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Saudi Arabia suspended on Friday all domestic flights, buses, taxis and trains for 14 days starting Saturday, state news agency (SPA) reported quoting a source in interior ministry. Coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates)

The source said the move comes as a precautionary measure to limit the spread of coronavirus which has spread panic in global markets and put several countries on virtual lockdowns.

Saudi Arabia has so far confirmed 274 infections and no deaths, while globally the pandemic has killed nearly 10,000 and infected over 240,000.

Born in Paris, Salomé Le Chat has spent her life as a passionate music
devotee. She began her world music education at record shops, concerts, and
clubs across Paris. About her childhood she says “My parents deeply loved
music and wanted to cultivate this in me. Every morning we were watching music
videos instead of cartoons. I was raised on everything, from Classical to HipHop.
By the time I was a teenager, I’d collected hundreds of CDs. »
When she moved to New York Salomé started her career as event
planner and music curator.

This eventually led to a natural transition for her to
become a DJ. She is pursuing her career all around the world from Ibiza to Los
Angeles. She became renowned for energetic DJ sets, which dreamily flow
through various styles of techno, house, and disco. Salomé is playing along
artists such as Guy Gerber, Jamie Jones, Damian Lazarus and Black Coffee.
Also a singer and songwriter, Salomé is now working on different projects and
collaborations she will announce very soon !

Now, when my cleavage caught your attention, I want you to stop for a second and realize that if we human beings will be continuing going like this we are not gonna make it even to the next decade.

2018: California had 8527 fires burning an area of 1,8 million acres.
2019: in Siberia 7,4 million acres were on fire.
2019: Amazon rainforest 2,2 million acres has been lost to fire.
2020: Australia… 1.25 billion animals have died.
1.250.000.000.
In Kazakhstan plane crushed killing dozens of people and authorities just blamed it to the Ice Buildup.

Ukrainian airliner was shot down by accident in Iran 176 on board were killed.
USA and Iran is about to start a World War III.

And let’s not forget that Syria, Ukraine, Turkey, Libya, Israel and many more countries are still in war… 87% of the World’s Oceans are dying… And we can here only post pretty pictures with pretty captions but prefer not to do and know anything.
But you know what? We actually can!
Small things can change everything.
How about we stop spreading the hate on internet and in real life, if you meet someone rude, just think that maybe something bad happen to that person, and move on, don’t make his hate poison your heart.

Just be honest with yourself and stop blaming others, stop blaming yourself, anyone, just work harder!
We can all live together in peace and help our earth recover, because she is clearly trying to show us the right way.
If we can be united during the disasters, wars, why can’t we be the same united during the normal life, if we don’t learn our lesson now, it will keep going until we finally manage to figure out our life!

She says on her Instagram post.

This is great that models using their platforms to share and educate their followers.

Photo credit: @brennenmcmurray
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Jeans: @shopsummer91

In a far-reaching confidence-building initiative, the cost of licence registration and administration for companies operating in one of the world’s most sought-after business hubs – Jebel Ali Free Zone – will be slashed by up to 70 per cent, DP World, announced on Tuesday.

DP World, UAE Region, which operates the region’s oldest and largest free trade zone, said the initiative would immediately assist more than the 7,500 businesses that operate out of Jafza and hundreds of new businesses attracted by the region’s most sought-after free zone’s plug and play infrastructure and solutions for trade.

The across-the-board reductions in business-related fees by between 50 per cent and 70 per cent will be applicable for registration, licensing and related administrative functions for companies currently operating in Jafza as well as for new investors.

In addition, a range of other online services will now be offered free of cost as a direct result of Jafza’s on-going digitalisation process, DP World, the region’s premier logistics and business hub operator, said in a statement.

Established in 1985, Jafza is home to companies from 100 countries, including Fortune-500 firms. The free zone accounts for almost 23.9 per cent of total foreign direct investment flow into the UAE while contributing 23.8 per cent of Dubai’s GDP. In 2018, the free zone, which is facilitating the employment of more than 150,000 people, generated trade worth $93 billion.

Mohammed Al Muallem, CEO & Managing Director, DP World, UAE Region and CEO of Jafza, said the initiative is highly significant and in line with the recent call by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, to bring down the cost of doing business and enhance investor experience.

Al Muallem said it is a timely move to inspire   customers towards pursuing their business targets with greater confidence and purpose. “It’s specifically designed to create value and opportunities for the companies to channel their resources to support their activities sustainably. We believe this forward-looking initiative will enable companies to do business in a smarter way and generate more business and create new jobs.”

“Trade has always powered Dubai’s economic development and DP World has played a central role in supporting it. The activities of our flagships Jebel Ali Port and Jebel Ali Free Zone are very closely connected with companies located there to take advantage of the world class infrastructure facilities and investment incentives and to connect to global markets. The twin economic growth engines are examples to the world and serve as models DP World is rolling out in other locations across our network worldwide. As wealth generators, they are critical infrastructure assets that underpin prosperity and success for our nation,” said Al Muallem.

DP World, UAE Region contributes to over 33.4 per cent of Dubai’s GDP and believes this initiative will further enhance the ease of doing business at Jafza, and continue to position Dubai as one of the global centres for commerce and trade.

Dubai’s Emirates has suspended its daily flights to Venice and reduce frequency to Milan after all of Italy went under lockdown because of the Covid-19 outbreak.

“In light of the current situation in Italy, we have suspended our daily flight to Venice from March 12 to 31. We have also temporarily reduced the frequency of our daily flights to Milan from three to one,” an Emirates spokesperson said in a statement to Khaleej Times.

“This remaining daily flight will continue to operate as EK205/206 from Dubai to Milan, but will not operate onward to New York, as this sector has also been suspended from March 11 until April 3,” said the statement.

All of Italy was placed under lockdown as more than 9,000 people have become infected in the European country in little over two weeks, out of a global total of more than 113,000 in over 100 countries.

Nearly 4,000 people have died across the world, the vast majority in mainland China.

The Dubai-based carrier said its services to Rome will be reduced from two flights a day to one until April 30, while services to Bologna remain unchanged.

“We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Affected customers should contact their booking agent or Emirates office to make alternative arrangements. We continue to monitor the situation closely, and look forward to resuming normal operations when feasible,” said the spokesperson.

Earlier, British Airways, Jet2 and Ryanair stopped all Italy flights until April. Tunisia announced suspending all flights and shipping to Italy except to Rome.

A Dubai expat, caught red-handed providing an undercover policeman with hashish, has been charged at the Court of First Instance.

The 27-year-old Egyptian woman is facing charges of facilitating the drug use to others and using amphetamine and crystal meth.

The defendant, currently a jobless, has been placed in detention.

The case dates back to July 18 last year and was registered at the Al Muraqqabat police station.

A lieutenant from the anti-narcotics general directorate of Dubai Police said they were tipped-off by a reliable source that the defendant used drugs and possessed a quantity for selling it to addicts.

“Through investigation, we verified the information to be true. After taking the necessary legal procedure, we assigned a policeman to get in contact with the accused.

“In front of me, the policeman requested a quantity of drugs from the defendant on WhatsApp. They agreed on a venue to meet in Al Muraqqabat. She sent her location at 1.30am. I, together with other anti-narcotics officers, accompanied the policeman and watched him from a distance.”

The policeman proceeded to meet the defendant in a civil car.

“Right after she handed over hashish to the undercover cop and collected the cash, we raided the car following a signal (earlier agreed on) by that cop. The defendant then admitted that she indeed handed over a quantity of hashish to the officer as she needed cash to pay for her rent,” the lieutenant told the public prosecution investigator.

According to the crime lab report, the quantity seized from the accused was hashish and weighed 3.67 grams.

Her urine sample tested positive for amphetamine and crystal meth.