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Tomb with 500 mummified animals discovered in Egypt
CAIRO: A tomb containing the mummified remains of a man and more than 500 animals has been discovered in the city of Sohag, south of Cairo, Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Khaled Anany has announced. The tomb, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was discovered at Al-Dayabat archeological site in Akhmim. “It is one of…
What We Are Reading Today: Solitary by Albert Woodfox
CAIRO: A tomb containing the mummified remains of a man and more than 500 animals has been discovered in the city of Sohag, south of Cairo, Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Khaled Anany has announced. The tomb, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was discovered at Al-Dayabat archeological site in Akhmim. “It is one of…
Fashion stars descend on Dubai as Elie Saab unveils new collaboration
CAIRO: A tomb containing the mummified remains of a man and more than 500 animals has been discovered in the city of Sohag, south of Cairo, Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Khaled Anany has announced. The tomb, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was discovered at Al-Dayabat archeological site in Akhmim. “It is one of…
Olympic flame lit in Italy as 83% support 2026 Winter Games: IOC
MILAN, Italy: Support for Italy’s bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo has grown with 83 percent of Italians now backing the project, according to poll carried out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).IOC evaluation commission chairman Octavian Morariu revealed the figures Saturday after an inspection of proposed sites in…
Wozniacki, Keys to play clay-court final in Charleston
MILAN, Italy: Support for Italy’s bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo has grown with 83 percent of Italians now backing the project, according to poll carried out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).IOC evaluation commission chairman Octavian Morariu revealed the figures Saturday after an inspection of proposed sites in…
Benzema scores 2 as Madrid recovers to beat Eibar
LONDO: Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid recovered from a poor first half to beat Eibar 2-1 at home in the Spanish league on Saturday. The French striker canceled out an opening goal by Eibar’s Marc Cardona before grabbing the winner in the 81st minute. Benzema has been Madrid’s best player in an otherwise…
WEEKLY ENERGY RECAP: Is the price right for crude?
INTERVIEW: Middle East Rolls-Royce chief Cesar Habib prepares for push into Saudi Arabia DUBAI: The Middle East’s love affair with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars dates back more than 100 years, to the famous motto of Lawrence of Arabia that “a Rolls in the desert was above jewels,” as the wartime hero helped to promote the cause…
INTERVIEW: Middle East Rolls-Royce chief Cesar Habib prepares for push into Saudi Arabia
INTERVIEW: Middle East Rolls-Royce chief Cesar Habib prepares for push into Saudi Arabia DUBAI: The Middle East’s love affair with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars dates back more than 100 years, to the famous motto of Lawrence of Arabia that “a Rolls in the desert was above jewels,” as the wartime hero helped to promote the cause…
Thriving Saudi startup scene to produce top-30 companies, WEF hears
DEAD SEA, Jordan: Saudi Arabia’s startup scene is “moving faster than anyone can imagine” and is set to create hundreds of thousands of jobs over the coming years, the World Economic Forum in Jordan heard on Saturday.The region’s most successful tech ventures — like ride-hailing service Careem, which Uber recently agreed to buy for $3.1…
Rwandan’s genocide survivors tormented by horrors 25 years on
KAMONYI, Rwanda: Edith, a 51-year-old housewife, finds it difficult to listen to the radio or watch television in April, the month marking Rwanda’s annual reminder of its 1994 genocide.Songs and programs broadcast in the east African nation remember the 800,000 people brutally slaughtered over a 100 day period — but also share the pain of…
Brexit axe looms for British office-holders in France
KAMONYI, Rwanda: Edith, a 51-year-old housewife, finds it difficult to listen to the radio or watch television in April, the month marking Rwanda’s annual reminder of its 1994 genocide.Songs and programs broadcast in the east African nation remember the 800,000 people brutally slaughtered over a 100 day period — but also share the pain of…
Ecuador denies it will imminently expel Assange from embassy
KAMONYI, Rwanda: Edith, a 51-year-old housewife, finds it difficult to listen to the radio or watch television in April, the month marking Rwanda’s annual reminder of its 1994 genocide.Songs and programs broadcast in the east African nation remember the 800,000 people brutally slaughtered over a 100 day period — but also share the pain of…
Elections over, Turkey’s Erdogan eyes economic reforms
ISTANBUL: Soon after his ruling party faced defeat in Ankara and Istanbul in last Sunday’s election, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quick to promise reforms to revive the country’s weakened economy.Stung by high living costs and a 2018 currency crisis, voters handed the AKP one of the party’s worst setbacks after a decade and…
Middle East has failed its people, says Dutch minister
DEAD SEA, Jordan: The Middle East has failed its citizens and leaders must do more to meet their demands, a Dutch minister said Saturday, as senior figures from the Arab world insisted that resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict was key to stability in the region. Sigrid Kaag, minister for foreign trade and development cooperation of the…
Banners and posters flood Egypt’s streets ahead of referendum
DEAD SEA, Jordan: The Middle East has failed its citizens and leaders must do more to meet their demands, a Dutch minister said Saturday, as senior figures from the Arab world insisted that resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict was key to stability in the region. Sigrid Kaag, minister for foreign trade and development cooperation of the…
Saudi Arabia’s KSRelief team discusses Yemen livelihood project
KUALA LUMPUR: The supervisory committee of the Makkah Road initiative is continuing its tour of countries to follow up on efforts to implement it.The tour includes Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Tunisia. The initiative’s implementation started two years ago, under the directives of King Salman and the crown prince, to enhance services for Hajj…
‘Makkah Road’ initiative to enhance facilities
KUALA LUMPUR: The supervisory committee of the Makkah Road initiative is continuing its tour of countries to follow up on efforts to implement it.The tour includes Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Tunisia. The initiative’s implementation started two years ago, under the directives of King Salman and the crown prince, to enhance services for Hajj…
Saudi Arabia takes center stage at Tunis book fair
RIYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) team in Aden met to discuss the progress of KSRelief-funded Livelihood Improvement Project being implemented in Yemen, and presented its recommendations.The project manager, Hadi Ahmed Bajaber, spoke about the project’s achievements and the difficulties, noting that “the team is working to expand the existing project.”He…
What We Are Reading Today: Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
Midnight in Chernobyl is a definitive and chilling account of the nuclear disaster that began on April 25-26, 1986 when the fourth nuclear reactor of the Chernobyl plant imploded, causing a nuclear disaster that the former Soviet Union tried to deny but had to reveal when the fallout spread into Europe. Adam Higginbotham’s Midnight in…
