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Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.

$1.59bn Makkah project awarded

A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.

Crowd braves rain to flock to Pope Leo’s mass in Istanbul

After two days of blue skies and sunshine, the heavens opened, but the downpour did little to dampen the enthusiasm...

Arts & Culture

Japan political party to install AI leader

The Path to Rebirth party, which was launched in January by Shinji Ishimaru, a former mayor of a small city...

Geostrategy
Arts & Culture

Israel: Ultra-Orthodox conscription threatens Netanyahu’s coalition

Jerusalem, Undefined - The Israeli army announced Sunday that it would begin sending draft notices to 54,000 ultra-Orthodox Jewish men...
  • Formed in December 2022, the coalition hinges on an alliance between Netanyahu's right-wing Likud, far-right parties and those representing the ultra-Orthodox
  • Under an arrangement dating back to the founding of the state of Israel in 1948, the ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi in Hebrew, have been effectively exempted from military service
Arts & Culture

Trump administration threatens new Harvard cuts over Jewish rights

New York, United States - The Trump administration on Monday accused Harvard of violating the civil rights of its Jewish...
  • Harvard has been at the forefront of Donald Trump's campaign against top universities after it defied his calls to submit to oversight of its curriculum
  • Trump and his allies claim that Harvard and other prestigious US universities are unaccountable bastions of liberal, anti-conservative bias and anti-Semitism
Business

Roblox’s Grow a Garden explodes online video game numbers

Paris, France -- A gardening game created by a teenager on online platform Roblox has attracted a record 21 million...
  • More than 21 million players connected to Grow a Garden at the same time on June 21, buying seeds to cultivate a little patch of virtual land, harvesting crops.
  • That shattered the record held by the adrenalin-packed Fortnite, which attracted 15 million concurrent users (CCUs) during an event in late 2020.
Arts & Culture

Chinese man defies demolition orders to build madcap rural home

Xingyi, China -- Surrounded by the rubble of demolished homes, Chen Tianming's ramshackle tower of faded plyboards and contorted beams...
  • Authorities razed most of Chen's village in Guizhou province in 2018 to build a lucrative tourist resort in a region known for its spectacular rice paddies.
  • Chen, 42, refused to leave, and after the project faltered, defied a flurry of demolition notices to build his family's humble stone bungalow higher and higher.
Arts & Culture

Inside Saudi’s hajj-only barbershop, shaving thousands of heads in a day

Mina, Saudi Arabia -- Near the holy city of Makkah, men in white robes stand quietly in a long queue,...
  • In Makkah, entire streets are lined with barbershops doing brisk business. While men shave their hair, women trim theirs by a fingertip-length.
  • About 1.6 million pilgrims have gathered in and around Makkah, Islam's holiest city, for this year's hajj, which all Muslims with the means must complete at least once.
Arts & Culture

Muslim pilgrims ‘stone the devil’ as Hajj concludes under extreme heat in Saudi Arabia

Starting at dawn, the more than 1.6 million Muslims took part in the pilgrimage will throw seven stones at each...
  • The more than 1.6 million Muslims taking part in the pilgrimage will throw seven stones at each of three concrete walls symbolising the devil in the Mina valley,
  • The ritual commemorates Abraham's stoning of the devil at the three spots where it is said Satan tried to dissuade him from obeying God's order to sacrifice his son
Arts & Culture

Morocco set for sheepless Eid as drought persists

As the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha approaches, Fatima Kharraz can't seem to find the usual sense of celebration after...
  • While sacrificing sheep during Eid al-Adha is not a religious obligation, it remains a widely observed ritual across the Muslim world
  • Recent rainfall deficits have chipped away at grazing pastures, also driving up the cost of livestock feed
Arts & Culture

Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat in hajj apex

To make this year's pilgrimage safer, authorities have expanded infrastructure, deployed thousands of extra personnel and relied on an arsenal...
  • Thousands of pilgrims gathered before dawn around the hill and the surrounding plain where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his last sermon
  • While some arrived early to take advantage of the relatively cool morning, many pilgrims will remain for hours of prayers and Koran recitals until the evening
Arts & Culture

Million-plus pilgrims to begin hajj under blazing sun

About 1.4 million pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of the multi-day hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam...
  • About 1.4 million pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of the multi-day hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam that must be performed at least once by all Muslims with the means
  • Authorities have ratcheted up anti-heat measures such as extra shade to avoid a repeat of last year, when 1,301 people died as temperatures hit 51.8C (125.2F)
Arts & Culture

Qatar table tennis says ‘prepared to escalate’ after chaotic vote

Doha, Qatar -- Qatar's table tennis association has warned of possible legal action as it disputes the result of a...
  • Tuesday's 104-102 vote to Soerling ended in such acrimony that the ITTF's annual general meeting was suspended.
  • The world body said the assembly was "disrupted by outsiders" after the election result was announced.

Crowd braves rain to flock to Pope Leo’s mass in Istanbul

After two days of blue skies and sunshine, the heavens opened, but the downpour did little to dampen the enthusiasm...
Arts & Culture

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Labubu fans flock to stores after launch of mini dolls

Beijing, China -- A dozen furry dolls strung together on a metal chain dangled from Labubu fan Maki Li's neck...
Business

Bird call contest boosts conservation awareness in Hong Kong’s concrete jungle

The competition brought nearly 100 people together, including a contestant who mimicked the critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoo.
Arts & Culture

With poetry and chants, Omanis strive to preserve ancient language

Against the backdrop of southern Oman's lush mountains, men in traditional attire chant ancient poems in an ancient language, fighting...
Arts & Culture
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Iraqi women table tennis players chase Paralympic dreams

Diwaniyah, Iraq -- Iraqi table tennis player Nur al-Huda Sarmad adjusts her wheelchair before striking the ball into play, braving...
  • With no dedicated training facility, the team often has to share the three second-hand tables at the public community center with visitors.
  • In the scorching Iraqi summer they cannot turn on the fans, which would disrupt the movement of the balls.
Arts & Culture

Israel: Ultra-Orthodox conscription threatens Netanyahu’s coalition

Jerusalem, Undefined - The Israeli army announced Sunday that it would begin sending draft notices to 54,000 ultra-Orthodox Jewish men...
  • Formed in December 2022, the coalition hinges on an alliance between Netanyahu's right-wing Likud, far-right parties and those representing the ultra-Orthodox
  • Under an arrangement dating back to the founding of the state of Israel in 1948, the ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi in Hebrew, have been effectively exempted from military service
Arts & Culture

Trump administration threatens new Harvard cuts over Jewish rights

New York, United States - The Trump administration on Monday accused Harvard of violating the civil rights of its Jewish...
  • Harvard has been at the forefront of Donald Trump's campaign against top universities after it defied his calls to submit to oversight of its curriculum
  • Trump and his allies claim that Harvard and other prestigious US universities are unaccountable bastions of liberal, anti-conservative bias and anti-Semitism