DAMASCUS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged support for Syrian reconstruction on Saturday during the first visit to Damascus by a serving United Nations chief since 2009, before the outbreak of a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions. Syrian…
LONDON: The Lebanese daily newspaper Annahar has been named a “Brave Brand” by The Advertising Club of New York for the second consecutive year. The leading Beirut-based paper was recognised for its “Newspapers Inside The Newspaper” campaign, an initiative that revived six…
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Annahar Media Group this week launched Nahar, its first artificial intelligence-powered “news correspondent,” in a step the outlet said opens a new chapter in the relationship between journalists and technology. Nayla Tueni, Annahar’s editor-in-chief, said innovation is part of the…
DUBAI: A new musical celebrating the life and career of music icon Dalida will premiere in Egypt this autumn, marking the 40th anniversary of the singer’s death. “Dalida: The Song That Never Ends” was unveiled at a press conference at the French…
DUBAI: For all the spy-comedy clichés it packs in, “Ride or Die” works because of one essential ingredient: the irresistible chemistry between Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer. Their easy rapport turns what could have been another formulaic action caper into a genuinely…
DUBAI: Award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha has paid tribute to Chris Affleck, the mother of actors Ben and Casey Affleck, following news of her death, remembering her as “like a mother” to his family during their time living in…
European stock markets moved lower on Friday as a global technology selloff and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment, extending weakness across major equity markets. The decline echoed losses seen across Asia and in US futures, where…
Global stock markets edged higher on Tuesday, buoyed by strong gains in energy shares after oil prices climbed sharply on renewed security concerns in the Red Sea. Investor sentiment stayed cautious, however, as markets braced for a crucial round of earnings from…
Google has pulled public access to its open-weight AI model family, Gemma, from the AI Studio platform after the system reportedly generated false allegations of sexual misconduct against US Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. The problem surfaced when the model was asked…
The widening conflict involving Iran has introduced fresh security risks for the Gulf’s rapidly expanding artificial intelligence sector, drawing renewed attention to the resilience of the region’s data infrastructure and to the United States’ strategy of strengthening AI partnerships across the Middle…
