Taiwan suffers from biggest earthquake in 25 years
NEW TAIPEI CITY, TAIWAN - Liu watched intently as rescuers carefully picked their way through the remains of a warehouse that...
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World’s only Dragon Ball theme park launched in Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya City
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Board of Directors of the Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) revealed on Sunday the launch of...
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Saudi Arabia’s football rise ‘long-term project’, says top official
The Saudi Pro League has a years-long commitment from the kingdom's rulers in its goal to become one of the...
- The Saudi league's rapid expansion has drawn comparisons with the Chinese Super League, which sucked in players for exorbitant sums until clubs hit financial problems.
- The no-expense-spared revamp is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious Vision 2030 project, which aims to reshape the economy of the world's top oil exporter.
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25 teams attending Afro-Arab Esports League 2023 in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- The Afro-Arab Esports League, which opened Saturday in Saudi Arabia, will see participation from over 25...
- These teams will compete for three days in a variety of tournaments tailored for both men and women, covering popular games such as eFootball and Valorant.
- Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan said the arrangement of the Afro-Arab Esports League demonstrated of the sector's importance in both the Arab and African realms.
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Football fever hits rebel-held northwest Syria
Idlib, Syria - Thousands of fans in Syria's last opposition bastion have packed into a stadium for the frenzied final of...
- Friday night's match pitted the Omaya team from the heart of the opposition-held city against Homs Al-Adiya.
- The tournament brought together 36 teams made up of players from the Idlib region or displaced from other parts of Syria.
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Cat cafe brings pawsitivity to war-scarred Gaza
A cat cafe in the Gaza Strip aims to "cheer up" Palestinian residents and offer them a respite from the...
- At the Meow Cat Cafe which opened this week in Gaza City, owner Nehma Maabad set out food for a clowder of kittens
- Customers pay nearly 10 shekels ($2.65) per hour to play with the cats, which Maabad said covers their food as well as costly vet bills
Jordan, Iraq explore ways to enhance cooperation in drug addiction treatment
Amman -- Jordan's Minister of Health, Firas Hawari, met with the head and members of the Committee on Combating Drugs...
- Amman emphasizes the importance of international cooperation in combating drug addiction, especially among countries with shared borders
- Iraqi delegation also expresses a strong desire for close cooperation with Jordan, citing the social, economic, and psychological damage caused by drugs
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Rise of the machines: AI spells danger for Hollywood stunt workers
The lack of guarantees over the future use of AI is one of the major factors at stake in the...
- The rise of AI means cheaper and more powerful techniques are being explored to create highly elaborate action sequences such as car chases and shootouts
- Stunt work, a time-honored Hollywood tradition that has spanned from silent epics through to Tom Cruise's latest "Mission Impossible," is at risk of rapidly shrinking
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...
- The Board of Trustees of the American University of Sharjah has been restructured
- New board members to begin their term in October. Membership term set for three years
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Kuwait bars Barbie movie from theatres citing ‘public ethics’
Kuwait City, Kuwait - Kuwait has barred hit film Barbie from cinemas over concerns about "public ethics", officials have said, also...
- "Barbie" and "Talk to Me" both "promulgate ideas and beliefs that are alien to the Kuwaiti society and public order", said an official
- If a film contains alien concepts, message or unacceptable behavior, the Kuwaiti cinema committee bans the movie, he said further
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Lebanon to ban Barbie film for allegedly promoting homosexuality
BEIRUT, LEBANON - Lebanon's culture minister said on Wednesday he had asked authorities to ban hit movie "Barbie" for purportedly "promoting...
- The film, which has topped $1 billion in global revenues, was due to be screened in Lebanese cinemas from August 31.
- Though it was widely anticipated by LGBTQ communities worldwide, the film does not contain any overt references to same-sex relationships.
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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...
- As Emirati Sultan Al Neyadi completes Arab's longest space mission and first ISS spacewalk, UAE's Astronaut Program now boasts four qualified astronauts
- MBRSC plans a mid-2024 launch for the advanced MBZ-SAT as UAE strengthens space ties with Bahrain, Kuwait, and seeks collaborations with Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Taiwan suffers from biggest earthquake in 25 years
NEW TAIPEI CITY, TAIWAN - Liu watched intently as rescuers carefully picked their way through the remains of a warehouse that...
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Skipper Battat leads Palestine on and off pitch at Asian Cup
Doha, Qatar - Musab Al-Battat has led Palestine on the pitch with his all-action performances and off it as the voice...
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Expo City Dubai launches 10-day festival of Emirati light art and culture
DUBAI, UAE - Dhai Dubai, the first-ever Emirati-led light art festival, has launched its illuminating 10-day program at Expo City...
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Airbus and Tata to build helicopter assembly line in India
Paris, France - Airbus will build a helicopter assembly line in India with Indian conglomerate Tata, the European aircraft manufacturer said Friday....
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‘New era for India’: Modi inaugurates temple built over razed mosque
"Breaking the shackles of slavery, the country should rise, taking lessons from the past," Modi said, speaking outside the temple...
- "January 22, 2024 is not merely a date in the calendar but heralds the advent of a new era", PM Modi said.
- The Temple has been built on grounds where a mosque stood for centuries before it was torn down in 1992 by Hindu zealots incited by members of his party.
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AI and death: Sundance films grapple with our digital afterlife
Park City, United States -- Artificial intelligence promises to make death "optional," as the technology learns to perfectly emulate our personalities,...
- The filmmakers found themselves empathizing with the customers after hearing their tragic stories of bereavement.
- Western society is terrible at dealing with grief, they said, and technology can appear to fill the gap left by religion for many.
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Money weighs on would-be Chinese parents as population falls
Long alarmed by falling fertility, the government has relaxed its decades-long one-child policy in recent years to allow three children...
- Childbirth in China usually comes after a wallet-draining process of buying a home, finding a spouse, and paying for a lavish wedding
- The average cost in 2019 of raising a child in China from birth to age 18 was 485,000 yuan ($68,000), a Beijing-based report said