UAE minister of culture celebrates Saudi pavilion’s focus on women at Venice Biennale VENICE: The UAE’s Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development Noura Al-Kaabi was on hand to attend the opening of Saudi Arabia’s first pavilion at the seminal Venice Biennale art fair in eight years. The minister, who toured the pavilion alongside Saudi Arabia’s…
Bucks beat Celtics 116-91 to advance to East final; Warriors hold off Rockets in Game 5 MILWAUKEE/OAKLAND: The Milwaukee Bucks routed the Boston Celtics 116-91 on Wednesday night to advance to the Eastern Conference final, while the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 104-99 on for a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.…
Bucks beat Celtics 116-91 to advance to East final; Warriors hold off Rockets in Game 5 MILWAUKEE/OAKLAND: The Milwaukee Bucks routed the Boston Celtics 116-91 on Wednesday night to advance to the Eastern Conference final, while the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 104-99 on for a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.…
Bucks beat Celtics 116-91 to advance to East final; Warriors hold off Rockets in Game 5 MILWAUKEE/OAKLAND: The Milwaukee Bucks routed the Boston Celtics 116-91 on Wednesday night to advance to the Eastern Conference final, while the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 104-99 on for a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.…
DUBAI: The Middle East’s biggest airline, Emirates, said on Thursday that profits were down almost 70% in the past fiscal year, reaching lows of $237 million, compared to last year’s whopping $762 million. The Dubai-based airline’s parent company Emirates Group also posted lower profits at $631 million, down 44% from last year. Despite the dip…
DUBAI: The Middle East’s biggest airline, Emirates, said on Thursday that profits were down almost 70% in the past fiscal year, reaching lows of $237 million, compared to last year’s whopping $762 million. The Dubai-based airline’s parent company Emirates Group also posted lower profits at $631 million, down 44% from last year. Despite the dip…
NEW YORK: Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers turned off their apps in a US-wide strike Wednesday over pay and working conditions, casting a shadow over this week’s keenly anticipated Wall Street debut of ride-hailing leader Uber.Uber is expected to launch its initial public offering (IPO) on Friday giving it an estimated valuation of some…
LONDON: Veteran British broadcaster Danny Baker was on Thursday fired by the BBC after tweeting a picture of well-dressed couple holding hands with a chimpanzee in a suit, tagged with the caption "royal baby leaves hospital".Accusations of racism immediately flooded his timeline, as new royal baby Archie has mixed-race heritage through mother Meghan, and he…
LONDON: Veteran British broadcaster Danny Baker was on Thursday fired by the BBC after tweeting a picture of well-dressed couple holding hands with a chimpanzee in a suit, tagged with the caption "royal baby leaves hospital".Accusations of racism immediately flooded his timeline, as new royal baby Archie has mixed-race heritage through mother Meghan, and he…
SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION: An attack by a shark has killed a surfer off France’s Indian Ocean island of Reunion, the latest fatality in increasingly dangerous waters, emergency services said on Thursday.The surfer, a man aged 28, lost a leg in the attack and was pronounced dead on being brought back to the port of…
LONDON: The Prime Minister of Libya's Tripoli-based government met Britain's Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in London on Thursday, Downing Street said.Fayez Al-Sarraj has been in Europe this week seeking support against an attack on Tripoli by strongman Khalifa Haftar.May's spokesman said: "The prime minister has joined a meeting between the foreign secretary…
VENICE: Art builds bridges between different peoples and enriches all our lives, Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Culture, told Arab News at the inauguration of the Saudi pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. The Kingdom has returned to the Biennale — “the Olympics of the art world” — eight years…
Iraqi armed groups backed by Iran have been placed on high alert to respond to any action by the US amid growing tension between Tehran and Washington, their commanders told Arab News on Thursday. Iran has trained and equipped dozens of Shiite, Sunni and Christian armed factions in Iraq. Most operate under the umbrella of…
Influential people in the Kingdom will be selected as ‘ambassadors’ to promote social responsibility in the country, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The initiative is one of five launched by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development and will support some of the goals in the Vision 2030 reform plan. The ministry’s director general of…
Influential people in the Kingdom will be selected as ‘ambassadors’ to promote social responsibility in the country, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The initiative is one of five launched by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development and will support some of the goals in the Vision 2030 reform plan. The ministry’s director general of…
JEDDAH: Outside a makeshift store in Jeddah’s lively Al-Shati’i district, shoppers crowd around brightly colored lanterns that are shaped like crescent moons and stars. Other lanterns are on the ground, adding a jewel-like glow to the evening. The stall was set up by Zuhair Omar Shami and his business partner Ra’ed after they came…
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