Campaign events, cheap tickets: Indian parties woo Gulf voters for election
As the southern Indian state votes on April 26, thousands are flying back from the Gulf to cast their ballot. Could they shape the election?
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UAE central bank asks lenders to defer loan repayments for six months to help flood-hit residents
The United Arab Emirates' central bank sent a directive to the country's lenders and insurers approving the deferring of loan repayments for six months, as residents and businesses reel from historic floods that paralyzed the normally dry desert emirate.
'We've never seen anything like this': Dubai Airports CEO expects normal service within 24 hours after flood chaos
The CEO of Dubai Airports said Friday that he expects services to return "close to normality" within 24 hours after the major transit hub was hit by unprecedented flooding.
Nowhere for the water to go: Dubai flooding shows the world is failing a big climate change drainage test
The Dubai flooding last week illustrated how urban engineering is failing a major climate change test. In a world marked by the increasing possibility of extreme weather events, no matter how big and modern expanding urban environments around the globe get, they don't have enough places for all the water to go when there's too much of it.
3 Filipino workers killed during historic United Arab Emirates floods
Three workers from the Philippines have died in heavy flooding in the United Arab Emirates, Filipino officials announced, as the desert country struggled on Friday to recover from record rains.
Airport chaos, sleeping in metro stations, no running water: Dubai's flood mayhem continues
The United Arab Emirates continues to reel from floods caused by the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in the desert state, with airlines, banks, and city transport facing major disruptions and service outages.
Ulsan beats Yokohama 1-0 in first leg of Asian Champions League semifinals
Lee Dong-gyeong’s first-half goal gave South Korean club Ulsan HD a 1-0 win over Japan’s Yokohama F.Marinos in the first leg of their Asian Champions League semifinal on Wednesday.
UAE government unit denies cloud seeding took place before Dubai floods
DUBAI — The National Center of Meteorology (NCM), a government taskforce responsible for cloud seeding missions in the United Arab Emirates, denied reports that it carried out the weather modification technique in the runup to heavy storms across the country, therefore exacerbating flooding in places like Dubai.