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Aramco, unit and Sinopec ink $4bn deal

The two companies will establish a joint venture company.

Etihad unveils new A321LR aircraft

A321LR features First Suite - a private, enclosed space with a sliding door.

stc Group Q1 net profit up 11.05%

The Group reported a revenue of $5.12 billion.

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.

‘Cultural initiatives key to nation’s advancement’

"Poetry holds a distinguished position among literary arts, especially within the Arabic language. As the foundational literary form in Arabic,...

Egypt temporarily bans hugely popular ‘mahraganat’ singers

Mahraganat, often known as "electro-shaabi", or popular electro, relies heavily on computer-generated and synthesised beats, and has a wide reach....
  • The suspension came as Egyptian singer Mustafa Kamel became the union's chief
  • His predecessor, Hani Shaker, had led a campaign against what he called an "unacceptable" genre

Iraq unveils archaeological park with ancient carvings

The 13 stunning monumental rock-carved bas-reliefs were cut into the walls of an irrigation canal that stretches for some 10km at Faida...
  • The panels, measuring five metres (16 feet) wide and two metres tall, date from the reigns of Sargon II (721-705 BC) and his son Sennacherib.
  • The carvings were unearthed during several digs over recent years, by archaeologists from Kurdistan and Italy's University of Udine.

Auctioneers unveil Microsoft co-founder’s $1bn art collection

Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, becoming fabulously rich as the company grew into the computing behemoth it...
  • Five centuries of touchstone works featuring some of the most significant creators in history are being sold next month
  • The collection of more than 150 pieces includes work by Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin and Jasper Johns

Forum to discuss state of translation in Arab world at Cairo varsity

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia--The 10th Scientific Forum of translation themed “Time Differences between Composition and Translation in the Arab World” will...
  • The forum is being held on the occasion of the awarding ceremony of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Translation.
  • It aims at highlighting and advancing the effective means in supporting translation projects.

Freed Iranian singer appears in video for first time

The singer, who rose to fame for his song "Baraye", denied any links to any "movement or organization outside the...
  • The song racked up 40 million views on Instagram before it was deleted after his arrest. He was released on bail on Tuesday, state media said
  • Hajipour had posted a message on Instagram after his release, seeking to distance himself from politics

Qatar wants mascot of headdress to symbolize WC

A flying keffiyah headdress named La'eeb, meaning super skilful player in Arabic, is the official World Cup mascot and is...
  • La'eeb has been adopted by some internet blockchain communities in China which have issued tokens bearing the mascot's likeness.
  • The keffiyeh headdress, also known as a shemagh or a ghutra, is designed to protect against the sun, sand and dust.

Ornate Hindu temple opens doors in Islamic UAE

The large white marble building with Indian as well as Emirati architectural flourishes sits in the officially Islamic country's Jebel...
  • The temple, with a distinctive lotus pattern decorating the central skylight, was built at a cost of about $16 million and can house 1,000 people at a time
  • As well as a temple for all different forms of Hinduism, it will act as a support centre for Indian expatriates, particularly labourers

Moroccan nomads’ way of life threatened by climate change

Rainfall in Morocco is set to decline by 11 percent and average temperatures are set to rise by 1.3 percent...
  • Rainfall in Morocco is set to decline by 11 percent and average temperatures are set to rise by 1.3 percent by 2050, according to forecasts from the Ministry of Agriculture
  • Severe water shortages have even pushed some nomads to take the rare step of taking out loans to feed their livestock, their most vital asset

Deeply divisive Monroe biopic ‘Blonde’ hits Netflix

While there is almost universal praise for the visceral lead performance by Ana de Armas, critics cannot agree whether the...
  • While there is almost universal praise for the visceral lead performance by Ana de Armas, critics cannot agree whether the nearly three-hour film is an artistic tour de force
  • For ID magazine, "Blonde" is "guttural, instinctive, anguished filmmaking that bends space, time, and every cinematic tool at its disposal in service of attaining emotional truth."

Balkans library keeps alive its Ottoman link; helps villagers become highly literate

Thanks to a gift of books from passing Ottoman soldiers in the late 19th century, a hamlet in the Balkans...
  • There are tomes in Farsi, Arabic and Turkish along with a whole host of books in Serbo-Croat, the main language of the old Yugoslavia of which the village was once a part
  • The library helped make the villagers highly literate, with an inordinately large number of them becoming teachers

Beyonce album highlights the Black women changing country music

Nashville, United States - "Twenty-three in Music City / With dreams and high-heeled boots / Singin' for a crowd of blue...

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Original Asterix cover for auction despite legal challenge

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -  An original cover painting from the 1963 comic book Asterix and Cleopatre was to go under the hammer...

Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer killed in Gaza strike

Alareer, a professor of English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza, where he taught Shakespeare among other subjects, was...

Saudi-backed Newcastle face Champions League reality check

Manchester, United Kingdom - Newcastle must overcome the might of Paris Saint-Germain and a mounting injury list if the Magpies' first...

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Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for fiction

London, United Kingdom - Irish author Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday for his novel "Prophet...
  • Lynch pipped five other shortlisted novelists to the prestigious award for his dystopian work about an Ireland that descends into tyranny
  • The prize is one of the world's top literary awards and has propelled to fame countless household names, including Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel

Head breaks India hearts as Australia win sixth World Cup title

Ahmedabad, India -- Opener Travis Head hit a sparkling 137 to power Australia to a record-extending sixth World Cup title with...
  • Chasing a tricky 241 for victory in the final, Australia slipped to 47-3 before the left-handed Head hit his second century of the tournament to steer the team home.
  • Head's knock and his marathon stand of 192 with Marnus Labuschagne, unbeaten on 58, ended India's dominant run of 10 unbeaten matches at the event.

$120m Picasso: Auction houses eye monster sales

Sotheby's and Christie's will be moving a host of big-ticket lots, though they may still have a hard time topping...
  • Fifty years after his death, Pablo Picasso is expected to be one of the blockbusters this season with the sale of a major work: "Femme a la montre", or "Woman with a Watch"
  • At Sotheby's, Monet's "Peupliers au bord de l'Epte, temps couvert" (1891), a depiction of poplars along the river Epte, is expected to fetch $30-$40 million on Monday