Emerging from the shimmering heat in the desert outskirts of Dubai is an unfamiliar sight in the Middle East, a baseball field. Now that it's built, though, one question remains: Will the fans come? That's the challenge for the inaugural season of Baseball United, a four-team, monthlong contest that began Friday at the new Barry Larkin Field. It's named for an investor who is a former Cincinnati Reds shortstop, has the exact dimensions of the field at Yankee Stadium in New York,
A man running a sex ring operating out of Dubai's most glamorous neighbourhoods, and exploiting vulnerable women, has been identified by a BBC investigation. Charles Mwesigwa, who says he is a former London bus driver, told our undercover reporter he could provide women for a sex party at a starting price of $1,000 (740), adding that many can do "pretty much everything" clients want them to.
Barely a week goes by without the British press telling the story of somebody moving to Dubai for lower taxes or, conversely, that the Dubai dream is dead. The city-state benefits from this discourse-fuelled soft power. It strikes both the haves and have-notes. Dubai fever is democratic. The city is an El Dorado of the east for remittance-sending strivers, sun-seeking expats and scammers. For many, it represents an unsettling post-western horizon.
Choosing the right M&A company in Dubai shapes the success of mergers, acquisitions, or business sales, leveraging the city's financial sector and strategic location.
Joby's all-electric air taxi, capable of carrying a pilot and four passengers at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour with zero emissions, aims to revolutionize travel in Dubai.