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  • Pope Francis urges tolerance in first-ever visit to Bahrain

    Pope Francis II has paid a landmark visit to Bahrain as part of a government-sponsored interfaith conference to promote Catholic-Muslim dialogue. The trip took place amid protests organized by the families of Bahraini political prisoners. The Pope met with Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar mosque Ahmed Mohamed El-Tayeb. The Pontiff also called on local officials to improve human rights.

  • With Dubai Bling, Netflix has a rare smash hit from the Middle East

    Dubai has long been an international city, and the show is no different: Of the 10 main characters, only two are local Emiratis. The rest are Indian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Saudi and Mexican American. Origins are mentioned at the beginning, then brushed aside. Characters switch between English and various dialects of Arabic with ease, often mid-sentence. Perhaps most impressively, the captions never miss a beat.

  • With Dubai Bling, Netflix has a rare smash hit from the Middle East

    Dubai has long been an international city, and the show is no different: Of the 10 main characters, only two are local Emiratis. The rest are Indian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Saudi and Mexican American. Origins are mentioned at the beginning, then brushed aside. Characters switch between English and various dialects of Arabic with ease, often mid-sentence. Perhaps most impressively, the captions never miss a beat.

  • Middle East’s Fertile Crescent dries up as rains fail

    Reuters spoke to more than two dozen people in five provinces across Iraq who all said that a prolonged drought, which has only worsened in recent years, was crippling livelihoods. Farmers in neighbouring Syria and Turkey are also struggling with lower rainfall. “Climate change is a reality in Iraq,” the United Nations mission in Iraq said, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms.

  • Riyadh Cables Raises $378 Million as Middle East IPO Boom Continues

    Listings in the Persian Gulf -- primarily Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai -- have fetched $18 billion this year, representing almost half of the IPO money raised in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

  • Here Are 3 Green Investment Initiatives Launched By Billionaires In 2022

    Billionaires such as Bill Gates, Mackenzie Scott, and Warren Buffet are well known for their philanthropic and environmental initiatives, but they are not the only ultra-rich people supporting the climate change cause. Here are three green impact investment initiatives announced by billionaires in 2022.

  • Documents Detail Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel

    The documents build on the public record of how Mr. Trump’s hotel brought in millions during his presidency from foreign governments. The Oversight Committee has previously estimated that the hotel received more than $3.75 million from foreign governments from 2017 to 2020, raising concerns about possible violations of the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause.

  • Motorcycle and quad wins for Al-Balooshi and Al-Tuwaijri at Saudi Baja 2022-Hail

    The penultimate round of the FIM Bajas World Cup took place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this weekend. After a Prologue that was shortened to just 3.9km, riders tackled a selective section of 229km on Friday and 183km on Saturday. Mohammed Al-Balooshi (Husqvarna) claimed the motorcycle laurels and Haitham Al-Tuwaijri (Yamaha) topped the quad category.

  • Could offshore aquaculture make fish farming more sustainable?

    Advocates say this is the future of fish farms, which now account for the bulk of the fish we eat. Fish farming has been fraught with issues, from crowded pens to the use of antibiotics and GMO feed. But in the ocean, there’s more room for fish to spread out and contaminants to dissolve, they say. And industrial offshore fish farming also gives depleted fish stocks a chance to replenish.

  • Electric Vehicles Start to Enter the Car-Buying Mainstream

    Battery-powered cars now make up the fastest-growing segment of the auto market, with sales jumping 70 percent in the first nine months of the year from the same period in 2021, according to data from Cox Automotive, a research and consulting firm. Sales of conventional cars and trucks fell 15 percent in the same period. Buyers of electric vehicles in 2021 were more likely to be women and tended to be younger than in 2019, according to Cox data.