (COP28) to reducing their methane emissions and up their energy efficiency, experts and activists claim these measures address the visible effects, but not the root of the problem.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Uruguayan Economy Minister “the best in the world”

  

  Uruguay's Minister of Economy and Finance Azucena Arbeleche has been singled out by the World Government Summit Organization (WGSO) for her “excellence in her performance in the public sector and leadership at the international level,” due to which she was recognized as the “best minister of state” in the world.

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 08:21 UTC

  World Travel Awards highlight Bariloche and Cancún

  

  The Argentine city of Bariloche has received a special mention at the World Travel Awards (WTA) while the entire country was chosen as a “South America's leading destination,” it was announced during a ceremony in Dubai.

• Wednesday, October 6th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Uruguay opened its stand at the 2020 Universal Expo in Dubai

  

  Uruguay inaugurated Tuesday its stand at the 2020 Universal Expo in Dubai, an event that has attracted over 190 countries.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Climate change, greater threat than nuclear war, says ex Colombian president and Nobel peace laureate

  

  The threat of climate change has overtaken the prospect of nuclear war as the most pressing concern facing humanity, a former Colombian president and Nobel peace laureate warned on Monday.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:25 UTC

  Argentina denies visas to Pakistan players attending a world championship

  

  Pakistan futsal team on Sunday returned Lahore after being deported from Dubai after having stayed there for 24 hours en route to Argentina where the Green-shirts were scheduled to make their debut in the 12th World Futsal Championship which began on Sunday at Misiones.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Oil price war to begin: Saudi Arabia and Iran reignites the market

  

  The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becoming increasingly evident in the oil pricing policies of the two large Middle Eastern producers. The two countries are currently reigniting the market share and pricing war ahead of the returning U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil.

• Tuesday, April 17th 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  First opening of the QE2 floating hotel in Dubai

  

  The UAE’s new floating hotel, Queen Elizabeth 2, will be opening its doors to the public soon, and ahead of the big day, some images have emerged of what the refurbished cruise ship will look like inside. The once world-renowned ocean liner that sailed the oceans for years, also known as QE2, has just gone through 2.7 million man-hours of transformation and is now permanently docked at Mina Rashid in Dubai.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 04:19 UTC

  Emirates Airlines inaugurates Dubai-Buenos Aires daily flights 3 January

  

  Emirates Airlines will fly on a daily basis between Dubai and Buenos Aires, with a call at Rio do Janeiro, as of next January 3, it was announced in the Argentine capital by Richard Vaughan Senior Vice-president for Commercial Operations.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 21:16 UTC

  BlackBerry outage sees traffic accidents plummet in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

  

  Police in Abu Dhabi and Dubai said the number of reported traffic accidents plunged during the recent three-day BlackBerry outage. In Dubai, traffic accidents fell 20% from average rates on the days BlackBerry users were unable to use its messaging service. In Abu Dhabi the drop was steeper, 40% and there were no fatal accidents.