Cash payments at the Dubai’s parking metres will be phased out from June 1, in a move aligned with the the emirate's Cashless Strategy for 2026, Parkin announced.Drivers will still be able to pay for parking tickets using Nol cards, which are widely used across the emirate’s public transport network. However, as part of a broader transition toward digital payments, customers are encouraged to download and use the Parkin mobile application.
Parkin is the largest provider of paid public parking facilities and services in Dubai, managing hundreds of thousands of parking spaces across the emirate. The shift away from cash is expected to reduce the operational costs associated with collecting, handling, and processing cash payments from individual meters.
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The Secretary General of the UAE National Media Authority has issued a stark warning about the legal consequences of irresponsible social media use, citing a series of real cases in which individuals faced prosecution, account deletions, and imprisonment for content that violated the country’s media laws.
Speaking at a recent address, Dr. Jamal Mohammed Al Kaabi stressed that even private family WhatsApp groups are considered media platforms under UAE law, meaning any content shared within them that violates regulations is subject to legal accountability. He outlined several categories of violations, each illustrated by concrete examples
1. Respecting religious beliefs.
Among the most serious violations highlighted was an incident involving a video that.
Dubai's iconic flame trees do more than just light up the city with its brilliant orange-red shade. They can cool the ground beneath them by up to 5ºC, a senior municipality official has revealed, as the city officially celebrates its first Flame Tree Season.
Khawla Al Ali, Head of the Executive Team for Pioneering & Community Initiatives at Dubai Municipality's Agriculture Department, said the tree's broad canopy, which can reach up to 15 metres wide, provides meaningful environmental benefits beyond its striking beauty.
She emphasised that the tree should be understood as both an aesthetic and functional landscape species, offering seasonal beauty, shade, biodiversity value, and support for Dubai's wider urban sustainability objectives.
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Dubai's marine transport network is set for a data-driven upgrade as the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) rolls out an enhanced Seasonal Network initiative powered by artificial intelligence and predictive analytics. The move is designed to improve service flexibility and respond more efficiently to fluctuating passenger demand during peak seasons, public holidays and major events across the emirate.The summer operating plan, effective in July, is built on an integrated big-data repository tracking passenger numbers, revenue, and occupancy rates. Officials say the system sharpens forecasting accuracy and supports more responsive operational decisions as usage patterns shift throughout the year.
How the AI-led model works?
At the centre of the initiative is an AI-led model.
Emirati patients may soon be able to access hospitals and specialised treatment across the UAE more easily under the country’s newly approved national healthcare and health insurance system, experts told Khaleej Times.
Healthcare leaders said that the move could remove long-standing barriers that often limited patients to hospitals within their own emirate due to insurance restrictions, especially in cases involving cancer treatment, cardiac care, and complex surgeries.
Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, Chairman and CEO of Burjeel Holdings, said the initiative could “remove geographical barriers between emirate-level healthcare systems and improve access to specialised hospitals and advanced treatment across the UAE.”
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The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said the risk of the Democratic Republic of Congo's deadly Ebola outbreakwas currently high at the national and regional levels but low worldwide. The UN body added that there were 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths and numbers are expected to rise given the time the virus circulated before the outbreak in Congo and Uganda was detected. A WHO Emergency Committee met on Tuesday in Geneva and confirmed the latest Ebola outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of the virus was a public health emergency of international concern but not a pandemic emergency, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said."Our absolute priority now is to identify all the existing chains of transmission ... that will then enable us to really.
The henna design on a seven-year-old should have faded in days. Instead, it left a second-degree burn on her skin, and a white scar her dark skin will carry for the rest of her life. The case is one of many seen by Dr Salem Antabi, a specialist dermatologist with over 30 years of clinical experience, who has been treating UAE children for henna-related skin injuries throughout his career. As families across the country prepare for Eid Al Adha, he is urging parents to think carefully before painting any henna on a child's skin."I am completely against henna for children from one to three years old," he says. "It can cause skin irritation, redness, allergic reactions. And if the child puts their hand in their mouth, the body can absorb it. It can poison them." The doctor pointed out.
