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EasyLease H1 profit $12.2m

Revenue rises on stronger operations.

FAB profit edges higher

Income growth supports steady earnings.

UAB H1 profit climbs

Income, lending drive first-half growth

Sanad posts record revenue

Growth driven by global demand for services.

Bank of Sharjah profit up 39%

Bank's total assets grow 10% to $14.4 billion.

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

Zawiya 97: New cultural hub for handicrafts in historic Jeddah

Jeddah - Zawiya 97, a new cultural hub for handicrafts in Historic Jeddah, located next to Nassif House, combines heritage...

Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture

The unexplained: Giant Swedish archive logs paranormal phenomena

The Archives for the Unexplained (AFU) claims to be the world's biggest library of paranormal phenomena, with 4.2 kilometers of...
  • The archives are in the process of being digitalized and many of the documents can already by consulted on a server.
  • The study of UFOs has long been stigmatized, but is becoming a more accepted field of scientific research.

Al-Azhar Ash-Sharif celebrates 1084th anniversary

Cairo, Egypt -  Historic al-Azhar Mosque marked its 1084th anniversary of its founding on March 17,  celebrated by al-Azhar ash-Sharif...
  • The event, held annually on the seventh day of Ramadan, features various activities highlighting the mosque's rich history
  • The history of the establishment of the Al-Azhar Mosque dates back to the year 970 by the Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz Li-Din Allah
Arts & Culture

Europe’s largest art fair reports ‘record’ prices for Van Gogh, Picasso

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – Europe's largest art fair closed its doors on Friday with organizers saying that sales, including a rare...
  • Top ticket items for sale this year included a rare early Van Gogh, painted when the artist was living in southern Netherlands around 1884.
  • The US-based gallery selling the Van Gogh, titled "Tete de paysanne a la coiffe blanche" confirmed a buyer, with Dutch media.
Geostrategy

US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passes TikTok ban bill

The measure requires TikTok's parent company ByteDance to sell the app within 180 days or see it barred from the...
  • The fate of the bill is uncertain in the Senate, where some key figures are apprehensive of making such a drastic move against an app that has 170 million US users.
  • China warned that the move will "inevitably come back to bite the United States." TikTok staunchly denies any ties to the Chinese government.
Geostrategy

High inflation leaves Nigeria struggling ahead of Ramadan

Lagos, Nigeria - The holy fasting month of Ramadan begins early next week in Nigeria, with the worst economic crisis in...
  • With food inflation at around 35 percent, worshipers taking part in Friday prayers at the central mosque in Lagos said they were barely able to provide for their families
  • The government brought in reforms last year that have had a devastating effect on citizens of Africa's biggest economy, where around half the population is Muslim
Arts & Culture

UAE elected Vice Chair of UNESCO’s committee for promotion of cultural diversity

Abu Dhabi, UAE - The UAE has been elected the Vice Chair of the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) for the...
  • The appointment was made during the 17th meeting of the committee, which was recently held at UNESCO’s HQ in Paris, France
  • It acknowledges the UAE’s contributions to cultural diversity and its role in fostering a multicultural society both regionally and globally

Reincarnation and realpolitik: Dalai Lama’s succession dilemma

Tibetan activists are keenly aware that his death will mark a major setback in his push for more autonomy for...
  • The 88-year-old spiritual leader, Tenzin Gyatso, has shown no indication of serious health issues, and has said that his dreams suggest he could live until he is 113
  • But as Tibetans mark on Sunday the 65th anniversary of the failed uprising against China, the question of who will succeed their ageing leader is in sharp focus
Business

Iraq economy likely to grow this year, says IMF

BAGHDAD, IRAQ – Economic growth of the country is projected to continue amid fiscal expansion, an International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
  • Medium-term vulnerabilities to oil price volatility have increased significantly, the IMF said.
  • Growth in the non-oil sector has rebounded strongly in 2023 while inflation has receded.
Arts & Culture

Young Iraqis seek desert retreats for a change from the hustle of big cities

SAMAWAH, IRAQ – Far from the hustle and bustle of major cities, young Iraqis are increasingly taking advantage of a renewed...
  • For years, only the most intrepid of hikers and campers would brave the trips into Iraq's desert.
  • With the rise of social media and a period of relative stability, it has become a popular destination.

US designer, ‘geriatric starlet’ Iris Apfel dies age 102

New York, United States - Iris Apfel, centenarian style icon from the New York borough of Queens immediately recognizable by her...
  • A flamboyant interior designer, she was a fixture on front rows of Paris fashion shows for more than half a century
  • Her cropped white hair, massive glasses, bright lipstick, large-bead necklaces and bangles earned her kooky distinction among New York's glitterati

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

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Snakes on a plane: Indian smuggler caught with venomous vipers

Mumbai, India - A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from...
Arts & Culture

How social media can ‘trigger’ eating disorders in young people

Paris, France -- Social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake,...
Science

New metro cuts through Saudi social divisions

With its eye-watering oil riches, intricate tribal networks and large numbers of foreign workers, Saudi society has long been divided...
Arts & Culture
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Trump, Zelensky to attend Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday

Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to...
  • The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday after a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling double pneumonia
  • Francis died in the Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican residence where he lived during his 12-year papacy, and his body was laid out in its chapel on Monday evening
Arts & Culture

As world mourns, cardinals meeting to decide the date for Pope Francis’s funeral

Vatican City, Holy See - Cardinals will meet Tuesday to decide the date for Pope Francis's funeral, starting a process...
  • Francis, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after suffering a stroke
  • Tributes have poured in from around the globe for Francis, a liberal reformer who took over following the resignation of German theologian Benedict XVI in 2013
Science

War against elite universities: Trump ramps up conflict against defiant Harvard

Cambridge, United States - President Donald Trump escalated his war against elite US universities Tuesday with a threat to strip...
  • Harvard stands out for defying Trump, in contrast to several other universities and a string of powerful law firms that have folded under intense pressure
  • The impacts are already being felt on a campus that has produced 162 Nobel prize winners and whose alumni range from Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to 8 US presidents