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Portugal Closes All Schools and Non-Essential Services Ahead of a Major Atlantic Storm

Varieties Heavy machinery clears the debris from a landslide along the Marocos road in Machico municipality, on the Portuguese island of Madeira, due to severe weather caused by the passage of Storm Charles, 11 November 2026. (EPA)

Portugal Closes All Schools and Non-Essential Services Ahead of a Major Atlantic Storm

Portugal closed all schools and shuttered non-essential public services on Wednesday as a major Atlantic storm headed for the country's mainland. Streets…

Varieties The S.S. United States crossed the Atlantic more than 800 times. (Getty Images)

Once the World's Fastest, Ocean Liner Will Become Largest Artificial Reef

An ocean liner that is longer than the Titanic and was once the fastest on the seas is headed to a final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world's…

Varieties Celine Dion. (AFP)

Medical Breakthrough for People with Same Disorder as Celine Dion

People suffering from stiff person syndrome (SPS), which affects Celine Dion, the singer, could soon benefit from a new medicine which improves symptoms. …

Varieties View of a flooded area after storm Leo passed by Alcacer do Sal, Portugal, February 5, 2026. (Reuters)

Portugal Storm Alert Closes Schools

Portugal will shut schools and non-essential public services on Wednesday, with the government urging people to shelter from winds potentially reaching 140…

Varieties British author John Harrison poses after winning the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel "The End of Everything" at the awards ceremony in London, Britain, 09 November 2026. (EPA)

British Writer John Harrison Wins 2026 Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’

British author ‌John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel, "The End of Everything," a dystopian satire that the prize says probes the…


Varieties  In this rendering private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA Sunday, March 2, 2025. (NASA/Firefly Aerospace via AP)

US Firm Firefly Makes Its First Moon Landing with Uncrewed Blue Ghost Spacecraft

Firefly Aerospace became the second US company to land on the moon on Sunday with its debut Blue Ghost lander, kicking off a two-week research mission as one…

Varieties  01 March 2025, US, Washington: US President Donald Trump addresses the media as he departs the White House for Mar-a-Lago, a resort and National Historic Landmark on a barrier island in Palm Beach. (dpa)

Trump Signs Order Designating English as the Official Language of the US

President Donald Trump signed on Saturday an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. The order allows government…

Varieties Traffic passes by flowers in bloom at a roundabout in New Delhi, India, 25 February 2025. EPA/HARISH TYAGI

Delhi Bans Old Cars from Refueling to Help Tackle Pollution

Cars more than 15 years old will soon be barred from refueling in New Delhi, the city's government said Saturday, as part of measures to reduce the Indian…

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Varieties People break their fasts during the Muslim’s holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a rooftop restaurant near the historical Badshahi mosque, in background, in Lahore, Pakistan, March 15, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

How to Practice Healthy Fasting during Ramadan

Manal Elfakhani looks back fondly on childhood memories from the month of Ramadan. She would break her fast at the mosque with family and snack on sweet…

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Varieties Activists of "Just Stop Oil" glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at a van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery in London, Britain October 14, 2022. Just Stop Oil/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Van Gogh Museum Presents LEGO Bricks Version of Sunflowers

Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum has joined forces with the Danish toy brick-maker LEGO to create a build-your-own version of Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers". …

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Varieties Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. (SPA)

King Salman's Spouse to Crown Holy Quran Award Female Winners on Sunday

Under the patronage of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Princess Fahda bint Falah Al Hathleen, spouse of the Custodian of…

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Varieties This handout satellite image made available on February 11, 2025 by the European Space Agency and captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on April 02, 2024, shows the Amsterdam Island, that is part of France's French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean. (Photo by Handout / COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2 / AFP)

European Satellite Launcher Set for First Commercial Blast Off

After several postponements, Europe's Ariane 6 launcher will carry out its first commercial mission on Monday when it puts a French military intelligence…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk walks with his son X Æ A-12, on the day he met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Blair House, in Washington, D.C., US, February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

Elon Musk Has Another Child, a Boy

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is a close adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, has another child, his 14th. His latest child, a son, is with Shivon Zilis, an…

Varieties FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the White House, February 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C., US Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Source: Trump to Make English Official US Language

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to make English the official US language, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The source…

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Varieties Visitors view items on display during a tour of the Jane Austen Center in Bath, Somerset on February 14, 2025. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

Balls and Parades to Fete Jane Austen's 250th Birthday

Ballgowns are being stitched, bonnets brushed and tea rooms prepped as the United Kingdom prepares to celebrate the 250th birthday of beloved literary icon…

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Varieties The elephant Ely bathes with sand at the San Juan de Aragon Zoo in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico's Supreme Court Orders Zoo to Improve Conditions for Ely the Elephant

Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered a zoo to improve the health of an African elephant named Ely, the first time the country’s highest court has made such a…

Varieties US President Donald Trump holds a letter from Britain's King Charles as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 27, 2025. (Reuters)

King Charles Invites Trump for Unprecedented Second UK State Visit

Donald Trump accepted an invitation from King Charles on Thursday to visit Britain, making the US President the first elected political leader in modern times…

Varieties US singer Katy Perry attends the Baby2Baby gala at Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California, November 9, 2024. (AFP)

Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez among Blue Origin’s Planned All-Female Crew to Space

Pop star Katy Perry and journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez, who is also billionaire Jeff Bezos' fiancée, are set to blast off into space on a Blue…

Varieties A fragment of the organic glass that was found inside the skull of the deceased individual, who was killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, at the archaeological site of Herculaneum in Italy, is pictured in this handout image released on February 27, 2025. (Pier Paolo Petrone/Handout via Reuters)

Mount Vesuvius Eruption Turned a Man’s Brain into Glass. Here’s How It Happened

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius…

Varieties  Multilingual communication services were utilized by 6,391 visitors from various countries - SPA

Prophet's Mosque Welcomes More than 5 million Worshippers in One Week

The Prophet's Mosque experienced a significant influx of 5,037,157 worshippers last week, with the General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand…

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Varieties Bikers observe a bridge that collapsed in an earthquake in Concepcion some 100 km (62 miles) south of the epicenter, February 27, 2010. (Reuters)

Scientists Predict Major Quake in Chile’s Mineral-Rich North 

Fifteen years ago on February 27, a devastating 8.8 magnitude quake struck southern Chile off the coast of Concepcion, shaking the ground for four minutes and…

Varieties The NASA Nova-C lunar lander, part of the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission, lifts off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, from the Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida, USA, 26 February 2025. (EPA)

NASA Launches Satellite on Mission to Detect Water on the Moon 

A dishwasher-sized NASA satellite was launched into space from Florida on Wednesday to identify where water - a precious resource for lunar missions - resides…

Varieties The sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean as a bird flies in Lido Beach, New York, US, February 26, 2025. (Reuters)

Computer Simulations Show Nightmare Atlantic Current Shutdown Less Likely This Century

The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century, a new…

Varieties Spanning 11,000 m², FoodSphere features three indoor zones - SPA

Mayor of Riyadh Opens 'FoodSphere' as Part of Riyadh Oases

Mayor of Riyadh Prince Faisal bin Abdulaziz bin Ayyaf inaugurated on Wednesday "FoodSphere," a pioneering first phase of the Riyadh Oases project. This…

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Varieties New York musician Larry Saltzman - File photo/The AP

Meet the Musician Who Taught Timothée Chalamet to Play Guitar Like Bob Dylan

He's not a movie buff, so New York musician Larry Saltzman doesn't always watch the Oscars. This year, however, he's got a rooting interest. Saltzman taught…

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Varieties A group of Russian tourists, likely the first foreign travelers from any country to enter North Korea since the pandemic arrive at the Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 9, 2024. (AP)

North Korea Has Opened Its Doors to a Group of International Travelers for the 1st Time in Years 

A small group of foreign tourists has visited North Korea in the past week, making them the first international travelers to enter the country in five years…

Varieties People walk through a train station in Seoul on February 26, 2025. (AFP)

South Korea Birthrate Rises for First Time in 9 Years, Marriages Surge 

South Korea's fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, in a…

Varieties This handout image released by The European Southern Observatory (ESO) on February 25, 2025, shows an image of the asteroid "2024 YR4" taken by ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), showing a frame of the asteroid’s path through the night sky in January 2025, observed at infrared wavelengths with the HAWK-I instrument. (Handout / European Southern Observatory / AFP)

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is No Longer a Threat to Earth, Scientists Say

Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled…

Varieties Pakistan’s Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Islamabad Seeks Partnerships with Riyadh to Boost Digital Media Production, Content Quality

Pakistan’s Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar emphasized his country’s commitment to forming partnerships with Saudi Arabia to enhance digital media…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)