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SAIB reports $139 million Q1 net profit

its assets increased by 20.08 percent to $43.65bn.

Nissan forecasts $5.3bn annual net loss

Last year, it announced 9,000 job cuts worldwide.

Saudia to acquire 20 wide-body aircraft

10 of these being acquired for its flydaeal low-cost airline

ADIB’s Q1 net profit $517 million

Q1 2025 net profit before tax increased 18% YoY.

Emirates Islamic Q1 profit $394m

The bank's profit crossed AED 1bn mark for the first time.

Deaf boy can now hear after gene treatment

The US hospital which carried out the treatment said the milestone represents hope for patients around the world with hearing...
  • Aissam Dam was born "profoundly deaf" because of a highly rare abnormality in a single gene.
  • Aissam, who was born in Morocco and later moved to Spain, may never learn to talk, as the brain's window for acquiring speech closes around the age of five.

NASA regains contact with mini-helicopter on Mars

Ingenuity, a drone about 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) tall, arrived on Mars in 2021 aboard the rover Perseverance and became...
  • NASA has lost contact with the helicopter before, including for two months last year
  • It previously said that Ingenuity had attained an altitude of 40 feet (12 meters) on Flight 72

NASA loses contact with its mini-helicopter on Mars

WASHINGTON, US - NASA has lost contact with its tiny helicopter Ingenuity during the hard-working craft's 72nd flight, the space agency...
  • In a post on X, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory added that Perseverance was temporarily "out of line-of-sight with Ingenuity.
  • NASA has lost contact with the helicopter before, including for an agonizing two months last year.

Japan literary laureate admits using ChatGPT for her novel

TOKYO, JAPAN - The winner of Japan's most prestigious literary award has acknowledged that about "five percent" of her futuristic novel...
  • The 33-year-old author of Tokyo-to Dojo-to openly admitted that AI heavily influenced her writing process as well.
  • Set in a futuristic Tokyo, the book revolves around a high-rise prison tower and its architect's intolerance of criminals.

Bad day in space: Moon mission fails and NASA program delayed

Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander blasted off Monday from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, then successfully separated from its rocket....
  • NASA has paid Astrobotic more than $100 million to ship scientific hardware to the Moon to answer questions about surface composition and radiation
  • The failure doesn't mean the strategy of ramping up commercial partnerships is innately flawed, Michael Lembeck, a former NASA official turned associate professor said

Private US lunar lander mission imperiled by technical snag

Washington, United States -- An historic private mission to land on the Moon was facing potential failure Monday due to...
  • Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander blasted off overnight from Florida's Cape Canaveral, then successfully separated from its launch vehicle around an hour later.
  • But teams at ground control found they were unable to point the unmanned spacecraft correctly at the sun.

UAE announces its participation in Nasa’s Lunar Gateway Station

Abu Dhabi, UAE - The UAE has announced its participation in developing a module on Nasa’s Lunar Gateway Station alongside...
  • The UAE will be responsible for developing the lunar space station's Crew and Science Airlock, a critical component for maintaining a safe environment for astronauts
  • This unit will act as a portal of the station, serving as the entry and exit point for missions and astronauts travelling to the Moon’s surface from the Lunar Gateway Station

India’s solar mission Aditya-L1 enters Sun’s orbit

New Delhi, India - India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success...
  • The Aditya-L1 mission was launched in September and is carrying an array of instruments to measure and observe the Sun's outermost layers.
  • The latest mission by the Indian Space Research Organization is the first by any Asian nation to be placed in orbit around the Sun.

Invest Qatar launches azure open AI GPT-powered chatbot ‘Ai.SHA’

DOHA, QATAR - The Investment Promotion Agency Qatar (Invest Qatar) has partnered with Microsoft to develop Ai.SHA, an innovative AI-powered...
  • This initiative positions Invest Qatar as one of the first investment promotion agencies (IPA) in the world to adopt advanced technology.
  • This will pave the way for transformative changes in professional interactions between investors and businesses in Qatar.

Saudi team discovers genetic disorder, names it Alfadhel syndrome

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - A team of Saudi researchers from King Abdullah Children's Specialist Hospital (KACSH) and King Abdullah International...
  • This disorder has been named Alfadhel Syndrome, after Professor Majid Alfadhel, the leader of the research team.
  • The syndrome has gained official recognition and listing in the OMIM database, operated by Johns Hopkins University.

World’s tiniest pacemaker is smaller than grain of rice

Paris, France -- Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a...

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Gemini’s inaccurate AI racial images warn of tech titans’ power

AUSTIN, US – For people at the trend-setting tech festival here, the scandal that erupted after Google's Gemini chatbot cranked out...

SpaceX poised for third launch test of Starship megarocket

Two previous attempts have ended in spectacular explosions, though that's not necessarily a bad thing: the company has adopted a...

European Parliament approves ‘pioneering’ rules to govern AI

Senior European Union officials say the rules, first proposed in 2021, will protect citizens from the risks of a technology...

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Four space station crew members leave for Earth

WASHINGTON, US – Four astronauts left the International Space Station on Monday and were bound for Earth following a more than...
  • Led by American astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, NASA's Crew-7 arrived at the research platform last August.
  • NASA and SpaceX are targeting as soon as 5:35 am Tuesday (0935 GMT) for a splashdown off the Florida coast.

Saudi Arabia unveils its man shaped AI robot Mohammad

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia unveiled its first male humanoid robot ‘Muhammad’ during the second edition of DeepFast in...
  • A 7-second video of the robot is now viral. In it, the reporter Rawya Kassem, is seen talking about the robot
  • Addressing the audience in flawless Arabic, the robot emphasized his role as a national project showcasing Saudi achievements in AI

UAE astronauts AlMatrooshi and AlMulla graduate in space program at NASA

Dubai, UAE - The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) on Tuesday announced the graduation of Emirati astronauts Nora AlMatrooshi...
  • The milestone marks the culmination of over two years of extensive training, which began in January 2022
  • Prior to joining the NASA training program, AlMatrooshi and AlMulla underwent extensive in-house training at MBRSC