Emirati mountaineer Fatima Abdulrahman Al Awadhi has achieved a historic milestone for the Arab world after reaching the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica, on Tuesday, 6th January 2026. Standing at 4,892 metres, the ascent makes Al Awadhi the youngest and first Arab to reach the summit at the age of 18, […]
Saudi Arabia is set to be hit by the coldest, deepest and strongest low-pressure system since the start of winter, beginning from Monday, according to the National Centre for Meteorology (NCM). The centre forecast cold conditions at night and in the early morning hours across the northern regions and the southwestern highlands from today until […]
Out of more than 177,000 submissions from around the world, ten creators have been selected and announced in the 1 Billion Followers Summit, to take part in one of the most ambitious creator-led humanitarian initiatives yet – MrBeast’s 1 Billion Acts of Kindness. The winners, Priya and Sid, The World Sucks, Walid Elmusrati, Ella Loren Y. Bulatao, […]
Will Smith has spent the last two years travelling from the South Pole to the North Pole, and the experience was apparently as terrifying as it sounds. Speaking at the 1 Billion Followers Summit in Dubai, the actor opened up about his upcoming National Geographic and Disney+ series Pole to Pole with Will Smith, which documents his 100-day […]
It was a night of high drama and pure quality in Morocco as Egypt and Nigeria punched their tickets to the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals, leaving two heavyweights floored in their wake. The Pharaohs showed exactly why they are the kings of the continent in a pulsating encounter at the Adrar Stadium. Facing off […]
Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has issued a warning on social media against the consumption of Nestle’s infant formula, including NAN, ALFAMINO, S-26 GOLD, and S-26 ULTIMA). There is, it says on X, potential contamination with cereulide toxin produced by Bacillus cereus bacteria. The authority also stresses that this is a voluntary precautionary recall. […]
The Royal Commission for AlUla has announced the documentation and publication of a rare fossil discovery of horseshoe crabs dating back approximately 465 million years, following a peer-reviewed scientific study published in the geology journal Gondwana Research. The discovery, published for the first time at a global level, strengthens AlUla’s standing as an international centre […]
This festive season, Bâoli Dubai presents ‘The Giving Tree by Bâoli Dubai’, a bespoke sculptural installation conceived, commissioned and crafted as both a design statement and a charitable initiative. Installed prominently within the venue and developed in partnership with Dubai Cares, a UAE-based global philanthropic organization, the tree has been produced as a vessel for […]
First came the sighs and awe as people who had tried everything began to shed weight like water. Then came the whispers of agonizing side-effects and changes in the brain. Now, even as the world moves towards accepting a pill version of effective pound-shedding medication like Mounjaro and Wegovy, a new study has surfaced that says […]
Residents in the UAE and the wider Muslim world are set to experience a rare astronomical alignment in 2039, with three Eid festivals falling within a single Gregorian calendar year. According to renowned climate and astronomical expert Dr. Abdullah Al Misnad from Saudi Arabia, the unusual alignment stems from the way the Islamic lunar calendar gradually […]
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