Cairo: Saudi police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an Ethiopian woman found dangling from a building in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, local media reported.
The dead body of the woman was spotted hanging by a rope from the roof of a residential building in the district of Al Safa. Police were alerted about the incident.
Cloth rope
Security forces were dispatched to the scene where the woman was found with a cloth rope around her neck.
Authorities confirmed that the woman was an Ethiopian resident in her 40s. “Preliminary legal procedures have been taken on the incident and referral to public prosecution,” the Interior Ministry said without giving further details.
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Dubai Real Estate Transactions Rose 27% in Q1 of 2021
April 22, 2021
According to the real estate bulletin issued by Dubai Land Department (DLD) under the name ‘Real Estate Updates,’ March 2021 recorded the second highest number of real estate transactions since February 2017, with 6,590 real estate transactions valued at about AED 22.9 billion, a growth in number by 43% and a growth in value by 40% compared to March 2020.
The bulletin showed that Dubai’s real estate transactions in Q1 2021 achieved a significant growth of 27% and 47% compared to Q1 2020 and Q1 2019, respectively.
The bulletin highlighted continued attractiveness of the real estate sector to new investors, as 5,683 new investors entered the market in Q1 2021, representing 64% of the total number of investors during the same period. The aforementioned figures revealed the continuity of achieving positive results in 2021, thereby continuing to enhance the trust of local and international investors in Dubai’
Dubai records 27% surge in Q1 property deals
Issac John/Dubai
Property deals valued at about Dh22.9 billion made in first quarter.
Dubai recorded the second highest number of real estate transactions since February 2017 in the first quarter, with 6,590 deals valued at about Dh22.9 billion, a growth in number by 43 per cent and in value by 40 per cent year-on-year.
The real estate bulletin issued by Dubai Land Department, ‘Real Estate Updates,’ March 2021, showed that real estate transactions in Q1 2021 achieved a significant growth of 27 per cent and 47 per cent compared to Q1 2020 and Q1 2019, respectively.
Highlighting the continued attractiveness of the real estate sector to new investors, the bulletin said 5,683 new investors entered the market in Q1 2021, representing 64 per cent of the total number of investors during the same period.
Covid-19: Man in Dubai loses bladder control after infection, treated
Saman Haziq/Dubai
He was unable to realise when his bladder was full and began leaking.
A Dubai-based businessman, who suffered for months from loss of bladder control a rare side effect of Covid-19 was cured thanks to timely diagnosis and treatment.
Ahmad Zubair Qureshi, 71, contracted Covid-19 while on a visit to his home country Pakistan in December last year, and experienced severe urinary incontinence that lasted for four months.
The problem would have persisted if it was not correctly diagnosed and treated, said Dr Foroozan Khezri, specialist – adult and pediatric urologist, Medcare Hospital – Al Safa who treated the patient and helped resolve the issue in less than a month.