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In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, hugs Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before a meeting in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Erdogan is visiting Saudi Arabia in a major reset of relations between two regional heavyweights following the slaying of a Saudi columnist in Istanbul. The Turkish presidency said talks in Saudi Arabia will focus on ways of increasing cooperation and the sides will exchange views on regional and international issues. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

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EXPLAINER: Why are foes Turkey and Saudi Arabia fixing ties?
By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press
Fri,04/29/22-1:03AM , 104 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The killing of columnist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul sent an already tense and shaky relationship between Turkey and Saudi Arabia into complete free fall.

Fast-forward 3 1/2 years later and it appears Turkey and Saudi Arabia are attempting to build a bridge and move on.
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United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei speaks during the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Forum at the Dubai Expo 2020, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

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Fossil fuel backers overshadow climate change talks in Dubai
By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press
Fri,04/01/22-11:37PM , 96 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A flurry of summits this week across Dubai addressed the threat of climate change, or at least acknowledged that a pivot away from fossil fuels toward cleaner sources of power is needed to keep temperatures from rising.
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People visit the Museum of the Future, an exhibition space for innovative and futuristic ideas in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Dubai has unveiled an architecturally stunning new museum that envisions what the world could look like 50 years from today. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Dubai's new Museum of the Future envisions a healthy planet
By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press
Wed,02/23/22-10:32AM , 164 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai will open the doors Friday to an architecturally stunning building housing the new Museum of the Future, a seven-story structure that envisions a dreamlike world powered by solar energy and the Gulf Arab state's frenetic quest to develop.
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Paul Griffiths, the CEO of Dubai Airports, speaks to The Associated Press at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 15, 2021. Dubai's main airport said Tuesday it has retained its top place as the world's busiest for international travel with around 29 million passengers shuttling through the global gateway last year. Griffiths, said DXB forecasts 57 million travelers to come through the airport this year, and a full recovery to pre-pandemic figures by 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

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Dubai airport is busiest for global travel as virus persists
By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press
Tue,02/22/22-1:18AM , 140 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai's main airport said Tuesday it has retained its top place as the world's busiest for international travel with around 29 million passengers shuttling through the global gateway last year.
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