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Empower okays $119.1m H2 2025 dividend

The dividend is equivalent to 43.75% of paid-up capital.

Alujain widens 2025 loss

The increase in loss is due to impairment charges, weaker prices.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.

DP World 2025 revenue $24.4bn

The profit for the year up 32.2% to reach $1.96bn.

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates BAFTAs in major Oscars boost

London, United Kingdom - "Oppenheimer", Christopher Nolan's epic movie about the creation of the atomic bomb, swept the board at Sunday's...

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Archaeological sites discovered in Southern Saudi Arabia

ABHA, SAUDI ARABIA  - The Heritage Commission announced its most prominent discovery in Jurash, Asir region, as one of the...

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The annual Sharjah Heritage festival to kick off in March

Armenia will be the official guest of honor this year due to its rich and diverse cultural stock, while Indonesia...
  • The Sharjah Institute for Heritage (SIH) announced that the festival’s slogan will be "The Heritage and the Future"
  • A total of 33 countries would participate in the event including Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar from GCC
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Mosul’s fallen monuments to rise again

The reconstruction of Al-Hadba minaret and Al-Saa’a and Al-Tahera Churches in the city is being carried out by UNESCO in...
  • After the city was liberated, UNESCO launched in 2018 an ambitious international initiative to “revive the spirit of Mosul”.
  • The UAE was the first partner to join this UNESCO’s initiative for the restoration and reconstruction of the historic landmarks of Mosul – Al-Nouri Mosque and Al-Hadba minaret.
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Saudi coffee legacy percolates through the generations

Saudi Aramco, the oil company, will establish a coffee center in Jizan while using "advanced irrigation techniques to improve agricultural...
  • An integral part of Saudi culture, red Khawlani coffee beans are so popular that 2022 has been designated the Year of Saudi Coffee
  • The government has started a campaign to promote its coffee asking restaurants and cafes to say Saudi coffee instead of Arabic coffee
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Disney+ shines amid streaming TV competition

Disney saw streaming subscriptions pick up pace as pandemic restrictions ease, while Netflix saw them slow.
  • Disney+ saw its big studio muscle help it reach 129.8 million subscribers worldwide, some 5 million more than predicted
  • Netflix ended the year with 221.8 million subscribers, a massive number, but it announced slowing growth
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Jordan announces program of jurisprudence lessons in the Kingdom’s mosques

The initiative is about enlightening people on the matters of their religious jurisprudence and compliance with the hadith of the...
  • The initiative is about enlightening people on the matters of their religious jurisprudence and compliance with the hadith of the Prophet
  • The initiative also aims to introduce scholars, mosque pioneers and students of knowledge to jurisprudence and its meanings in Qur’an and Hadith
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‘Hey Jude’ NFT fetches $77k at auction

Originally entitled "Hey Jules", the Fab Four's hit was written in 1968 by Paul McCartney to comfort a young Julian...
  • Originally entitled "Hey Jules", the Fab Four's hit was written in 1968 by Paul McCartney to comfort a young Julian Lennon during father John's separation from his mother
  • The NFT version of the notes was presented as an animation in which the words are progressively inscribed on the page and was accompanied by an audio commentary from Lennon junior
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Lebanon returns 337 artifacts from different eras to Iraq

The items returned have been characterized as ‘witnesses to the childhood of human history.’
  • The artifacts had been on display in a Lebanese museum for several years
  • The items are said to have included clay tablets and pieces of pottery
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On social media demand, Kuwait to ban film starring Israeli actress

Kuwait will ban a new film adaptation of Agatha Christie's whodunnit "Death on the Nile" with a cast of Hollywood...
  • Social media users pointed to Gal Gadot's praise of the Israeli army and her criticism of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas during the 2014 war in Gaza.
  • Gadot is best known for the lead role in the 2017 Hollywood blockbuster "Wonder Woman" which was banned in some Arab countries.
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Elizabeth II wants Camilla to be Queen Consort

Four days of festivities are planned for early June, coinciding with the anniversary of her 1953 coronation.
  • There will be ceremonial gun salutes in London's Green Park, close to Buckingham Palace, and at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland as Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee starts
  • Elizabeth ll is the first Monarch in history to reach the historic milestone of 70 years on the throne
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Oman fines men for wearing wrong dishdasha

The hallmark of the Gulf sultanate, the long and elegant robes Dishdashas, have fallen prey to rising hemlines and elaborate...
  • Omani ministry set dress code on dishdasha that it should be made mostly out of cotton with embroidery only on the collar, front slit and cuffs. The fabric must be a single color
  • Anybody caught violating the dress code will be fined 1,000 Omani rials ($2,600), or double that in the case of a second violation

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates BAFTAs in major Oscars boost

London, United Kingdom - "Oppenheimer", Christopher Nolan's epic movie about the creation of the atomic bomb, swept the board at Sunday's...
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Sheikha Bodour to chair revamped board at American University of Sharjah

SHARJAH -- Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has outlines the restructuring...

Japan’s second-oldest museum forced to crowdfund to pay bills

The museum in central Tokyo, which features a model of a blue whale outside, has previously turned to crowdfunding for...
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UAE focuses on developing a national astronaut team

"Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi is currently on the longest space mission in Arab history ... This mission has elevated the...
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Gaza open-air cinema a breath of fresh air for Palestinians

Cinemas were forced to close in the late 1980s during the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada. They reopened following the...
  • The first film screenings in Gaza date to the 1940s, with the opening of the Samer Cinema, whose building now houses a car dealership.
  • Cinemas were forced to close in the late 1980s during the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada.
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Teachers play key role in shaping future generations

“The real development of the education sector requires attracting the expertise of Emirati educators. Without empowering them to perform effectively,...
  • Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the EHRC, underscores the pivotal role of teachers in shaping the future
  • The UAE minister emphasizes that teachers are not just imparting academic knowledge but are also instrumental in the formation of balanced personalities
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French footballer Maximin to play for Al-Ahli after three-year deal

Paris, France - French winger Allan Saint-Maximin on Sunday signed a three-year deal with Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli after leaving English club...
  • Saint-Maximin, 26, made 124 appearances for Saudi-backed Newcastle and scored 13 goals since joining from Nice in 2019.
  • The financial terms of the deal were not revealed but English press reports have estimated it to be in the region of $38.5 million.