Category Archives: UAE

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US disputes UAE’s explanation of Khashoggi lawyer arrest

Originally posted to the Associated Press Middle East website, 18 July 2022 DUBAI, United Arab [...]

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UAE drops death sentence for Israeli woman in drug case

Originally posted to AP website, 28 June 2022 JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Arab Emirates [...]

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The Madame Gu superyacht, owned by Russian parliamentarian Andrei Skoch, is docked at Port Rashid terminal, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, June 23, 2022. The sleek $156 million yacht belonging to Skoch, a sanctioned Russian oligarch and parliamentarian, is the latest reminder of how the sheikhdom has become a haven for Russian money amid Moscow's war on Ukraine.
Sanctioned Russian oligarch yacht in Dubai as pressure grows

Originally posted to AP News website, 24 June 2022 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — [...]

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A food-delivery worker enters one of Deliveroo's delivery-only kitchens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 2, 2022. Food-delivery drivers protesting wage cuts and grueling working conditions went on an extremely rare strike in Dubai on Saturday, April 30, 2022 — a mass walkout that paralyzed one of the country’s main delivery apps and revived concerns about labor conditions in the emirate. The strike ended early Monday, when London-based Deliveroo agreed to restore workers’ pay to $2.79 per delivery instead of the proposed rate of $2.38 amid surging fuel prices
Dubai delivery drivers walk off job in rare protest over pay

Originally posted to AP News website, 2 Mai 2022 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — [...]

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May
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Biden rebuffed as US relations with Saudi Arabia and UAE hit new low

Originally published on The Guardian on April 3rd 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/03/us-relations-saudi-arabia-uae-oil-crisis As Joe Biden moved to open [...]

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Allegations of worker exploitation at ‘world’s greatest show’ in Dubai

Originally posted to The Guardian website, 3 February 2022 Migrant workers employed at Expo 2020 [...]

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