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“I wanna give a shoutout,” DJ Khaled hollers to a massive crowd of over 600,000. “He’s from New York City, but he’s also from Saudi Arabia. Make some noise for the guy that made sure I came here tonight. His name is: Swizz Beatz!!” Pacing an enormous stage erected in…

(The Conversation) — Shortly before Lionel Messi took to the stage to lift up the World Cup trophy, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani put a black cloak, called a “bisht,” over the Argentinian soccer star’s shoulders. Images of Messi wrapped in black fabric, which might have been…

“This is the best Christmas present ever,” Siobhán Howarth said as her daughter Sarah arrived into Cork Airport. ‘Welcome home’ balloons bobbed above people’s heads, and bouquets of flowers were gripped tightly by expectant hands as the Cork Light Orchestra played Christmas carols in the buzzing arrivals hall. “It feels…

A LAWYER has offered Lionel Messi $1MILLION for the bisht he wore while lifting the World Cup. Ahmed Al Barwani, a lawyer and member of parliament in Oman, made the huge offer in the hopes of keeping the historic clothing in the Middle East. 2 Lionel Messi was given a…

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N) on Thursday named Hamza Girach and Rizwan Shaikh as co-heads of emerging markets at its banking, capital markets and advisory division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Girach and Shaikh have been with the bank for roughly two decades. Girach was…

Royal Saudi Air Force jets painted red and yellow streaks in the sky above Riyadh's airport on December 7 as Xi Jinping stepped onto the tarmac under the colors of the Chinese flag to begin a visit that had been previewed as an "epoch-making milestone" in China's relations with the…

A woman dying from lung failure was given a transplant from her two brothers in the Middle East's first operation of its kind to feature live donors. The complex operation involved 50 doctors working in three separate theatres over 14 hours at a university hospital in Cairo. Quote Taking lung…

(RNS) — Hanukkah, which began Sunday, commemorates the heroic resistance of a group of Jewish rebels called the Maccabees to the Syrian Greek Emperor Antiochus IV in 167 B.C.E. We sing songs lauding them and celebrating their victory. But behind Hanukkah lies an inconvenient truth, according to Duke University biblical…

EODev will start delivering hydrogen generators by the end of 2024 to countries in the West and the Middle East, with a focus on regions with public incentive policies. German companies, meanwhile, have agreed to convert a gas pipeline network into a hydrogen pipeline network. December 19, 2022 Sergio Matalucci…

The first World Cup in the Middle East, the first in a Muslim country, the first in mid-winter, the first to be alcohol-free in stadiums, the first to see no arrests of any UK citizens. This World Cup has been unique. The showpiece final was possibly the greatest showpiece of…