RIYADH: The Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology and messaging platform Telegram removed more than 16 million online items of extremist content and closed down 445 channels in the first quarter of 2024. The center, also known as Etidal, said that the deleted channels belonged to three terrorist organizations: Daesh, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham and Al-Qaeda. … Read more
JEDDAH: Ramadan is a month of spiritual reflection that brings with it a special festive atmosphere. Many people welcome the spirit of the month with themed decorations to make it more memorable. Arab News selected online stores that offer original Ramadan-themed products to add more serenity to the prayer corner or spread delightful colors to the … Read more
LONDON: Shamima Begum, the London-born woman who was stripped of her British citizenship after she joined Daesh, lost a second bid to challenge the decision at the Supreme Court on Monday. Begum, 24, left the UK to travel to Syria along with two friends when she was aged 15 in 2015. The British government removed … Read more
Everyone assumes the internet is “forever” but, is it? One person who knows how much the internet is both permanent and fleeting is technology journalist Taylor Lorenz. Her 2023 book “Extremely Online: The Untold story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet” is a compilation of a grassroots effort that simultaneously encouraged people to … Read more
DHAKA: Mohammad Hanif Pappu has spent his life painting film stars — first on posters and then on rickshaws, a moving medium that over the past few decades has earned him legendary fame in Dhaka. But it was only recently that he and his fellow craftsmen received global recognition, when the UN cultural agency, UNESCO, … Read more
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s money supply surged 10 percent in January to reach SR2.72 trillion ($726 billion), the central bank data showed. The growth was primarily driven by a substantial rise in banks’ term and savings accounts, which recorded a rise of 31 percent to reach SR864.32 billion. The overall figure, however, also includes currency outside … Read more
RIYADH: Saudi entrepreneurs are set to be increasingly empowered in establishing innovative startups in the Kingdom’s agriculture sector through the introduction of the new Sonbola program. Launched by the Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadley, and Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Al-Sawaha during a ceremony in Riyadh, the program aims to cultivate … Read more
JAKARTA: Arriving on a rickety boat in western Indonesia from squalid Bangladesh camps after weeks at sea late last year, hundreds of Rohingya refugees came to shore only to be turned around and pushed back. The persecuted Myanmar minority were previously welcomed in the ultra-conservative Aceh province, with many locals sympathetic because of their own … Read more
PARIS: Several international sporting federations and NGOs are concerned about the harmful effects of online abuse on sportspeople, a new survey has found. Among the headline findings of the survey, undertaken by the United Against Online Abuse, or UAOA, campaign, was a concern among the 22 sporting federations and NGOs surveyed that abuse is driving … Read more
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