Dubai: With the announcemnt of new Saudi tourist visas that will be available to citizens from 49 countries, the country has also given the go-ahead to implement new regulations related to female dress code. ### The dress code for women tourists was dropped and now women are no longer expected to wear an abaya and headscarf. The country also…
New York: This was supposed to be the year when America’s biggest start-ups would finally make their triumphant debut on the stock market. ### Billionaire Silicon Valley investors, sneaker-clad founders and button-down bankers all expected enormous stock sales to turn companies like Uber, Lyft and WeWork into a new generation of corporate giants. It hasn’t…
Dubai: The authorities concerned in the UAE should immediately ban the use of minibuses to transport passengers before more lives are lost involving these vehicles. ### The death of eight people in a minibus crash on Monday morning on Mohammed Bin Zayed Road in Dubai has once again raised questions on why these vehicles are…
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping paid his respects to Chairman Mao Zedong’s embalmed body on Monday in a rare gesture ahead of China’s celebration of 70 years of Communist rule. ### Xi and other top Chinese officials visited Mao’s mausoleum – located in the heart of Beijing in Tiananmen Square – and bowed three times…
Dubai: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) has announced that UAE citizens holding diplomatic, special and ordinary passports can now travel to the Central African Republic without the need for pre-entry visas. ### The decision will come into effect as of October 8, 2019. ### The exemption is in line with the…
Thiruvananthapuram: Following 13 years of litigation over five illegal high-rises, the owners of roughly 350 apartments in Maradu in Kochi began exiting their homes ahead of the demolition of the buildings. ### More families began moving their belongings out of their apartments on Monday, after what began as a trickle over the weekend when a…
Singapore: An American man who leaked confidential details of thousands of HIV-positive people in Singapore, most of them foreigners, has been jailed in the United States for two years. ### Mikhy Farrera Brochez was convicted by a Kentucky court in June for trying to extort the Singapore government using the stolen data. ### The 34-year-old…
The former Manchester United defender addressed supporters of the Ligue 1 club after they reacted negatively to his rousing pre-match video Patrice Evra has posted a message to PSG fans on social media following a backlash against his video that called for Manchester United to “give everything” in their Champions League clash with the Ligue…
Liverpool have looked to a versatile Brazilian to provide cover in defence this season, with more assistance required during a tie with Bayern Munich Fabinho admits being asked to provide cover for Virgil van Dijk has not been easy, with the versatile Liverpool star conceding that “it’s not easy to replace the best centre-back in…
Dubai: ### The Government of India had earlier advised that the conversion of all Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cards to Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards had to be done by September 30, 2019. However, the Bureau of Immigration (BoI) will now accept PIO cards as valid travel documents till March 31, 2020 along…