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Plans for the “Dubai Green Spine” project have been unveiled as part of a vision to transform Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road (E311) into a pioneering 64-kilometer-long sustainable corridor. Spearheaded by URB and developed by its ambitious research arm, EPIC Lab, this transformative project aligns with the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan. It aims to revolutionise urban mobility, elevate environmental and social standards, and accommodate Dubai’s anticipated population expansion.

On the real estate front, the Dubai real estate landscape evolves around several factors including accessibility, proximity to metro stations and more. Several key residential areas in Dubai house some of the city’s top-ranked schools. That said, here is all you need to know about the city’s neighbourhoods located in close proximity to the best schools in Dubai, ranked ‘Outstanding’ by KHDA – rents and other details revealed.

Meanwhile, the UAE is also seeing a flurry of partnership deals between industry players and universities to aggressively ramp up the local blockchain talent pool amidst growing fears of a  talent shortage hindering its current surge in mainstream adoption and limit the potential to drive significant economic growth and innovation in the country and region. Both startups and established enterprises are collaborating with universities and training providers to develop blockchain-specific courses and bootcamps on war footing even as businesses, governments and individuals are increasingly getting drawn to its potentials to streamline processes, reduce fraud, and enable more secure and transparent transactions, industry players told Arabian Business.

Aside from this, the UAE and Saudi Arabia have urged citizens in the United States to be alert to the dangers of Hurricane Beryl. The UAE mission in Houston has urged its citizens currently in the United States to exercise caution due to Hurricane Beryl affecting Houston and neighbouring cities. The mission called on UAE citizens to follow safety instructions issued by the authorities.

In other news, continued incidents of exceptional temperatures such as last month being the hottest June on record have made some scientists to caution that 2024 is on track to be the world’s hottest recorded year. The European Union’s climate change monitoring service, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which put last month as the hottest recorded June on record, said every month since June 2023 – 13 months in a row – has ranked as the planet’s hottest since records began, compared with the corresponding month in previous years.

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