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  • Saudi won’t let its airspace or land be used for a strike on Iran, crown prince says

    Saudi won’t let its airspace or land be used for a strike on Iran, crown prince says

    Crown Prince MBS told Iran’s president that Riyadh backs dialogue, will bar any military action from its soil

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 11, 2024.PHOTO:REUTERS

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  • Art Week 2026: Community as Practice – Announcements

    Art Week 2026: Community as Practice – Announcements

    Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar’s (VCUarts Qatar) is set to host the second edition of ARTWEEK 2026: Community as Practice on its campus from February 1–3, 2026. Organized by the Painting and Printmaking…

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  • Expansion of Investcorp’s digital platform through distribution agreement with Stake in Saudi

    28 Jan 2026

    Investcorp Saudi Arabia Financial Investments Company (together with its affiliates, “Investcorp”), a leading global alternative investment manager, has expanded its digital platform offering through a distribution agreement with Stake, the MENA region’s leading digital real-estate investment platform. The partnership provides investors with access to select international real estate opportunities via the Stake digital application, combining Investcorp’s institutional‑grade investment expertise and rigorous due diligence with Stake’s world-class technology‑enabled user experience.

    Through the Stake platform, investors are able to participate seamlessly in opportunities traditionally available only to institutional partners, reinforcing Investcorp’s commitment to broadening access to private markets through digital innovation.

    The agreement forms part of Investcorp’s broader strategy to build a global digital platform ecosystem, following the wider launch last year of its proprietary, award‑winning Investcorp Wealth mobile app, which provides investors with a streamlined gateway to private market investments. The joint initiative with Stake represents a complementary expansion of this strategy, extending Investcorp’s digital reach through a leading third‑party fintech platform.

    All offerings made available under the agreement are structured within the regulatory framework of the Capital Market Authority (CMA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has established a progressive and forward‑looking regime designed to broaden investor participation in private investment funds, while maintaining robust standards of investor protection and compliance.

    Mashaal Al Jomaih, CEO of Investcorp Saudi Arabia, said: “Investcorp is committed to redefining access to private markets through digital innovation, and strategic partnerships with platforms such as Stake are a key pillar of our global digital platform strategy. This agreement enables individual investors to participate in high‑quality opportunities historically reserved for institutions, combining Stake’s advanced technology with our global investment capabilities and disciplined approach.”

    Manar Mahmassani, Co‑Founder and Co‑CEO of Stake, commented: “As we continue to make real estate investing more accessible, partnering with top tier investment managers like Investcorp allows us to bring high-quality opportunities to our users. This partnership brings us one step closer to our vision of enabling investors worldwide to access prime, institutional-grade global real estate investments through a single digital platform.”

    The first US‑based offering launched under the agreement attracted strong investor demand, with participation from thousands of investors. A second tranche is now live on the Stake platform.

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  • Research: Early Universe’s Primordial Soup Was Soupy

    Research: Early Universe’s Primordial Soup Was Soupy

    In its first moments, the infant universe was a trillion-degree-hot soup of quarks and gluons. These elementary particles zinged around at light speed, creating a “quark-gluon plasma” that lasted for only a few millionths of a second. The…

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  • Goalhanger is rewiring its podcasts for the video economy

    Goalhanger is rewiring its podcasts for the video economy

    On YouTube, The Rest is History podcast draws roughly around 500,000 viewers, who stick around for an average of about 48 minutes. That’s close to the length of a traditional hour-long show and even longer than the podcast’s strong audio…

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  • Biofilms May Have Sparked Life on Earth—and Could Sustain It in Space

    Biofilms May Have Sparked Life on Earth—and Could Sustain It in Space

    How can microorganism communities known as biofilms, and have been hypothesized to be responsible for early life on Earth, be used for space exploration? This is what a recent study published in *npj Biofilms and Microbiomes* hopes to…

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  • Investors bet on ‘hot’ US economy heading into midterm elections

    Investors bet on ‘hot’ US economy heading into midterm elections

    Investors are betting the Trump administration will run the economy “hot” ahead of midterm elections, with buoyant stocks and a weaker dollar reflecting expectations of strong growth and rising inflation.

    A series of robust economic data has…

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  • Pakistan proposes mining cooperation pact with Australia – Arab News

    1. Pakistan proposes mining cooperation pact with Australia  Arab News
    2. Pakistan, Australia eye mining partnership  Dawn
    3. Reko Diq to set benchmark for Pakistan’s mineral sector, says minister  Business Recorder
    4. More Australian companies eye investment…

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  • Pakistan, UAE Presidents discuss measures to further strengthen brotherly relations b/w both countries – RADIO PAKISTAN

    1. Pakistan, UAE Presidents discuss measures to further strengthen brotherly relations b/w both countries  RADIO PAKISTAN
    2. President Zardari, UAE counterpart discuss way to further deepen ties  Dawn
    3. President discusses AD Ports Group investment in…

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  • Deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra dies in plane crash

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The deputy chief minister of India’s western state of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, was among six people killed on Wednesday as his charter aircraft went down in flames, television channels…

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