Dhanusha Gokulan

Dubai - Residents and tourists alike flocked to various spots at the Jumeirah open beach Wednesday to see the Queen Elizabeth II on her last voyage.

DUBAI - Children squealed in excitement as Barney the dinosaur, Bob the builder, Umm Khammas and characters from the popular cartoon series Shabia made live appearances at the 14th 
edition of the Global Village, a member of Tatweer Dubai and the much 
celebrated tourism destination in Dubailand.

DUBAI - “The women of Paraguay are my biggest source of inspiration” said Elsa Zalvidar, an innovative social activist from the poverty-stricken countryside of Paraguay, a land locked country in the heart of South America.

DUBAI - The ‘Eid in Dubai’ promotion during the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) will kick off the Eid Al Adha celebrations in the country in style. The celebrations will feature events for children and families with international cartoon stage shows and cultural events in select locations in Dubai.

DUBAI - As a child, Andrew McGonigle couldn’t decide between two subjects he had a passion for — geography and physics.

DUBAI - Conservationist Andrew Muir couldn’t bear to think that South Africa has more than 88,000 children who carry out household chores because their parents were victims to poverty and HIV/Aids.

From shopping sprees to business luncheons, weekend movies to a two-mile walkathon, shopping malls in the UAE are more than just the combat ground for the biggest, smallest and the not-so-well-known brands.

DUBAI - The first Rolex Middle East Forum held on Wednesday called for a new tradition in innovation and research in the Arab world and stressed the dire need to introduce a system wherein students would be encouraged to think critically.

DUBAI - The uptake for organic products is on a major rise in the region, particularly in the GCC nations, with the market growing at over 50 per cent annually, according to organic and natural food experts from the region.

DUBAI - Elsa Zalvidar came up with a solution to save Paraguay’s rapidly diminishing virgin forests by putting together leftover pieces of a vegetable sponge and other vegetable waste along with recycled plastic to make strong, lightweight panels that could easily be assembled into simple structures, including houses.