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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.

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...

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Djokovic and Nadal to play 6 Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will headline a new exhibition tournament in Saudi Arabia, organizers said.The Serb...

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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
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Saudi camel beauty pageant hit by cheating

The King Abdulaziz Camel Festival is an annual bedouin event held in the desert northeast of Riyadh that lures breeders...
  • As many as 43 entrants were disqualified for botox injections and other cosmetic enhancements.
  • The enhancements are made in a bid to make the camels' lips droopier and their humps more shapely -- key attributes in the pageant.
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Google celebrates Bahrain’s national day with a dedicated animated doodle

The modern state of Bahrain was founded by Ahmed Al Fateh in 1783 and on 16 December 1971, Isa Bin...
  • Bahrain was founded by Ahmed Al Fateh in 1783 and on 16 December 1971, Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa became the first emir of the country, marking the national day.
  • Traditionally, Bahrain’s historic achievements and culture are celebrated over two days with entertainment such as magic and laser shows.
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Sheikh Mohammed launches largest tourism campaign ‘World’s Coolest Winter’

UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched the second season of the World’s Coolest...
  • The campaign highlights the diversity of the UAE’s tourism and recreational attractions.
  • With an occupancy rate of 64 percent, the UAE outperformed the top 10 tourist destinations in the world.
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Bahrain’s Fijri makes it to UNESCO heritage list

Fjiri, which commemorates the history of pearl diving, originated on Bahrain's island of Muharraq and is performed in festivals throughout...
  • Bahrain's nomination was among 48 from around the world considered for inscription on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list.
  • Fijri was traditionally performed by pearl divers and pearling crews to express the hardships faced at sea.
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UNESCO adds Arabic calligraphy into heritage list

A total of 16 Muslim-majority countries, led by Saudi Arabia, presented the nomination to UNESCO, which announced the listing on...
  • The UNESCO listing "will certainly have a positive impact" on preserving the tradition, said Abdelmajid Mahboub from the Saudi Heritage Preservation Society.
  • The number of specialized Arab calligraphic artists had dropped sharply, according to the Saudi Heritage Preservation Society.

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...
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New life breathed into Tunisia’s bagpipes

Known as Mizwad, the Tunisian bagpipe was once banned from airwaves but has now been embraced by artists infusing its...
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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...
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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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‘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...
  • La Biennale di Venezia president, Roberto Cicutto, commends the UAE's dedication to cultural development and youth education
  • On UAE Pavilion's "Aridly Abundant" theme, he says it aligns with the Venice Biennale's focus on addressing environmental challenges
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Abu Dhabi event transforms global falconry

The exhibition has become a popular platform for falconers to purchase elite captive-bred falcons from local and international farms.
  • Last year's exhibition saw the sale of the most expensive falcon in its history, the American-bred "Pure Gyre - Ultra White" for $275,000.
  • The breeding of falcons in captivity represented a real revolution in falconry and sustainability and the revival of this heritage.
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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.