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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…


Varieties File photo: Two sisters work through math problems in their dining room. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona

ICESCO, Saudi NELC Discuss Cooperation on E-Learning

The Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) has held a virtual meeting with the Saudi National eLearning Center (NELC) and…

Varieties More than 1,580 endangered animals will be released in AlUla as part of the Royal Commission for AlUla’s mission to resettle native species into their natural habitats - (Royal Commission for AlUla)

AlUla Launches Largest Campaign to Resettle Wild Animals in Region

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has launched the largest campaign to resettle more than 1,580 wild animals that will include antelopes, gazelles, Arabian…

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Sonia Beiruti Dies Aged 89

Lebanese media figure Sonia Beiruti passed away quietly on January 16 at the age of 89, after she spent her last days with her eldest son, Antoine, who…

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Varieties Reality TV personality Kim Kardashian attends an interview with Reuters at the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in Yerevan, Armenia, October 8, 2019. Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS

Kim Kardashian Buys Pendant Worn by Princess Diana

American reality television star and social media colossus Kim Kardashian has purchased the Attallah Cross, the amethyst and diamond pendant famously worn on…

Varieties An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Bird Statue Fetches $100,000 as Musk Auctions Twitter HQ Items

A Twitter bird statue fetched $100,000 on Wednesday as Elon Musk auctioned off furniture, decorations, kitchen equipment and more from the tech firm's downtown…

Varieties In this file photo taken on February 10, 2021, Sister André, Lucile Randon in the registry of birth, the eldest French and European citizen, prays in a wheelchair, on the eve of her 117th birthday, in an EHPAD (Housing Establishment for Dependent Elderly People) in Toulon, southern France, where she has been living since 2009. (AFP)

World’s Oldest Known Person, French Nun, Dies at 118

A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home in southern…

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Varieties Saudi men walking near a carved rose-coloured sandstone
mountain in the Nabataean archaeological site of al-Hijr near the
northwestern town of AlUla, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 30, 2012. (FAYEZ
NURELDINE/AFP/GettyImages)

Saudi Heritage Commission Launches National Trip to Explore Inscriptions, Rock Arts

The Saudi Heritage Commission has launched a national trip to explore inscriptions and rock art around the kingdom, urging Saudis to engage in this initiative…

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Varieties Environmental volunteers stand atop a pyramid of compressed plastic waste collected from the Nile, in Giza near the capital on "World Cleanup Day", September 17, 2022 © Ahmed HASAN / AFP/File

Young Egyptians Battle Plastic Plague

Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country's huge plastic waste problem by recycling junk-food wrappers, water bottles and similar…

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Varieties The world's oldest runestone displayed in Oslo, Norway, 12 January 2023 (issued 17 January 2023). (EPA)

Norway Archaeologists Find ‘World’s Oldest Runestone’

Archaeologists in Norway said Tuesday that have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old and…

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Saudi Research Tests New Energy-Efficient Cooling System

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has conducted observational experiments in the houses located inside the campus to create a new…

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Varieties Jordan as a whole received 4.6 million visitors in 2022 © Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP

Tourists Surge Back to Jordan’s Desert Marvel Petra

Tending to his camels in Petra, Jordan's spectacular archaeological marvel hidden deep in a desert canyon, Hussein Bdoul is all smiles: the tourists are back …

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Varieties Tourists look at murals inside King Tutankhamun's burial chamber as Egypt marks the 100th anniversary of its discovery, in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, 04 November 2022. (EPA)

Egypt Says Ancient Royal Tomb Unearthed in Luxor 

Archaeologists unearthed an ancient tomb in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, known for its treasures dating back to the pharaohs, authorities said Saturday…

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Varieties A great warrior and temple builder, Ramses II ruled Egypt from 1279-1213 BC. (AFP)

Pharaoh Ramses II’s Sarcophagus in Paris for Rare Loan 

The sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II is to return to Paris in April for the first time in almost 50 years, in a rare loan of the relic outside…

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Varieties FILE - The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

UFO Reports Rise to 510, Not Aliens but Still a Threat to US

The US has now collected 510 reports of unidentified flying objects, many of which are flying in sensitive military airspace. While there’s no evidence of…

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Varieties Lauren Davis, excavation manager of the southern district at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), shows a fresh ostrich egg used for illustration next to older egg fragments dating over 4,000 years old next to an ancient fire pit at a site in the dunes near Nitzana along the Israel-Egypt border in the western Negev desert on January 12, 2023. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Ancient Ostrich Eggs Found in Israeli Desert

Ostrich eggs estimated to be at least 4,000 years old have been found in Israel, archaeologists announced on Thursday, providing insight into the life of…

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Varieties Lisa Marie Presley attends the handprints ceremony for Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough, Finley and Harper Lockwood at TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu/FILE PHOTO

Lisa Marie Presley, Daughter of Elvis, Dies Aged 54

Singer Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of the "King of Rock 'n' Roll," Elvis Presley, died on Thursday at the age of 54 after being rushed to a Los…

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Varieties Britain's King Charles III visits Aboyne and Mid Deeside Community Shed to meet with local hardship support groups and tour the new facilities, in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Britain, January 12, 2023. (Reuters)

King Charles Makes First Appearance Since Son Harry’s Book 

King Charles made his first public appearance on Thursday since the release of his son Prince Harry's tell-all memoir and accompanying TV interviews in which…

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Varieties File Photo: An Egyptian doctor wearing two protective masks checks a patient's lung X-ray (AFP)

Study: Most Long Covid Symptoms Clear Up in a Year for Mild Cases

Most symptoms from long Covid clear up within a year for people who had mild initial infections, a large Israel study said Thursday, with the findings welcomed…

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Varieties An image released by the Chilean Antarctic Institute shows scientists working at a fossil site in February 2020 at Cerro Guido in southern Chile's Las Chinas valley. Handout / INACH/AFP

Study: Four Dinosaur Species Found in Chilean Valley for First Time

Scientists have found the remains of four species of dinosaurs, including a megaraptor, in an inhospitable valley in Chilean Patagonia that has emerged over…

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Varieties A part of an ancient Egyptian obelisk unearthed is seen in the Matariya area in Cairo, Egypt, March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt Stops Bid to Steal 10-ton Ancient Statue

Egyptian authorities said Tuesday they had detained three people for trying to steal a millennia-old 10-ton statue of the pharaoh Ramses II with a crane. …

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Varieties A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020. (NEXU Science Communication/via Reuters)

British Scientists Plan to Expand Genomic Sequencing from COVID to Flu 

Genomic sequencing allowed the world to track new coronavirus variants throughout the pandemic. Now British researchers plan to use it to better understand a…

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Varieties view at the Royal Toone Theatre, a puppet theatre, in central
Brussels, Belgium December 19, 2019. Picture taken December 19, 2019.
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Rabat Hosts Arabic Theater Festival after Two-Year Postponement

The 13th edition of the Arabic Theater Festival is set to kick off on Tuesday at Casablanca’s Mohammed VI Theater after a two-year hiatus caused by the…

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Varieties This June 23, 2018, photo shows a general view of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Saudi Surgeons Perform Heart Transplant for Youngest Newborn in Middle East

A team of pediatric cardiac surgeons at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) performed consecutive heart transplants on two…

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Varieties Virgin Atlantic Cosmic Girl, a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft carrying a rocket, is parked at Spaceport Cornwall, at Cornwall Airport in Newquay, England. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Historic UK Rocket Mission Ends in Failure

An attempt to launch the first rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure on Tuesday, with scientists reporting an "anomaly" as it neared its goal. A…

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