Yesterday
Assad’s wife given ‘50/50 chance’ of survival as leukaemia returns
Asma al-Assad is thought to have flown to Moscow for treatment some time before the Kremlin persuaded her husband to flee in the face of lightning rebel advances.
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- Ben Farmer
November
Australian meat, dairy, grain and honey exports to win from UAE deal
The federal government will finalise a new comprehensive economic partnership deal with the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.
- Tom McIlroy
October
Tussle for control of New York’s famed Chrysler Building
Legal disputes and ruthless manoeuvres are commonplace in the cutthroat world of New York real estate. Now the fate of a famous skyscraper hangs in the balance.
- Philip Kaleta
London’s prestige property king goes ultra-lux in Dubai
Nick Candy, one of the developers behind London’s One Hyde Park, is aiming high in the Middle East.
- Jack Sidders and Zainab Fattah
Dubai’s allure to expats is weighing on city’s infrastructure
A glut of expats has sent property prices soaring. Competition is hot for school admissions, public transport is limited and roads are jammed.
- Abeer Abu Omar and Zainab Fattah
Senior Liberal’s mystery $7000 Singapore trip
The new shadow assistant treasurer declared lavish hospitality by a UAE-based logistics company.
- Mark Di Stefano
The Telegram billionaire, the yoga instructor and a very messy split
For almost a decade, Irina Bolgar and Pavel Durov enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle, funded by the messaging app. After his arrest, the dream is unravelling.
- Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur
The storm chasers trying to save the world from drought
Everyone agrees the planet needs more water. So why is cloud-seeding so controversial?
- Jeremy Miller
A 7000-year-old city emerges as a haven from Dubai’s sky-high rents
Sharjah is beginning to lure investors less than two years after passing a law that allowed foreigners to buy property in select areas of the emirate.
- Zainab Fattah
September
Fast-growing OpenAI is burning through truck loads of cash
As the company looks for more outside investors, documents reveal consumer fascination with ChatGPT and a serious need for more money.
- Mike Isaac and Erin Griffith
- Exclusive
- Trade deals
UAE petrodollars to fuel Aussie ‘green’ mineral boom
Australia’s first free trade deal with a Middle East nation will boost exports by almost $700 million a year to the United Arab Emirates.
- Andrew Tillett
- Analysis
- Social media
How France embraced Telegram’s Pavel Durov — before turning on him
Accustomed to mixing with the nation’s elite, the tech billionaire says he was surprised to be targeted by its legal system.
- Adrienne Klasa
August
Guggenheim rises in the desert as Abu Dhabi morphs into expat hub
All around, there are growing signs of a big construction boom that’s changing the face of this once sleepy, oil-rich emirate.
- Zainab Fattah
Dubai booms with an influx of anxious wealth
The desert sheikdom’s economy is buzzing with tourism and construction as it positions itself as a safe haven in a region that’s resting on a knife’s edge.
- Michel Wakin
July
David Dicker still hasn’t found what he’s looking for
The tech hardware CEO and chairman lashed Australia’s mindset towards the wealthy.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Some of the Gulf’s most influential investors? They’re Australians
The region’s state-owned investment funds that account for more than $US3 trillion ($4.44 trillion) in capital – increasingly deployed into Australian companies.
- Tom Richardson
Biden’s debate confession; Retail sales rise; Crucial super trick
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Abu Dhabi’s original hedge fund island is running out of office space
A real estate frenzy puts the United Arab Emirates capital at odds with other major cities around the world, where office vacancy rates remain elevated.
- Zainab Fattah
June
Suspected Houthi attack suggests widening operation
The attack happened near the outer reaches of the Gulf of Aden where it becomes the Arabian Sea and then ultimately the Indian Ocean.
- Jon Gambrell
Barrenjoey picks Abu Dhabi for offshore fixed-income trading unit
The local advisory group has become the first investment bank to set up a bond sales and trading operation in the city, choosing it over London or New York.
- Jonathan Shapiro