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KAUST Unveils Landmark Coral Facility on Red Sea, Advancing Saudi Scientific Expertise and Marine Conservation

Varieties KCRI is designed to restore the Red Sea reefscape and offer a framework that coral restoration programs worldwide can adopt. (SPA)

KAUST Unveils Landmark Coral Facility on Red Sea, Advancing Saudi Scientific Expertise and Marine Conservation

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) launched the KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative’s large-scale coral facility, restoring and…

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…


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KAUST Professor with Disabilities Begins Bicycle Journey Across Kingdom

Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Matteo Parsani began on…

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Varieties This picture shows cars amid floodwaters at Cairns Airport in Cairns on December 18, 2023. (AFP)

More than 300 Rescued from Floodwaters in Northeast Australia 

More than 300 people were rescued overnight from floodwaters in northeast Australia, with dozens of residents clinging to roofs, officials said on Monday. …

Varieties A lively cat image created by Thunyapong Jaikum, a Thai farmer and artist, is seen in rice fields in Chiang Rai province, north of Thailand, December 16, 2023. (Reuters)

Thai Rice Farmer Makes Art with Plantings That Depict Cats 

A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in Thailand to illustrate a traditional…

Varieties In this photo taken on December 17, 2023, Siberian tigers relax in their enclosure after a snowfall at the Siberian Tiger Park in Hailin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province. (AFP)

Rare Snowfall in Southern China as Deep Freeze Grips the North 

The cold weather sweeping China brought rare snowfall on Monday as far south as the province of Guangdong, while temperatures in the chilly north plunged to…

Varieties Palestinian Filmmaker Rashid Masharawi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Rashid Masharawi Announces New Film Project Inspired by Gaza War

Palestinian Filmmaker Rashid Masharawi announced that he established a fund to support filmmakers in his city, Gaza. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat,…

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Varieties This image released by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York on December 15, 2023, shows a 10th century goddess sandstone statue from Koh Ker, Cambodia. (Photo by Handout / US Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York / AFP)

MET to Return 16 Artifacts to Cambodia, Thailand

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has begun the repatriation process for 16 sculptures previously held in its permanent collection, returning 14 to Cambodia and…

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Varieties Upon arrival, the conjoined twins were transferred to King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital at the Ministry of National Guard for further tests. SPA

Eritrean Conjoined Twins Arrive in Saudi Arabia for Possible Separation Surgery

Eritrean Siamese twins Asma and Somaya Jaafar Abdo and their parents arrived on Sunday at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on a medevac plane, in…

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Varieties Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival 2023 has set a new world record by entering the Guinness World Records for the third time in its history. SPA

King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival 2023 Enters Guinness Records as Largest Falconry Competition Globally

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival 2023 has set a new world record by entering the Guinness World Records for the third time in its history. …

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Varieties Cattle take refuge from the summer sun under trees at a farm near Adelong in Australia December 4, 2023. (Reuters)

Australia Swelters through Heat Wave as Firefighters Battle Bushfires

Large parts of Australia on Saturday sweltered under heat wave conditions that prompted the nation's weather forecaster to issue bush fire warnings in several…

Varieties  A Palestinian child looks on at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, December 16, 2023. (Reuters)

Women and Children First? Experts Say That in Most Crises, It’s More like Everyone for Themselves

So much for women and children first. The phrase and its grave implications about who to save first in a catastrophe are rooted in the shipwrecks of…

Varieties The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) honored King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority for its commitment to global standards for joining the Green List. (SPA)

IUCN Honors King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) honored the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority for its commitment to…

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Varieties In this image released by Rocket Lab, a electron rocket successfully takes off from its launch site on the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (Rocket Lab via AP)

Rocket Lab launches Japanese Satellite from the Space Company's Complex in New Zealand

California-based Rocket Lab, which specializes in putting small satellites into orbit, launched a Japanese satellite on Friday from the space company's complex…

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Varieties Women in traditional clothes pose for pictures in the snow outside of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, 14 December 2023. (EPA)

Cold Wave Freezes Most of China, Shutting Highways 

A cold wave extended its grip further over China on Friday with temperatures plummeting to below freezing across most of the country, causing authorities to…

Varieties A man carries bags of groceries as a screen broadcasting Russian President Vladimir Putin's year-end press conference is seen on the facade of a residential building in Moscow on December 14, 2023. (AFP)

Blizzards Sweep Across Russia Bringing Massive Snow Falls 

Blizzards swept across swathes of Russia on Friday, carpeting Moscow in one of the biggest snow falls in decades and sowing chaos on major roads where truck…

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Malaysian Ambassador Visits King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival 2023

The Malaysian Ambassador to the Kingdom, Datuk Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah, visited the King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival 2023 in Malham, north of Riyadh on…

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Varieties Chang'e-3, which carried a robotic rover, was China's first landing on the Moon. CCTV / CCTV/AFP/File

China's Space Program: Five Things to Know

When Chang'e-3 became the first Chinese craft to land on the Moon 10 years ago, it kicked off nationwide celebrations -- and a decade of major successes for a…

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Varieties Tourists visit the Karnak Temple Complex in Egypt's southern city of Luxor on March 8. (AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian Efforts to Cope with Declining Number of Spanish Tourists

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is planning new motivational and advertising programs to cope with the recent decline in the number of Spanish tourists…

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Varieties Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi speaks while meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Artists Make Remarkable Impact in Egyptian Presidential Elections

Egyptian artists showed support to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during the presidential elections that concluded on Tuesday night. A large number of…

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Varieties The stamps showcase the significant advancements in AI and feature the phrase "AI for the good of humanity". SPA

Saudi Post Issues Commemorative Stamps in Acknowledgement of SDAIA's Endeavors

The Saudi Post (SPL), in collaboration with the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority, has issued four commemorative stamps, valued at SAR3 each,…

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Varieties Officials have cited security reasons for taking down the monument. Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP/File

Bulgaria Dismantles Soviet Army Monument

Regional authorities in Sofia on Tuesday began dismantling a towering Soviet-era monument prominently featuring a soldier following years of controversy…

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Varieties (FILES) Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, leaves from the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London on June 6, 2023. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)

Ruling on Prince Harry's Mirror Phone-hacking Lawsuit to be Given on Friday

Britain's Prince Harry will find out on Friday whether he has won his phone-hacking lawsuit against publisher Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), a case in which he…

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Varieties A worker installs light bulbs decoration on snow covered trees along a street for the upcoming Christmas festival and year-end season in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP)

China Braces for Blistering Cold This Week

Chinese authorities warned on Tuesday of heavy snowfall, blizzards and plunging temperatures this week in most parts of the country in what could be one of the…

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International Union for Conservation of Nature Honors Three National Reserves

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) honored three reserves affiliated with the National Center for Wildlife (NCW). The reserves are…

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Varieties A shopper ponders candy options at a 7-Eleven store in Pembroke Pines, Fla. On June 15, 2017. Joe Raedle / Joe Raedle /Getty Images

Eating Unhealthy Food to Reduce Stress could Backfire, New Study Warns

A new research found that turning to fatty and other unhealthy foods for solace reduces vascular function and raises risk of heart disease. Many people…

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