Two Motorists Sentenced To Clean Public Parks And Streets After Reckless Driving

Photos of two men cleaning streets at the Kalba corniche are surfacing the internet after the UAE’s Public Prosecution sentenced the duo to complete community service due to reckless driving. It goes without saying, but reckless driving is a big no. Any motorist caught driving carelessly is subject to a slew of fines and traffic …

Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port Clarifies Reason Behind The Massive Blast On Inbound Oil Tanker

Thick plumes of dark smoke and flames devastated the Jebel Ali Port last midnight as a result of flammable substances catching fire inside an oil tanker arriving in Dubai. Scores of residents from Al Barsha Heights, Jumeirah and Business Bay woke up to a tremor in the wee hours of yesterday night as the inbound …

Dubai’s All-New Deepest Swimming Pool Earns A Guinness World Record

A stunning new swimming pool in Dubai’s Nad Al Sheba neighborhood is sending the internet into a frenzy after earning a Guinness World Record for the deepest of its kind. Deep Dive Dubai, the latest entrant in the Guinness World Records and to the city’s line-up of tourist attractions, boasts of a 60-metre swimming pool …

638 Taxi Drivers In Dubai Are Getting Honored With Their Names Displayed On Top Of Their Cabs

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is paying respect to the city’s taxi drivers who kept the emirate moving during the Covid-19 outbreak with a custom name board on top of their vehicle. A whopping 638 taxi drivers were shortlisted by the RTA’s initiative, as they describe the recipients having “demonstrated high levels of social …

Expo 2020 Kicks Off Three-Month Countdown Featuring Lionel Messi

There’s a great deal of hype surrounding Expo 2020, and they’re raising the anticipation one notch further featuring Lionel Messi in a promotional countdown video. If you’re a long-timer in Dubai, chances are the flashback of Dubai winning the Expo 2020 bid in 2013 feels like yesterday. Fast forward to 2021, we’re only three months …

Hope Probe Captures Visuals Of Mars’ Rare Discrete Aurora

In a first for mankind’s exploration on Mars, the UAE’s Hope Probe captured a series of photographs documenting the Red Planet’s Discrete Aurora. Courtesy of the Hope Probe’s EMPUS (Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer) instrument, the Emirates Mars Mission rolled out a slew of stunning photographs showing Mars ”in the far-ultraviolet” featuring patterns that could trace …

Massive 15 Tonne Bryde’s Whale Whale Discovered Off The Dubai Coast

Teams from Dubai and UAE-affiliated environment authorities rushed to the Jebel Ali canal after DP World reported the sighting of a huge 15 tonne-heavy bryde’s whale in the waters. Although the Bryde's whale is a rare species around the UAE’s waters and only a few reported in the Arabian Sea, DP World alerted the authorities …

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Set To Allow Spectators This Year

After hosting the 2020 edition with a limited number of guests, Yas Marina Circuit confirms this year’s Abu Dhabi GP will welcome fans and spectators in a "safe and managed environment." Let’s admit it, no one likes seeing empty stands in any sporting event. Last year witnessed Formula 1 racers square off in the season-ending …

Dubai Gets A Flight Full Of Mangoes From Pakistan

We all know mango as the ‘king of the fruits,’ and true to this saying, a number of boxes of the beloved fruit were delivered from Pakistan to Dubai via an airplane. Pakistani journalist Aqsa Younas Rana took to Twitter sharing photos of piles of mango cartons loaded on every seat of the aircraft as …

Dubai Rubbishes Rumours About Rolling Out Dubai Coin Cryptocurrency

After days of rumors circulating about Dubai introducing its own cryptocurrency ‘Dubai Coin’, the emirate’s government debunked the fake news claiming “it was never approved by any official authority.” Last week, the ‘Dubai Coin’ listed on cryptocurrency websites and apps claiming to be an official digital currency by the emirate. Scores of investors fell victim …