If you’ve been meaning to tell someone back home to come visit Dubai, now there’s an added reason to actually send that message. The Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism has launched A Dubai Invite — a programme that rewards UAE residents for bringing overseas family and friends to the city, with benefit packages worth more than Dh3,000 per successful invitation. It’s a straightforward idea: you nominate a visitor, they arrive in Dubai during the campaign window, and you receive rewards spanning hotel stays, dining, attraction tickets and lifestyle experiences. The programme runs from now through October, making it well-timed…
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Dubai Municipality has brought artificial intelligence into its household water testing programme — a move that significantly speeds up the detection of harmful bacteria and gives authorities more time to act before a problem spreads. The initiative is being led by the Dubai Central Laboratory as part of the emirate’s broader strategy to embed advanced technology into public services. The combination of AI and specialist laboratory expertise is designed to make water quality monitoring faster, more reliable and better equipped to protect residents at scale. Faster Detection of Harmful Bacteria The practical benefit at the heart of this upgrade is…
Rajiv Meherish, founder and CEO of the Raju Omlet restaurant chain, passed away on Sunday after a period of illness. The news has left a genuine void in Dubai’s business and food community — among friends, colleagues and the many people who followed his journey from a media career to building one of the UAE’s most recognisable homegrown restaurant brands. Raju Omlet wasn’t just a place to eat. For many Dubai residents, it was the kind of discovery that becomes a regular habit — familiar, affordable and consistently good. Meherish built that from scratch, and the story of how he…
Spain has just pulled off one of the biggest milestones football has ever seen. After beating Argentina 1-0 in the FIFA World Cup 2026 final, the Spanish men’s team lifted the trophy for the second time in their history, ending a 16-year wait since their last win back in 2010. What makes this win even bigger is that Spain has now become the first nation in football history to hold both the men’s and women’s FIFA World Cup titles at the same time. The Spanish women’s team already won the FIFA Women’s World Cup back in 2023, and now that…
There are World Cup finals that feel like obligations — two deserving teams, a good game, a worthy winner. And then some finals feel like events. Spain against Argentina on July 19, 2026, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey is very much the second kind. The European champions and FIFA’s top-ranked team against the World Cup holders and South American champions. Lionel Messi, at 39, is chasing a second consecutive World Cup and what would be the most extraordinary exit to any footballing career in history. Lamine Yamal, at 19, is waiting to show the world what he can do…