RIYADH: Saudi superstar Mansoor has signed up to WWE’s (World Wrestling Entertainment) RAW brand in one of the biggest steps of his career. The 25-year-old’s move was announced in a segment of this week’s show, with Mansoor going on to face Irishman Sheamus in his first official match as part of the RAW roster. The elevation to RAW, one of WWE’s most high-profile and popular
BRUSSELS: A Belgian farmer unwittingly extended his country’s territory by moving an ancient stone marking the border with France that was on his land.
A group of local history enthusiasts discovered the move during a walk in a wooded area on the French side.
The discovery of the stone, now sitting 2.20 meters (7.2 feet) away from where it was placed in accordance with a border agreement two centuries ago, has caused a flap in a normally sleepy rural area.
“If it belongs to us, it belongs to us. We don’t want to be robbed of 2 meters,” a resident of the French village of Bousignies-sur-Roc told RTL Info.
Much of its crew had foreign origins, possibly including North Africa
Expert: ‘This study transforms our perceived ideas regarding composition of nascent English navy’
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Arab News
May 05, 2021 16:14
LONDON: Analysis of skeletons recovered from the 16th-century Mary Rose ship has revealed that much of its crew had foreign origins, possibly including North Africa.
Once a great battleship, the Tudor navy flagship was sunk in 1545. Research conducted on eight skeletons from the wreck suggests that three of them were born far beyond England’s shores.
A fourth person was revealed to have been raised in England, but was black, likely from a second-generation immigrant background.
Global oil companies have reported strong first quarter earnings helped by a stronger oil price
Updated 05 May 2021
May 05, 2021 11:39
RIYADH: Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) reported first quarter net income of 1.44 billion dirhams ($392 million) as a stronger oil price boosted performance.
It had reported a loss of 548 million dirhams in the year-earlier period. Group revenues rose 3 percent to 10.3 billion dirhams.
Capital expenditure increased 18 percent to 1.3 billion dirhams, but from a low base as projects were delayed or postponed at the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
“Looking forward, the conditions are more optimistic as we see the demand for utilities and commodities bounce back after the universal challenges brought on from the pandemic,” said TAQA CEO Jasim Husain Thabet. “As the market continues its recovery, both in the UAE and abroad, TAQA is well placed to continue on its trajectory for growth as the recognized low carbon power and water
GENEVA: Switzerland’s Covid-19 death toll topped 10,000 on Wednesday as health officials gave cautious signs of optimism that the pandemic was coming under control in the wealthy Alpine nation. The landlocked European country, population 8.6 million, said 10,012 people had now died from the virus, while more than 664,000 cases have been registered. But the government’s