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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) — Sweet treats, sandwiches and drinks – all while dangling mid-air 50 meters off the ground. That’s what a group of diners in Dubai enjoyed recently as part of a “Dinner in the Sky” event that has been held in several countries. The event features diners lifted high in the air on an open platform suspended from a construction crane. Turnout for the brunch, lunch, dinner and tea services that […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The global economic slowdown combined with “selective demand” are pushing Christie’s to seek more realistic prices on their collections, directors of the auction house said Sunday. “This year the market is not at the same level as it was one year or two years ago. We are facing a more challenging market,” Guillaume Cerruti, Christie’s president for Europe, the Middle East, Russia and India, told journalists in Dubai. “To […]
(Eagle News) — An unusual hailstorm was felt in Dubai and parts of the United Arab Emirates, such as Sharjah, where ice particles the size of marbles fell like rain on Wednesday. Feb. 17. Residents said this is highly unusual. These photos were sent by our correspondents from the UAE.
A French climber has scaled one of Dubai’s tallest skyscrapers, with just chalk and sticky tape on his fingertips to help him up. 52-year-old Alain Robert climbed the 1007-foot high Cayan Tower on Sunday (April 12), which also has a 90 degree twist “Finally at the end of the day I knew that once I was going to start the ascent everything would be okay, I would be completely focused and I would be fighting […]
