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His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai's Crown Prince and the UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, has approved an additional AED 1.5 billion support package for Dubai’s business sector.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) will organise Eid Al Adha celebrations for workers at 30 locations across the UAE.

Dubai Police are urging recovery vehicle operators to follow strict safety procedures following the death of a tow truck driver in an unloading accident.

Airbus and Air France were found guilty on Thursday of corporate manslaughter by a Paris appeals court over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew, three years after being acquitted in a lower court.

At least nine people were killed and others injured when a four-storey building collapsed overnight in the Moroccan city of Fez, the city's prosecutor said on Thursday.

Pakistan stepped up diplomatic efforts on Thursday to hasten US and Iran peace talks, as Tehran said it was reviewing Washington's latest responses and President Donald Trump suggested he could wait a few days for "the right answers".