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Luberef net profit falls 7% in Q1

A fall in by-products sales leads to profit dip.

SABIC net loss $322 million

The company's net profit was $66m in Q1 2024

PureHealth posts $137m Q1 net profit

The Group's revenue increased 8 percent YoY.

Borouge Q1 net profit $281 million

The total dividend paid to shareholders in 2024 $1.3bn.

Emirates expects first 777X delivery in H2 2026

Boeing had pushed back the first delivery to 2026 from 2025.

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.

SpaceX launches secretive US military spacecraft on research mission

The Pentagon has released little information about the space drone and its mission, which was initially scheduled for December 7,...
  • The rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:07 pm Eastern Time (0107 GMT Friday)
  • It is unclear where exactly the uncrewed and autonomously operating spacecraft is headed on its seventh mission

Artists utilize technology against AI copycats

NEW YORK, US - Artists under siege by artificial intelligence (AI) that studies their work, then replicates their styles, have teamed...
  • Created in just four months, Glaze spun off technology used to disrupt facial recognition systems.
  • Glaze essentially outthinks AI models when it comes to how they train, tweaking pixels in ways indiscernible by human viewers

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sets new launch attempt for Tuesday

The company finally announced a December 18 launch from its base near Van Horn, Texas. But on the day itself...
  • Jeff Bezos' space company has not launched a rocket since an uncrewed September 2022 crash placed its program on hold while it carried out fixes and awaited regulatory approval
  • Though the rocket will carry a payload of science experiments, not people, mission NS-24 must succeed before Blue Origin can return to taking thrill-seekers to final frontier

The feline frontier: NASA sends cat video from deep space

The video was beamed to Earth using a laser transceiver on the Psyche probe, which is journeying to the main...
  • The 15-second meow-vie featuring an orange tabby named Taters is the first to be streamed from deep space
  • The encoded near-infrared signal was received by the Hale Telescope at Caltech's Palomar Observatory in San Diego County

Native oysters making a return to Belfast after over a century’s absence

BELFAST, UK - Long gone from Belfast's famed harbor where the Titanic was built, oysters are making a comeback thanks to...
  • Until the early 1900s, the Belfast Lough channel was home to large oyster reefs but overfishing, disease and pollution decimated the population.
  • Extensive native oyster beds were abundant in European seas and humans have been harvesting them since the Stone Age.

Red Sea Global, VAARST join hands for marine ecosystem mapping

TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA - Red Sea Global (RSG), the multi-project developer behind the regenerative tourism destinations, is piloting SubSLAM, an...
  • VAARST’s photogrammetry and real-time intelligent data collection system are transforming how underwater ecosystems are mapped and preserved.
  • SubSLAM, developed by VAARST, enables precise quantification and identification of corals and underwater objects using advanced 4K sensors.

Vaping: lighting up, stubbing out

Developed in 2003 by the Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik, concerns are growing over the risk of teens becoming hooked on...
  • The birth of vaping comes in the year that Ireland bans smoking in workplaces, including pubs and restaurants, sparking a global clampdown on smoking indoors.
  • Many doctors welcome the devices, which are tar-free, as a potential lifesaver in the fight against cancer, heart disease, strokes and other diseases.

Research on multiple sclerosis wins ‘Oscars of science’

Stephen Hauser and Alberto Ascherio were recognized for their decades researching the debilitating neurodegenerative disease, which affects nearly three million...

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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