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AD Ports to invest in Kazakh port

Under the deal, AD Ports Group owns 51% stake.

PIF acquires stake in Saudi Re

The acquisition was made by way of a capital increase.

ADNOC Gas awards contracts

The $2.1bn contracts are aimed at enhancing LNG supply infrastructure.

ADNOC L&S buys stake in Navig8

The company will acquire the remaining stake in mid-2027.

DAE to acquire Nordic Aviation Capital

The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Stolen Van Gogh returned in IKEA bag displayed again

Rotterdam, Netherlands -- A precious Vincent van Gogh painting stolen and then handed to a Dutch art sleuth in an IKEA...

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Hosts Qatar embrace ‘positive pressure’ of Asian Cup title defense

Doha, Qatar -- Qatar coach Tintin Marquez said Friday they relish the "positive pressure" of trying to retain their Asian Cup...

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Over 700,000 flock to Saudi Arabia’s top music festival

Record crowds of over 700,000 revelers flocked to Saudi Arabia's MDLBeast Soundstorm music festival, authorities said Monday, at the end...
  • The festival, which ended on a Sunday, comes as Saudi Arabia sees a spike in coronavirus cases amid increased fears over the spread of Omicron
  • The festival has since its launch in 2019 witnessed large crowds, most of them young men and women, who can freely mingle and dance to western music.
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UAE Declaration of Arabic Language launched by Sheikh Mohammed

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister, on Tuesday launched the UAE Declaration of Arabic Language...
  • The declaration aims to draw out a unified roadmap for various institutions in Arab countries.
  • The declaration was introduced in the presence of the Arab Ministers of Culture to mark the World Arabic Language Day
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Mosul museum restores pre-Islamic treasures ruined in Iraq war

The Iraqi government is trying to restore ancient artifacts from the Mosul museum.
  • Iraq's 2,500-year-old treasure in Mosul museum is being restored with the help of France's famous Louvre museum
  • An online exhibition will be held to show the Ancient artefacts as soon as the restoration work is complete
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Abu Dhabi to host Pokemon GO Tour live event in 2022

Gamers on Yas Bay will be joined by those taking part in Monterrey, Mexico at Parque Fundidora and Kaohsiung, Taiwan...
  • The event will be hosted by Niantic, the AR company behind Pokémon GO, in partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi
  • The ticketed event will include real-world habitats, special in-game features, photo ops, a special game plan, exclusive merchandise and targets existing gamers
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UAE ends cinema censorship, introduces 21+ age rating

The UAE announced Sunday it will no longer censor cinematic releases, introducing a 21 and above age rating for films...
  • The UAE has decided that it will no longer censor cinematic releases
  • The country has introduced a 21 and above age rating for films it classifies for mature audiences
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World Cup: Qatar’s bigger test after Arab Cup

More than 600,000 tickets were sold for the 16-team Arab Cup, including a Qatari-record 63,439 crowd when the hosts played...
  • Qatar's challenge is to host a World Cup in and around a single city, Doha, with limited hotel accommodation and a transport network.
  • More than 1.2 million fans and 32 international teams will arrive for the World Cup one year from now.
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Algeria beat Tunisia to win Arab Cup in Qatar

Amir Sayoud scored a goal in the ninth minute of extra-time while Yacine Brahimi scored with the final kick of...
  • Algeria made the breakthrough in extra time and were crowned Arab champions
  • Both countries played without their European-based players in the finals of the Arab Cup
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Saudi festivals celebrate cultural blooming

As Saudi Arabia opens up on the culture front, tourism gets a leg-up in a boost for Vision 2030.
  • Saudi Arabia is witnessing a huge tourist boom, reflecting the government's interest in the sector
  • STA collaborates with the Saudi tourist sector to develop one million jobs and 100 million annual visits by 2030
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Ben Sulayem first non-European president of International Automobile Federation

Mohammed ben Sulayem became the first non-European to be elected president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) on Friday and...
  • The 60-year-old Emirati gained 61.62 percent of the votes cast compared to 36.62 percent for his sole rival Britain's Graham Stoker.
  • Ben Sulayem, 14 times the Middle East rally champion, was supported by his region, which is becoming increasingly influential in motorsport.
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World Arabic Language Day on December 18

This year’s theme is “Arabic Language, a bridge between civilizations."
  • The Arabic language has been celebrated on December 18 since 2010
  • This date being chosen because it was the day in 1973 when the UN General Assembly approved Arabic as an official language

Stolen Van Gogh returned in IKEA bag displayed again

Rotterdam, Netherlands -- A precious Vincent van Gogh painting stolen and then handed to a Dutch art sleuth in an IKEA...
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Ronaldo puts swagger in Saudi football

Al Nassr forward's first season in the kingdom ended with a whimper, but Saudi football has never enjoyed such attention.
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Jordanian-Saudi royal wedding marks historic union

The couple exchanged their vows in a traditional Muslim wedding ceremony called "katb al-ketab" in an open-air gazebo adorned with...
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‘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...
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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.
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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.
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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