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- Lamborghini-driving Dubai tourist racks up $47k in speeding fines in just 3 hours
A tourist was so determined to get value for money from a Lamborghini he rented in Dubai that he racked up over $47,000 in speeding fines in just three hours. The UK man is now in a standoff with the garage over who pays the bill.World News - Sexting Tory MP given ministerial role by May despite allegations of ‘inappropriate touching’
Disgraced Tory MP Andrew Griffiths was handed a position in Theresa May’s government despite being investigated following allegations of “inappropriate touching” by a female Tory councillor, it has been reported.UK News - Firefighters battle massive blaze at Dubai tower, residents evacuated (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Dubai firefighters battled a major fire at a high-rise residential building in the city. Footage from the scene shared on social media shows flames and huge plumes of smoke engulfing the tower.World News - Dubai firm commissioned Qatar-smearing film from American who made fake news for Iraq war
When Gulf states cut ties with Doha in 2017 over its alleged support of terrorism, tensions were aided by a Dubai firm that hired a man to create an anti-Qatar video. That same man also led a US propaganda project in Iraq.World News - Dubai-based British twins face jail for allegedly assaulting police & cursing Arab women
A pair of high-flying British twins are at risk of spending three years in a Dubai prison after allegedly assaulting a policewoman while drunk and “cursing” at Arab women.UK News - Dubai tests driverless pods in a bid to become world’s smartest city (PHOTOS)
Dubai is testing its futuristic driverless pods - taking another step forward in its bid to become the world’s smartest city and its goal of making a quarter of daily transportation autonomous by 2030.World News
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