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The project aims to unlock 3 trillion cu ft of gas resources in Indonesia.

Lulu Retail Q3 profit $35m

For the nine-month period, net profit increased by 73.3%.

Talabat IPO offer price range announced

The subscription will close on 27 Nov for UAE retail investors.

Salik 9M net profit $223m

The company's third-quarter profit increased by 8.8 percent.

Avia to buy 40 Boeing aircraft

The transaction for the purchase of 737 MAX 8 jets valued at $4.9bn.
  • ‘UAE is laboratory of past, present and future’

    "Aside from the obvious things - the construction of museums and large collections - it seems to me that the...

    La Biennale di Venezia president, Roberto Cicutto, commends the UAE's dedication to cultural development and youth education

    On UAE Pavilion's "Aridly Abundant" theme, he says it aligns with the Venice Biennale's focus on addressing environmental challenges

  • Abu Dhabi event transforms global falconry

    The exhibition has become a popular platform for falconers to purchase elite captive-bred falcons from local and international farms.

    Last year's exhibition saw the sale of the most expensive falcon in its history, the American-bred "Pure Gyre - Ultra White" for $275,000.

    The breeding of falcons in captivity represented a real revolution in falconry and sustainability and the revival of this heritage.

  • AlUla’s Jabal Ikmah listed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register

    AlUla, Saudi Arabia -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) listed AlUla's Jabal Ikmah in its Memory...

    Jabal Ikmah is one of the most prominent historic sites in AlUla and is designated as one of the largest open-air libraries in the Arabian Peninsula.

    It includes hundreds of carved inscriptions and stone carvings along the mountain made in different eras and civilizations, some thousands of years ago.

  • Watch owned by China’s last emperor sells for $5m

    Emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi had brought the watch with him to a Soviet prison camp where he was brought after the...

    Emperor at the age of two in 1908, Puyi was immortalised by Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning film but left a mixed legacy.

    A Patek Philippe "Grandmaster Chime" sold for $31 million in 2019. It is said to be the most complex timepiece the luxury watchmaker has ever created, with 20 complications.

  • Iraq artist battles to save old boating tradition

    The elegant water craft have long been vastly outnumbered by modern, motorised vessels and are threatened further as Iraq's waterways...

    Iraq must save "from extinction an essential facet of our civilisation which has existed for four or five millenia", said Salim, co-founder of Safina Projects

    The flotilla on the Tigris in Baghdad was a landmark event in Salim's efforts -- 18 of the boats took to the water on a spring afternoon as part of a cultural festival

  • Omani novelist’s book on water wins top Arabic fiction prize

    Alqasmi, who has published four novels and 10 poetry collections, is the first Omani winner of the prize, now in...

    Alqasmi, 49, will receive $50,000, and the prize committee will provide funding to translate "The Water Diviner" into English, organisers of the awards said

    In an interview for the prize's website, Alqasmi said the book had an additional focus: "on how women also caused changes in the life of the main protagonist"

  • NEOM’s first international exhibition held in Venice

    Venice, Italy - More than 20 of the world’s leading architects, designers, and future thinkers led a major opening event...

    Sir Peter Cook, Massimiliano Fuksas, Jean Nouvel and Ben van Berkel were among the world-renowned architects who joined CEO Nadhmi Al-Nasr on stage

    Set in the historic Abbazia di San Gregorio, one of Venice's oldest buildings, the exhibition's focal point is a large-scale 9x13m relief plan of NEOM set in the central courtyard

  • Art Dubai 2023 generates US$39m in economic impact, says new study

    DUBAI, UAE -  Art Dubai, the leading international art fair for the Middle East and Global South, on Sunday announced...

    The study showed that Art Dubai 2023 attracted a staggering 23,500 hotel nights bookings to Dubai.

    The event had the strongest-ever participation of regional and international institutional representatives.

  • 9000-year-old stone structures used as animal traps unearthed in Saudi

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- A team of Saudi and international archeologists has discovered ancient hand-made stone structures at Al-Dhulayat Mountain...

    The discovery was part of an archeological survey conducted by the Heritage Commission in cooperation with the International Scientific Center.

    Plus One Magazine on Wednesday published a scientific paper indicating that these stone structures were used as huge stone traps for animals that date back to the prehistoric era.

  • Moroccan nomads keep alive ancient sport of sand hockey

    M'hamid El Ghizlane, Morocco -- In a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans and tunics...

    Similar in many ways to field and ice hockey, but played barefoot and with palm wood sticks, the ancient game is called "mokhacha" in the local Hassani Arabic dialect.

    Forms of sand hockey are also enjoyed in Ethiopia, where it is called Genna, and in Tunisia under the name of Oggaf, according to the UK-based Hockey Museum.