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  • Dramatic moment huge inferno rips through 67-storey Dubai skyscraper with 4,000 residents as debris falls from the sky

    06/15/2025 4:36:04 AM PDT · by plain talk · 60 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | june 14, 2025 | Emily Cooper
    Spine-chilling footage shows the moment a huge fire engulfed a 67-storey skyscraper in Dubai. Marina Pinnacle - a residential building home to 3,820 people in the affluent area of the Dubai Marina - went up in flames at around 9.30pm on Friday night. Dubai Civil Defence teams spent six hours tackling the blaze until it was successfully contained early on Saturday morning. All 3,820 residents from 764 apartments were evacuated safely and there were no injuries, according to the Dubai Media Office (DMO).
  • The Father Pursues Trump’s Diplomatic Deals. The Son Chases Crypto Deals.

    05/23/2025 6:12:17 AM PDT · by karpov · 12 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | May 22, 2025 | Rebecca Ballhaus and Angus Berwick
    A month before President Trump’s inauguration, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff flew to the United Arab Emirates with two goals: discussing regional issues with the Abu Dhabi royal known as the “spy sheikh,” and attending a cryptocurrency conference. Less than five months later, Witkoff’s son, co-founder of the crypto venture World Liberty Financial, took the stage at a conference in Dubai to announce the company had struck a deal for the sheikh’s company to buy $2 billion of their new cryptocurrency. The expected tens of millions of dollars in annual profits would be split between the Witkoffs and their co-founders—and...
  • Neolithic arrowheads and Bronze Age industry at Saruq al Hadid, UAE

    05/23/2025 10:38:34 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 4 replies
    Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports ^ | Volume 57, September 2024, 104581 | see list below
    Abstract: Among growing indications of human occupation in the coastal regions of southern and southeastern Arabia extending into the Neolithic and beyond, this study introduces new archaeological evidence, namely bifacial arrowheads and trihedral points, suggesting human presence at the Saruq Al-Hadid site in the fringe of Rub' Al Khali during the mid-Holocene period. Human activities in the site are dated to the 'Dark Millennium' and Bronze Age. We suggest that Contexts 10 and 8 are an extension of the activities of the Horizon IV, located 20 m to the West. This is evidenced by the similarity in the simple reduction...
  • Neither Atlantis nor the Mayans: Artificial intelligence discovers a lost civilization beneath the desert sands

    03/11/2025 2:25:57 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    Marca ^ | 26/02/2025 | Connor aReid
    It is in one of the most remote places on the planetFor many centuries, extensive, vast and lush deserts in terms of sand have been a challenge for archaeology, as beneath their dunes there may be remains of ancient civilisations. Well, thanks to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR), something surprising has been discovered in the Dubai desert. What is synthetic aperture radar (SAR)? Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a technology that provides high-quality images of the subsoil and can penetrate sand. This information is combined with powerful algorithms to analyze large areas of land for patterns that...
  • Archives threatening to withhold some evidence in Biden probe as 'personal,' Comer reveals

    09/06/2023 9:48:47 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 30 replies
    Just The News ^ | Updated: September 6, 2023 - 10:01am | By John Solomon
    The Bidens have always maintained they did not coordinate, mix or discuss personal and government business activities, but evidence in the Archives conflicts with that claim. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer pressed Wednesday for deeper access to records in the Biden family probe held by the National Archives, while pointedly warning that America's historical agency is threatening to withhold some evidence as "personal." Comer made the revelation in a letter to Archivist Colleen Shogan that requested unrestricted access to a collection of memos the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has released in redacted form titled “Records...
  • American writer Tucker Carlson: I have never met a leader as wise and humble as his Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed

    01/13/2025 9:55:43 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 23 replies
    ZAWYA ^ | 1/11/2025 | Press Release
    UAE, Dubai – Prominent American media personality and political commentator Tucker Carlson, founder of the Tucker Carlson Network, described the UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as a "wise leader unlike any other president I have met,” reiterating that wisdom is impossible without humility, which he referred to as a divine gift. Carlson shared his insights during a keynote session titled “The New Rules of Influence” at the 1 Billion Followers Summit, the world’s largest event dedicated to the content economy. His Excellency Saeed Al Eter, Deputy Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Strategic Projects and Chairman...
  • Terror in UAE: Missing Chabad emissary murdered, body found

    11/24/2024 12:22:07 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 14 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 24/11/24
    The body of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Abu Dhabi who went missing last week, has been found, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed Sunday morning. Authorities in the United Arab Emirates announced this morning (Sunday) that a body had been found in the country and that the identity of the deceased was in the process of being verified. The Prime Minister's Office and Foreign Ministry stated, "The UAE intelligence and security authorities have located the body of Zvi Kogan, who has been missing since Thursday, 21 November 2024. The Israeli mission in Abu Dhabi has been in contact...
  • Burj Dubai: The new pinnacle of vanity

    01/04/2010 11:26:51 PM PST · by TigerLikesRooster · 18 replies · 1,020+ views
    Telegraph ^ | 01/05/10 | Stephen Bayley
    Burj Dubai: The new pinnacle of vanity For all the ambition of its construction, Dubai's new Khalifa Tower is a frightening, purposeless monument to the subprime era, says Stephen Bayley. By Stephen Bayley 05 Jan 2010 /snip There are three seismic fault zones in the UAE area, although Dubai itself is thought to be at low risk because of its particular soil structure. Yet if I were enjoying the view from, say, the 140th floor, I would not be able to help musing with a frisson of alarm that the geologically unstable Iran was not too far away. Indeed, minor...
  • Construction of world's tallest tower to begin

    12/11/2004 9:07:25 PM PST · by wagglebee · 145 replies · 3,929+ views
    New Scientist ^ | 12/10/04 | Will Knight
    The construction of what will be the world's tallest building is set to begin in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building contract was awarded to a consortium led by the South Korean Samsung Corporation on Thursday. The Burj Dubai tower will stand 800 metres tall - just 5 metres shy of half a mile - once completed in 2008. That will be a full 350 metres taller that the tallest floored in the world today, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. The new tower’s unique, three-sided design will ascend in a series of stages, around a supportive central core and...
  • Dubai Developer Emaar Plans New ‘World’s Tallest’ Tower

    04/11/2016 9:03:47 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 11 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | April 10, 2016 | NICOLAS PARASIE
    DUBAI—Dubai’s flagship developer Emaar Properties on Sunday unveiled plans to construct the world’s tallest tower in the Middle Eastern emirate, set to rise slightly above the Burj Khalifa that currently holds the title. The announcement by Emaar underlines Dubai’s ambition to establish itself as a global investment and tourism hub by often pursuing futuristic megaprojects such as artificial islands off its coast or an indoor ski slope. Emaar aims to deliver the tower, which won't be for residential use but contain an observation deck and possibly a small hotel, before Dubai hosts the World Expo fair in 2020. It will...
  • The Burj Khalifa shines the Union Jack for miles and the Eiffel Tower turns its lights off [tr]

    05/24/2017 6:09:23 AM PDT · by C19fan · 31 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | May 24, 2017 | Rachel Burford and Simon Holmes
    Countries around the world offered their support and condolences to the United Kingdom after the devastating terror attack in Manchester on Monday evening. In Dubai the Burj Khalifa was emblazoned with the Union Jack, in Zagreb, Croatia a fountain was illuminated with the colours of the United Kingdom flag and in Rome the Rome the Colosseum went dark in tribute. At Yankee Stadium, 'God Save the Queen' was played along with 'The Star-Spangled Banner' before New York hosted the Kansas City Royals.
  • UAE condemns Brussels attack: Burj Khalifa in Belgium flag colours

    03/23/2016 11:32:27 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 23 replies
    Emirates 24/7 ^ | Wednesday, 23 March 2016
    World monuments in solidarity with victimsBurj Khalifa lit up in the colours of the Belgium flag on Tuesday night. Burj Khalifa in colours of Belgium flag in solidarity with victims of Brussels attacks, tweeted Dubai Media Office. The UAE has condemned the terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday, which claimed the lives of innocent civilians and left many people injured.
  • World's tallest skyscraper will be a MILE HIGH and twice as tall as the Burj

    02/06/2016 8:00:44 AM PST · by upchuck · 66 replies
    The Sun ^ | circa Feb 5, 2016 | Hanna Alberts
    Plans are underway to build a MILE-HIGH skyscraper in Japan. If approved the huge tower would be the tallest building in the world, dwarfing the current record-holder, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai which is half as tall at 2,717ft (828m). Located in Tokyo Bay, an inlet southeast of the city proper, the plan - dubbed Next Tokyo - wouldn't just be a single massive building, but if approved would emerge as a mini city designed to combat climate change. Envisioned as part of Tokyo's effort to protect itself from rising tides, Next Tokyo would feature a chain of man-made,...
  • Huge fire near New Year's Eve celebrations at Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

    12/31/2015 9:54:45 AM PST · by prisoner6 · 66 replies
    Fox News TV ^ | 12/31/2016 | NA
    Pics just on TV. Link is for future reference.
  • Obama is house buying in Dubia (rats fleeing a sinking ship)

    10/06/2024 2:29:03 AM PDT · by PCPOET7 · 38 replies
    Looks like Obama is prepping to flee the United States
  • Air Force vet Joseph Lopez, brother Joshua, who were drugged during Dubai yacht party, speak out as they’re freed from UAE jail, land in US — with help from JD Vance

    09/26/2024 12:04:42 AM PDT · by blueplum · 10 replies
    NY Post ^ | 25 Sept 2024 | Richard Pollina
    The US airman-turned-social media influencer and his brother — sentenced to jail in Dubai last month after claiming they were lured and drugged at a yacht party — were freed from prison Tuesday, putting an end to the siblings’ four-month “nightmare.” Joseph and Joshua Lopez arrived home in their native Ohio, Detained in Dubai, an organization dedicated to helping people facing legal issues in the United Arab Emirates, announced late Tuesday... Detained in Dubai thanked Ohio Senator and Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance for his “help and support” in ensuring the brothers’ safe return.... Vance had been in “constant...
  • Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France

    08/25/2024 10:19:44 AM PDT · by EnderWiggin1970 · 37 replies
    Reuters ^ | 8/25/24 | Ingrid Melander and Guy Faulconbridge
    PARIS/MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly after landing on a private jet late on Saturday and placed in custody, three sources told Reuters. The arrest of the 39-year-old technology billionaire prompted on Sunday a warning from Moscow to Paris that he should be accorded his rights and criticism from X owner Elon Musk who said that free speech in Europe was under attack. There was no official confirmation from France of the arrest, but two French police sources and...
  • Telegram founder Pavel Durov detained on arriving in France from Azerbaijan

    08/24/2024 1:55:17 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 20 replies
    Telegram founder Pavel Durov detained on arriving in France from Azerbaijan
  • Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s deadly floods

    04/26/2024 4:44:22 AM PDT · by Pontiac · 42 replies
    CNN ^ | April 25, 2024 | Angela Dewan
    The record-breaking rain that fell over the United Arab Emirates and Oman this month, triggering deadly floods and chaos, was driven partly by the climate crisis, according to a scientific analysis published Thursday, which pointed directly at humans burning fossil fuels.A team of 21 scientists and researchers, under the World Weather Attribution initiative, found that climate change was making extreme rainfall events in the two countries — which typically fall during El Niño years — between 10 and 40% more intense than they would have been without global warming.Over a period of less than 24 hours between April 14 and...
  • Dubai rocked by heaviest downpour in 75 years and fatal floods following cloud-seeding missions

    04/19/2024 7:26:56 AM PDT · by Twotone · 46 replies
    The Blaze ^ | April 18, 2024 | Joseph Mackinnon
    The United Arab Emirates and neighboring states were rocked this week by the heaviest rains on record, which resulted in devastating floods, dozens of deaths, significant damage, and diverted flights. A government meteorologist indicated early on that the UAE's well-known geoengineering efforts were at least partly to blame. However, now that there is a body count, the government task force responsible for cloud-seeding missions in the region is attempting to deny responsibility. Liberal media outlets such as the Guardian and Wired and so-called experts have dutifully accepted these denials, insinuating that climate change or other factors may instead be responsible....