United Arab Emirates

Exceptional and unusual rainfall caused major flooding, with over 80 millimeters of water between Monday night and Tuesday, nearly half of the rain that falls in the country on average in a year; it was the heaviest rainfall in 75 years

Dubai Customs will distribute 30.000 meals during Ramadan, one of 11 community initiatives under the Ramadan campaign

Starbucks employees based in the United Arab Emirates expressed fears they will lose their livelihoods, as the Gulf retail giant Alshaya Group, which operates the coffee chain in the Middle East, announced plans to cut jobs

Mini home farms have a huge impact on psychological well-being and family unity, health and organic farming experts said, urging Emirati residents to grow one in their own home

9 out of 10 UAE residents prefer to deal with human customer service agents rather than automated chatbots to resolve their concerns, according to a poll conducted by Khaleej Times

The book written by Sheikha Mozah bint Marwan Al Maktoum, which tells the stories of women aviation pioneers, was presented at the 16th Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2024 by the Kalimat Group publishing house

The Dubai Municipality launched the 'Promoting Healthy Eating in Educational Institutions' initiative to help institutions change their approach to meals by offering appropriate food options in canteens and cafeterias to over 300.000 students

The Dubai Street Naming Committee announced a new mechanism to find distinctive names for streets, incorporating elements of the emirate's heritage, identity and futuristic aspirations, with combinations of names and numbers to identify internal streets

The Environment Agency Abu Dhabi has discovered eight new species of invertebrates beloning to the same family of wasps in four reserves located in different areas in the emirate

The Environment Agency in Abu Dhabi announced its success in planting of 44 million mangrove trees in the emirate since 2020, as part of the UAE's efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2050