Author: Arabian Media staff
When Nakul, a young entrepreneur from Jaipur, received his first international order for handcrafted home décor from a buyer in the U.S., he was thrilled. He worked tirelessly to ensure on-time delivery, tracking every stage of the shipment. But the real struggle began after the shipment, when it came to receiving the payment.The payment took nearly two weeks to arrive. When it did, Nakul was puzzled to find the amount credited to his Indian bank account was far less than what the buyer had transferred. He then spent another two weeks navigating bank processes to generate something called an eBRC,…
Hello,Bitcoin has reached a new high, and things are heating up.The cryptocurrency saw a wild ride last week, crossing $118,000 on Friday. For context, Bitcoin was a little over $57,000 a year ago. Crypto investors are hopeful that a slew of long-awaited policy wins for the industry, expected this week, could attract new investment to the market.Speaking of crypto, ever wondered who owns the most Bitcoin in the world in 2025?Moving on to another asset class: gold.South Asian women seem to be winning the gold rush. What’s more, they have held on to the precious metal, despite the historical trend…
Who Is That Witty Scottish Announcer on Love Island?Iain Stirling pulls a double shift as the narrator of both Love Island UK and Love Island USA—and during filming, he’s also on a tight schedule. “At 12 in the afternoon U.K. time, I’d log on to Love Island UK,” the Scottish comedian detailed to TODAY in 2024. “By that point, the show’s all but finished. Then we’d write for two or three hours. Done by about 4, half 4. Then I’d get a child dinner, bath time, bed time—I’d love for it to be more rock ‘n’ roll than that, but…
On Sunday night, (July 13), Drake’s love letter to London concluded during the finale of his Wireless Festival takeover. While the first two nights were frontloaded with special guests such as Lauryn Hill, 21 Savage, Latto, Sexyy Red, Skepta, Central Cee and Bryson Tiller, due to Wireless’ hard out, the finale lacked the same level of star power. Unbothered by the time constraints, Drake played facilitator and leaned on dancehall icon Vybz Kartel and Afrobeats superstar Burna Boy to dictate the tempo in what was considered a global affair for those in attendance. A sea of Jamaican flags flooded the…
On Sunday night (July 13), Drake completed his three-night trifecta as headliner for the U.K.’s Wireless Festival. After catering to R&B lovers and rap fans during the first two nights of Wireless, Drake aimed for a more global presence. He enlisted dancehall legend Vybz Kartel and self-proclaimed African Giant Burna Boy to cap off his weekend takeover. With blockbuster names like Kartel and Burna Boy holding down the fort for the OVO general, Drake eased his foot off the pedal and scaled back his usual dominance due to time constraints. During the previous nights, Drake ended his shows between 10:45…
Swag, the new album from Justin Bieber, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (July 11) on Billboard, choosing Bieber’s 21-track surprise summer drop as their favorite new music release of the past week. With several new tunes hitting streaming services just in time for the weekend, Beliebers swooped in to show their support for Swag, selecting the pop star’s studio return over new music from BLACKPINK, TWICE, Tyla, Clipse, Deftones and more. Swag brought in 40% of the vote. Swag is the follow-up to Bieber’s last full-length release, his 2021 No. 1 album Justice, which rose…
Prince Harry and King Charles III Are Not SpeakingHarry told the BBC May 2 that his father King Charles III won’t speak to him “because of this security stuff,” but added that “it would be nice to reconcile.” The Duke of Sussex, who shares kids Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet with Meghan, said that he would love to reconnect with his family. But the ball is in his dad’s court. “I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point,” he said. “It’s really quite sad that I…
When Emmanuel Kelly was 11 years old, he put a note on his mirror that he looked at every day manifesting his dream of sharing a stage with Coldplay. And now, after checking that bucket-list item off after opening for the band in his native Australia last year on their Music of the Spheres Tour, the singer who first rose to prominence with a breathtaking cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine” on The X Factor Australia in 2011 has ticked off another major lifetime goal. “It’s pretty extraordinary,” Kelly told Billboard a few days before performing with Coldplay at Sunday’s (July…
Drake isn’t letting his feud with Kendrick Lamar fade anytime soon. During his set on the second night of the 2025 Wireless Festival in London on Saturday (July 12), the 38-year-old rap superstar responded as the crowd at Finsbury Park erupted into a chant of “f—k Kendrick.” Catching wind of the chant, Drake turned to his longtime associate Chubbs and said, “Grab me a shot. I’ll drink to that.” The moment came shortly after the “What Did I Miss?” artist challenged the audience to “name another artist” who could go head-to-head with him onstage. K. Dot wasn’t the only one…
“I want to have kids, but I want to make sure that I can,” Olivia said in a November 2022 episode of The Culpo Sisters. “It could be really hard for me to have babies.” “Endometriosis can affect your fertility in a lot of different ways,” the 32-year-old explained. “You can have endometrial tissue growing near or on your ovaries, it can affect the quality of your eggs, scar your fallopian tubes.” And with growing concerns over how the condition could affect her fertility, Olivia felt pressured to start her and Christian’s family sooner, rather than later. “There is so…
