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Dubai floods seen from space - 17 April 2024. Dubai Metro services were severely impacted, leaving around 200 commuters stranded at several stations. MA highway through Dubai was reduced to a single lane in one direction, while the E11 Road that connects Dubai with the capital Abu Dhabi was closed in the Abu Dhabi direction. [14]
The 49th imam of Nizari Isma'ilism, Aga Khan IV (pictured), dies at the age of 88 and is succeeded by his son, Aga Khan V.; Eleven people are killed in a mass shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden.
March 1 - In response to the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Dubai's police chief states that travelers suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed into the United Arab Emirates even if they arrive with passports issued by other countries. [7] March 10–13 - Emirates Airline Festival of Literature occurs in Dubai.
Dubai's education regulator, the Knowledge and Human Development Agency (KHDA) founded. [58] December: Women-only pink taxis go into service. [59] 2007 February: New UAE telco 'Du' launches. June: Dubai's Salik (Meaning 'clear') road toll comes into effect. June: Dubai Real Estate Corporation was founded.
The world economic recovery from the Great Recession resulted in a rebound for the Dubai real estate market: it was reported that "residential prices [in Dubai] rose by 17.9% from August 2012 to 2013, while rents soared by 14.9% in the same period".
The main site of Expo 2020 Dubai was a 438-hectare area (1083 acres) located between the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, near Dubai's southern border with Abu Dhabi. [8] The master plan, designed by the American firm HOK , [ 9 ] was organized around a central plaza, entitled Al Wasl Plaza , enclosed by three large thematic districts dedicated to ...
Dubai Waterfront was expected to become the largest waterfront and largest man-made development in the world. The project was a conglomeration of canals and an artificial archipelago; it would occupy the last remaining Persian Gulf coastline of Dubai, right next to Palm Jebel Ali and the Dubai-Abu Dhabi border.
In 2012, Dubai police subjected three British citizens to beatings and electric shocks after arresting them on drugs charges. [61] The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, expressed "concern" over the case and raised it with the UAE President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, during his 2013 state visit to Britain. [62]