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Roche to buy Poseida Therapeutics

The $1.5 billion deal is due to close in early 2025.

BP announces $7bn gas project

The project aims to unlock 3 trillion cu ft of gas resources in Indonesia.

Lulu Retail Q3 profit $35m

For the nine-month period, net profit increased by 73.3%.

Talabat IPO offer price range announced

The subscription will close on 27 Nov for UAE retail investors.

Salik 9M net profit $223m

The company's third-quarter profit increased by 8.8 percent.

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...

Arts & Culture

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...

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Bullfighting in UAE village: No rules, less fatal

Unlike the bullfights popular in Spain and Mexico, where the animals are typically slain by matadors, in Fujairah two beasts...
  • The competition typically ends after about an hour, with each fight lasting just one or two minutes.
  • The bulls were once imported from South Asia for agricultural work, but the emergence of new technologies has rendered them obsolete to farming.
Arts & Culture

Gaza bookshop destroyed in Israeli air strike reopens

The new Samir Mansour bookshop, funded by an international donor campaign, stands some 200 meters from the original site, which...
  • The bookshop was a go-to for everything from school texts to the Koran to Arabic translations of European literary classics.
  • The new bookshop is spread across two floors and covers 1,000 square meters, stocked with 400,000 books -- approximately four times the volume held by the old facility.
Arts & Culture

Works of Syrian artists on display in Qatar

The Qatar Through Syrian Lens Exhibition was inaugurated in Building 19 of the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara), in cooperation with...
  • The exhibition reflects the strength of ties between the Qatari and Syrian people, and highlights the place the State of Qatar occupies in the hearts of Syrians, organizers said.
  • Syrian artists displayed photographs from the desert, archeological sites, markets, as well as modern places and high-rise buildings.
Arts & Culture

Kuwait army allows women in combat roles, but without guns

Head of Kuwaiti Women's Cultural and Social Society has vowed legal action against ministry's restrictions while calling them discriminatory and...
  • Kuwaiti women condemned military and defense ministry over banning female soldiers from carrying weapons, called the policy "one step forward, two steps back"
  • Head of Kuwaiti Women's Cultural and Social Society has vowed legal action against ministry's restrictions while calling them discriminatory and unconstitutional
Business

DMCC to collaborate with C3 to initiate Impact Scale-Up program in Dubai

C3 is a UAE-based social enterprise empowering impact-driven entrepreneurs across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
  • The comprehensive training and networking program will provide a proven blueprint to successfully enter the UAE market, and connect with local and regional investors.
  • DMCC will offer a total of 20 "Impact" business licences to successful firms, providing them with substantial savings on business setup costs through 70 percent discount.
Business

2021 edition of World’s Coolest Winter raises UAE hotel revenues by 50 percent

UAE government's World's Coolest Winter campaign, which was launched in December 2021, has raised revenues of hotel establishments to AED1.5...
  • The campaign promoted tourism, natural sites and entertaining destinations and experiences across the seven emirates of the UAE.
  • The campaign also raised the number of domestic tourists from 950,000 to 1.3 million, an increase of 36 percent over the first edition of the campaign.
Business

The annual Sharjah Heritage festival to kick off in March

Armenia will be the official guest of honor this year due to its rich and diverse cultural stock, while Indonesia...
  • The Sharjah Institute for Heritage (SIH) announced that the festival’s slogan will be "The Heritage and the Future"
  • A total of 33 countries would participate in the event including Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar from GCC
Business

Zakat Fund reports revenue of $6 billion in 2021

The Zakat Fund has recorded total revenues of $6 billion in 2021, an increase of 5 percent over the same...
  • Abdullah bin Aqeedah Al Muhairi, Secretary-General of the Zakat Fund, said that the fund is totally transparent
  • Al Muhairi stressed that the Fund will continue working to raise awareness on the Islamic duty of Zakat
Arts & Culture

Mosul’s fallen monuments to rise again

The reconstruction of Al-Hadba minaret and Al-Saa’a and Al-Tahera Churches in the city is being carried out by UNESCO in...
  • After the city was liberated, UNESCO launched in 2018 an ambitious international initiative to “revive the spirit of Mosul”.
  • The UAE was the first partner to join this UNESCO’s initiative for the restoration and reconstruction of the historic landmarks of Mosul – Al-Nouri Mosque and Al-Hadba minaret.
Arts & Culture

In Iraq’s Mosul, library rises from ashes of IS reign

Arab and international universities have donated to "enable the revival of the library" in Mosul.
  • Library building of Mosul university is set to reopen this month with initial 32,000 books and refurbished by the help of UN agency
  • Central public library of Mosul founded a century ago have been restored last year and had boasted more than 120,000 titles reopened its doors in late 2019

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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Dutch museum exhibit on Egypt causes anger in North African country

LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS - In a Dutch museum the sound of hip-hop blares out next to sarcophagi and statues, in what curators...
Geostrategy

Iran’s ancient ‘wind catchers’ beat the heat naturally

The wind catchers, called badgirs in Persian, are just one of the engineering marvels inhabitants have developed in this ancient...

Lebanese activists struggle against rampant beachside development

Amchît, Lebanon--In a pristine patch of Lebanon's north coast, a rare marine visitor has fueled opposition to a seafront development, in...
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Egypt building collapse kills eight residents in capital

According to state media and the public prosecution, eight people including seven members of one family were killed in Cairo...
  • Many buildings in central Cairo dating back to the 19th and early 20th centuries are in dilipidated condition
  • There have been many building collapses in recent years in Egypt due to non-compliance with regulations
Arts & Culture

Sweltering heat leaves Gulf residents at risk during noon

DUBAI, UAE- As much of the world swelters in record temperatures, spare a thought for Issam Genedi, who ekes out a...
  • Apart from last week being identified as the hottest ever recorded worldwide, a wave of humidity has been suffocating the Gulf
  • Two weeks ago, more than 1.8 million Muslims battled through a days-long hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in temperatures up to 48C (118F)
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Ancient Egypt artists altered their work, new study reveals

Paris, France--From subtly shifting the position of Ramses II's sceptre, to touch-ups on a necklace or headdress, ancient Egyptian artists were...
  • A team of international scientists looked afresh at paintings in the Valley of the Kings, a royal burial ground for pharaohs and other ancient Egyptian elites
  • Scientists found alterations on the tomob of the nobleman Menna, depicted with his arms stretched out toward the god of the dead, Osiris