Dubai opens world’s tallest building: Massive skyscraper is roughly 275 metres taller than the CN Tower

Dubai opens world’s tallest building

Massive skyscraper is roughly 275 metres taller than the CN Tower

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The Burj Khalifa looms over the United Arab Emirates city. (Jan. 3, 2010)

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES–Dubai opened the world’s tallest skyscraper Monday in a blaze of fireworks, then added a final flourish: It renamed the half-mile-high tower for the head of neighbouring Abu Dhabi, whose billions bailed out Dubai amid last year’s financial crisis.

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