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SAIB reports $139 million Q1 net profit

its assets increased by 20.08 percent to $43.65bn.

Nissan forecasts $5.3bn annual net loss

Last year, it announced 9,000 job cuts worldwide.

Saudia to acquire 20 wide-body aircraft

10 of these being acquired for its flydaeal low-cost airline

ADIB’s Q1 net profit $517 million

Q1 2025 net profit before tax increased 18% YoY.

Emirates Islamic Q1 profit $394m

The bank's profit crossed AED 1bn mark for the first time.
  • UNESCO honors Omani navigator Amhed Bin Majid

    Omani sailor Ahmed bin Majid has been added to the list of world’s influential personalities on his 600th birth anniversary...

    UNESCO Lists Omani navigator Ahmed Bin Majid among influential world personalities

    The sailor is the sixth Omani figure to be included in this international list

  • US museum pays record $53m Caillebotte art

    The Getty Museum in Los Angeles purchased Gustave Caillebotte's painting Young Man at His Window for $53 million.

    The painting was part of the Cox Collection of Impressionist art, named for Texas businessman Ed Cox who died in 2020

    The auction also included three works by Vincent van Gogh, which brought in more than $150 million

  • Pakistan party falls flat after semi-final cricket loss

    The national mood was summed up by Prime Minister and former captain Imran Khan who said the side should be...

    Pakistan cricket fans reacted largely with good grace and humour Friday to their team's exit from the Twenty20 World Cup.

    Fans on social media heaped blame for the loss on Hasan Ali, vilified after dropping a catch at a key point of the match.

  • Sharjah International Book Fair world’s largest publishing event in 2021

    The Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) has emerged as the world’s largest book fair this year, attracting the participation of...

    The fair saw the participation of 546 publishers and literary agents from 83 countries.

    In the run up to the fair, SIBF Publishing Conference serves as a platform for buying and selling rights and signing book deals.

  • Riyadh Art launches Tuwaiq Sculpture Symposium

    Tuwaiq Sculpture is the second public art programme to be launched as part of Riyadh Art,

    Tuwaiq Sculpture is the second public art programme to be launched as part of Riyadh Art

    More than 400 sculptors across 71 countries have applied to participate in the symposium

  • Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai gets married

    The Pakistani activist shared images of the ceremony on social media.

    Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Prize winner, got married on Tuesday

    She shot in the head by militants in Pakistan in 2012 because she campaigned for girls’ education

  • Global Town festival showcases diverse cultures

    The festival dispensed cultural knowledge through visual experiences and services.

    The Ethiopian Corner depicted the country’s ancient culture, the origin and distinct aroma of the Ethiopian coffee

    It also showed and how it is extracted and made, even as visitors tasted it and witnessed the making process

  • Newcastle appoint Eddie Howe as new manager

    Howe was confirmed as Newcastle's new manager on Monday, a month after a Saudi-led takeover at St James's Park.

    The former Bournemouth boss succeeds Steve Bruce, who left the Premier League club by "mutual consent" on October 20.

    Newcastle are second from the bottom of the Premier League without a single win this season.

  • Film festival offers Tunisian inmates brief moment of freedom for art’s sake

    For the first time, three prison inmates in Tunisia were allowed a brief taste of freedom for the sake of...

    The prestigious Carthage Film Festival offered the prisoners the chance to help make a documentary about the festival.

    The idea was the result of a collaboration between the film festival, the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and the North African nation's prison authority.

  • 40th Sharjah International Book Fair is now world’s largest

    Held under the theme 'There's always a right book', SIBF has been leading international efforts to enable the publishing industry...

    Held under the theme 'There's always a right book', SIBF has been leading international efforts to enable the publishing industry chart its post-pandemic recovery

    The 2021 edition of the cultural extravaganza, which runs from November 3 – 13, has Spain as a Guest of Honour

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