President Joe Biden opted out of the Dubai climate summit, according to a US official on Sunday, missing a global gathering on climate change among world leaders this week.
Plumes of smoke were still visibly rising from a 63-story luxury hotel in Dubai Friday, after firefighters spent all night battling the New Year's blaze.
Dubai is set to host a beauty pageant early next year. The region aims to find the next Latina beauty thus it is holding its very first Miss Latina Middle East 2016.
Dubai is used to high-end cars of excessive luxury. The new custom gold-plated Lamborghini, however, is in its own category when it comes to price and extravagance.
A Norwegian woman jailed in Dubai after being raped has been pardoned, after an international outcry over her treatment by authorities in the conservative Muslim city.
