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TomTom cuts 300 jobs

The firm said it was realigning its organization as it embraces AI.

Aldar nets $953m in sales at Fahid

Aldar said 42 percent of the buyers are under the age of 45.

Qualcomm to Alphawave for $2.4 bn

The deal makes Alphawave the latest tech company to depart London.

Equinor signs $27 bn gas deal

The 10-year contract was signed with Centrica.

ADNOC Drilling secures $1.15bn contract

The contract for two jack-up rigs begins in the second quarter.

  • 2,000-year-old Roman wall paintings unearthed

    The plaster, which was discovered on a construction site in 2021, once decorated around 20 internal walls of a high-status...

    The plaster was found dumped in a large pit, having been smashed into thousands of pieces during Roman demolition works that took place before AD 2000.

    MOLA Senior Building Material Specialist Han Li has spent the last three months laying out the fragments and reconstructing the designs.

  • Egypt again delays opening of massive new museum, citing regional tensions

    Cairo, Egypt - Egyptian authorities announced on Saturday that the long-awaited inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) would once...

    The museum spans 50 hectares, the GEM is twice the size of both Paris's Louvre and New York's Metropolitan, and two-and-a-half times that of the British Museum

    Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said during a press conference on Saturday that the grand opening would be delayed until the last quarter of this year

  • Picasso on a plate: unseen ceramics up for auction in Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland -- A clutch of one-off and hitherto unseen ceramic plates and dishes by Pablo Picasso are going under...

    Emblematic motifs from Picasso's artistic universe -- pigeons, fish, a goat, a bull, and a bird adorn the colorful plates and dishes.

    Picasso was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. The prolific Spanish painter died in 1973, aged 91.

  • Saudi Arabia and Qatar to host Asian playoffs for World Cup: AFC

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Saudi Arabia and Qatar will host the Asian qualifying playoffs for the 2026 World Cup, the...

    Six teams, the third and fourth-placed sides from the recent Asian qualifiers, namely Indonesia, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE will be divided into two groups of 3 teams.

    They will battle each other in a centralized format from October 8 to 14, 2025, the AFC said in a statement.

  • Warner Brothers Discovery will split company to build streaming

    The move, which reallocates assets such as HBO Max and CNN, is the latest reflection of how streaming is remaking...

    The entertainment giant will break itself into two publicly traded companies: one covering "Streaming & Studios" and the other "Global Networks."

    The shift, designed to enable each venture to "maximize its potential," is expected to be completed by mid-2026, the company said

  • Chinese man defies demolition orders to build madcap rural home

    Xingyi, China -- Surrounded by the rubble of demolished homes, Chen Tianming's ramshackle tower of faded plyboards and contorted beams...

    Authorities razed most of Chen's village in Guizhou province in 2018 to build a lucrative tourist resort in a region known for its spectacular rice paddies.

    Chen, 42, refused to leave, and after the project faltered, defied a flurry of demolition notices to build his family's humble stone bungalow higher and higher.

  • Muslim pilgrims ‘stone the devil’ as Hajj concludes under extreme heat in Saudi Arabia

    Starting at dawn, the more than 1.6 million Muslims took part in the pilgrimage will throw seven stones at each...

    The more than 1.6 million Muslims taking part in the pilgrimage will throw seven stones at each of three concrete walls symbolising the devil in the Mina valley,

    The ritual commemorates Abraham's stoning of the devil at the three spots where it is said Satan tried to dissuade him from obeying God's order to sacrifice his son

  • ‘Italian genius’ Inzaghi to coach Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Former Inter boss Simone Inzaghi was revealed as the new coach of Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal...

    The Italian, who led Inter to a heavy defeat in Saturday's Champions League final, had earlier played down rumors of a two-year deal worth 50 million euros.

    Inzaghi, 49, becomes just the latest high-profile footballing acquisition for oil-rich Saudi Arabia, which will host the World Cup in 2034.

  • Trump bans visas for new foreign students at Harvard 

    Washington, United States - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a ban on visas for foreign students who are...

    The Trump administration has been in an ongoing showdown with academia, and Harvard in particular

    The Ivy League institution has rejected his administration's demands to give up control of recruitment, curricula and research choices

  • In Cairo, the little indie cinema that could

    Cairo, Egypt - In the heart of Cairo, a small cinema has for over a decade offered a unique space...

    Zawya was born in the post-revolutionary artistic fervour of the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak

    Egypt,long known as the Hollywood of the Arab world, has now largely been restricted to crowd-pleasing blockbusters