Fire Erupts at Building in Downtown Dubai
A hotel near the site of Dubai’s planned New Year’s Eve fireworks display broke out in flames Thursday evening. Parts of at least 20 stories of the building were on fire, according to news reports.
A hotel near the site of Dubai’s planned New Year’s Eve fireworks display broke out in flames Thursday evening. Parts of at least 20 stories of the building were on fire, according to news reports.
Almost a third of U.S. office workers are taking off from work between Christmas and New Year’s, according to a survey for the staffing firm Robert Half.
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