Daily news headlines from the UAE and around the world, brought to you by Gulf News.
Rihanna coming to Abu Dhabi in October. Three new entities for Global Marketplace Abu Dhabi announced. Five dead from SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia. Body of Sarabjit Singh to be returned to Indian officials. Bayern Munich head to Champions League finals. DJ David Guetta, Justin Bieber and Dr L Subramaniam perform in Dubai. Shootout at Wadala and Iron Man 3 in cinemas this weekend.
Rihanna coming to Abu Dhabi in October. Three new entities for Global Marketplace Abu Dhabi announced. Five dead from SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia. Body of Sarabjit Singh to be returned to Indian officials. Bayern Munich head to Champions League finals. DJ David Guetta, Justin Bieber and Dr L Subramaniam perform in Dubai. Shootout at Wadala and Iron Man 3 in cinemas this weekend.
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, May 2. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a decree outlining
00:15the establishment of three independent authorities to oversee global marketplace Abu Dhabi, a
00:20new financial services free zone. The new entities include a financial services regulations
00:25bureau, a court system to mediate commercial disputes and a registration bureau.
00:30Five Saudis have died of a new SARS-like virus during the past few days. Two more people
00:34are being treated in an intensive care unit. Pakistan has said the body of Indian death
00:39row convict Sarabjit Singh, who died in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault in
00:43jail, will be handed over to the Indian authorities after formalities are complete.
00:48The UAE's Youssef al-Sarkar has lost out to Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa of
00:53Bahrain in the race for presidency of the Asian Football Confederation in Kuala Lumpur.
00:58It will be an all-German affair in the Champions League final for the first time after Bayern
01:02Munich completed a 7-0 rout of Barcelona. Playing with a 4-0 cushion after a win in
01:07the first leg at home last week, Bayern beat Barcelona 3-0 in the second leg last night.
01:12The final will be held at London's Wembley Stadium on May 25.
01:16Rihanna is bringing her Diamond World Tour to Abu Dhabi. She will perform on Saturday,
01:21October 19 at the Deux Arena on Yass Island. Tickets go on sale from midday May 9.
01:27If you're out and about this weekend, there's more music. DJ David Guetta returns to the
01:32city to perform at Atlantis on Friday. The next night, Justin Bieber makes his UAE debut
01:37with a sold-out show at the Sevens Stadium. He returns for a second show on Sunday night.
01:42Indian classical violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam and his son Ambi perform on Friday at Duktak.
01:48For the movies, John Abraham is playing a real-life gangster in Shootout at Wadala,
01:53while Robert Downey Jr. dons the metal suit again for Iron Man 3.
01:58That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next bulletin will be
02:01on Sunday, but as always, you can get the latest news at golfnews.com