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  • Why Expo 2020 Dubai visitors can’t get enough of Saudi Arabia’s Al Baik chicken

    The National visited on a weekday afternoon, and sure enough, there’s a line extending outside the building, and once you enter, there are barriers in place for more queues. A separate line allows people to place their order for the popular fried chicken or shrimp, and visitors are then guided to another line where they can get their hands on the meal.

  • Dubai Port Operator DP World Sees Lasting Supply Disruptions

    Dubai’s DP World, one of the biggest global port operators, expects supply chain bottlenecks that have rattled global trade flows to continue at least for another two years. “The global supply chain was in crisis in the beginning of the pandemic,” Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem told Bloomberg TV in an interview at Dubai Expo 2020 on Friday. “Maybe in 2023 we’ll see an easing.”

  • Dubai Misses Out on the IPO Boom Sweeping Abu Dhabi and Riyadh

    “Dubai has a lot of catching up to do: Its liquidity profile is weak in comparison to Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, which are also some of the best-performing emerging markets this year,” said Salah Shamma, Franklin Templeton’s Dubai-based head of equity investment for the Middle East and North Africa.

  • Inside Saudi Arabia’s stunning ‘window to the world’ at Expo 2020 Dubai

    The structure is among dozens of pavilions at the world's fair site that opened to visitors on Friday. Organisers said the number of record-breaking features, which include a striking 32-metre digital water feature that is almost two-thirds as high as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, will make the Saudi pavilion a sure draw.

  • Expo 2020 Dubai kicks off with lavish opening ceremony

    The first world fair to be held in the Middle East, Expo 2020 Dubai, opened on Thursday with a lavish ceremony of fireworks, music and messaging about the power of global collaboration for a more sustainable future. Stars headlining the opening ceremony, which was projected in public spaces around the UAE, included Italian tenor singer Andrea Bocelli, British singer Ellie Goulding, Chinese pianist Lang Lang and Saudi singer Mohammed Abdu.

  • Dubai Resets After Covid-Ravaged Year With $7 Billion Expo

    Having spent years preparing for the event, the city hopes that an exhibition featuring autonomous vehicles, a pavilion shaped like falcons and one with an original Pharaoh coffin will attract enough tourists to help solidify a nascent economic recovery.

  • Saudi TV Stations Begin Shift to Riyadh in Challenge to Dubai

    Saudi Arabian news channels are starting to transfer operations out of Dubai amid a push by the country’s crown prince to get multinational companies to relocate their headquarters to the kingdom. Staff at Al Arabiya and Al Hadath, both part of which operate under the same media umbrella, were told of the plans to shift to Riyadh from Dubai on Monday, according to several people who spoke on condition of anonymity because they aren’t authorized to speak on the matter. The move will happen in stages, the people said.

  • Saudi Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 Offers Journey Through Five Ecosystems

    A 68 square-meter, curved LED screen greets visitors as they embark on a technology-enabled journey through five ecosystems, hinting at the Kingdom's natural spaces, beautiful coasts, vast deserts, surrounding seas, and high mountains. The journey will walk through the flora of Al Bardani Valley in Asir Region to the mighty mountains of Tabuk, and from the dunes of the Empty Quarter in southeastern Saudi to the crystal-clear waters of the Red Sea.

  • Ruler of Dubai inaugurates 300MW to phase 5 of Solar Park

    Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD, and CEO of DEWA said: “Commissioning the 300MW first stage of the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park increases DEWA’s total capacity of clean energy to 1,310MW. This brings clean energy capacity in Dubai’s energy mix to around 10%.”

  • Dubai is building an art collection — without buying any art

    Dubai won't be buying any art -- it will be borrowing it. National art collections and museums were popularized in Europe during the 18th and late 19th century, and typically, these collections are built over long periods of time by purchasing or being gifted works. But Dubai aims to fast-track the process.