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Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.

$1.59bn Makkah project awarded

A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.

‘In our blood’: Egyptian women reclaim belly dance from stigma

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against...

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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...

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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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Israeli researchers find opium residue in 3,500-year-old pottery

Researchers examined whether they had served as containers for the drug, which earlier writing had suggested was used in burial...
  • The joint investigation began in 2012 when excavations in the central Israeli town of Yehud revealed a series of Late Bronze Age graves
  • Researchers found pottery vessels at the site that resembled poppy flowers from which opium is derived dating back to the 14th century BC
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Lebanon’s past echoes its grim present in exhibition

Newspaper clippings, film negatives and diary entries from the years before Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war tell a story of government...
  • The exhibit was born in part from the discovery of the archives of late billionaire Jean Prosper Gay-Para, who owned the once-famous Les Caves du Roy nightclub
  • Over three decades after the devastating civil war, Lebanon is reeling from a financial crisis that has seen poverty spike as the currency has lost more than 90% of its value
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Grand celebrations announced to mark 92nd Saudi National Day

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—From Sept 18-26, Saudi Arabia will be hosting grand celebrations to mark the 92nd Saudi National Day. Chairman...
  • Aerial and marine shows by jets, helicopters, civil airplanes, ships and boats will be organized under the theme "A Salute for the Homeland".
  • The Ministry of Interior will hold "Events for the Pride of the Homeland", which includes musical shows by a military band, entertainment pavilions and virtual (AD1) theaters.
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Qatar-based sound artist says it’s time to slow down and listen

Birdsong, insects chirping, the sound of wind brushing through tall grass or over sand dunes all these form part of...
  • Birdsong, insects chirping, the sound of wind brushing through tall grass or over sand dunes all these form part of what the 44-year-old Frenchman calls his "sound art."
  • Rousere, who in the past managed musicians in Britain and studied sound art in Belgium, has lived in Qatar for nine years

‘In our blood’: Egyptian women reclaim belly dance from stigma

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against...
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Saudi Arabia’s Madinah, KAEC, Al-Ahsa join UNESCO global network of learning cities

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has announced that the cities of Madinah, King...
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Riyadh to host Saudi’s first snooker event in 2024

London, UK - Saudi Arabia will stage its first ranking snooker event in 2024, with a prize pool of more than...
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Air Arabia 2023 net profit $408m

The firm recorded a 27 percent rise in profit compared to 2022.
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US teens make efforts for Jewish-Muslim dialogue in New Jersey suburb

TEANECK, US - They are only teenagers, but a pair of New Jersey high school students -- one Jewish and one...
  • The unexpected success of that first meeting led to a second, larger one, and the girls since have enjoyed support.
  • Despite the strong turnout, the girls were not overly optimistic about the outcome of the meeting.
Geostrategy

Law, politics hamper UK museum return of artifacts

LONDON, UK - British museums, like others across Europe, are under pressure to return artworks taken during the colonial era, including...
  • Politicians have little appetite to change the legal framework that is currently blocking full restitutions by national museums, campaigners say.
  • British laws dating from the 1960s and 1980s prevent national museums, such as the British Museum and the V&A, from making returning artifacts.
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AI game gains popularity during Chinese New Year festivities

SHANGHAI, CHINA - Young Chinese flocking home for Lunar New Year this weekend have turned to an AI chatbot game to...
  • The new game uses an AI chatbot to simulate the barrage of squirm-inducing questions young people can expect to face.
  • The annual inquisition as extended families gather for China's biggest festival is a cultural touchstone across the country.