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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.

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...

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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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Young Iraqi film students tell their own stories from Mosul

In a collaboration between the Mosul fine arts academy, a Belgian theatre company and UNESCO, 19 students are getting a...
  • In a collaboration between the Mosul fine arts academy, a Belgian theatre company and UNESCO, 19 students are getting a chance to make their first short films
  • Over a four-month course, students get a taste of everything from writing and shooting to acting and editing
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AfCon to be held as planned despite Omicron surge

The Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe has confirmed that AFCON 2021 will go ahead as planned in January...
  • The AFCON will take place in Cameroon starting from January 9 to February 6, 2022 despite deadly surge of the Omicron virus
  • Nobody would be allowed to set foot in the stadiums without a negative PCR test
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China gives celebrities 10 days to shell out unpaid taxes

China has launched a sweeping state crackdown on tax evasion and perceived immoral behavior in the entertainment industry. The move...
  • YouTuber Huang Wei was ordered to pay a record $200 million fine for tax evasion on Monday
  • Actress Zheng Shuang was in August hit with a $46-million fine for tax evasion
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Iraqi labourer preserves calligraphic art

Hussein's creations are made with a reed pen that he buys from Turkey or Iran. He sometimes sells the work...
  • Hussein's creations are made with a reed pen that he buys from Turkey or Iran
  • He sometimes sells the work for posters, shop displays and even tombstones
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SBA signs pact with Rimini Meeting for cross-cultural exchange

Prominent world personalities hosted at Rimini Meeting over the years include Pope Francis; Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former UN Secretary-General
  • The Italy based Rimini Meeting is Europe’s leading cross-cultural entity that hosts the world’s most notable thought and enlightenment leaders
  • The MoU stipulates the terms for launching mutual initiatives to promote human values, as well as investing in arts, literature and knowledge
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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

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...
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Iraq displays Italy returned ancient stone tablet

The tablet- whose text is written in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet- bears the insignia of Shalmaneser III, the Assyrian king...
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‘UAE is all for gender equality, women empowerment’

"We firmly believe that the full, equal and meaningful participation and inclusion of women across society is essential for achieving...
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar sign MoU to enhance cultural cooperation

Doha, UAE - Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance cultural cooperation in...
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AI meets VR to keep Holocaust memory alive

Through AI, users of a VR headset can have a "conversation" with Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher, asking about her encounters...
  • The project is a collaboration between Los Angeles-based company StoryFile, the World Jewish Congress and Facebook-owner Meta,
  • StoryFile co-founder Stephen Smith, who has worked in Holocaust education, said the technology allows users to "talk to history through the people who went through it".
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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.
  • Al Nassr's Twitter followers have jumped from 800,000 to more than four million and swelled from two million to 14 million-plus on Instagram.
  • Ronaldo has pledged to stay in Saudi next year and backed the Saudi league to eventually become one of the world's top five.
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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...
  • The couple exchanged their vows in a traditional Muslim wedding ceremony called "katb al-ketab" in an open-air gazebo adorned with flowers
  • The bride, adorned in an exquisite white dress designed by Lebanese designer Elie Saab, arrived at Zahran Palace in a 1968 Rolls-Royce Phantom V