Business & Money | Sunday 20 May, 2018 4:30 am

Deputy Emir of Makkah reviews tunnel project

Deputy Emir of Makkah region Prince Abdullah Bin Bandar visited late Friday night the tunnel project at the intersection between King Abdul Aziz Road and Palestine and Al-Andalus roads in Jeddah. He was briefed on the operational plan of the tunnel by Jeddah Mayor Hani Abu Ras. The north-south...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 20 May, 2018 3:54 am

Makkah governorate eyes partnership with entrepreneurship college

Saudi Arabia is proud to be constantly evolving while maintaining its values and principles that are derived from Islam and Arab culture, said Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, adviser to King Salman and governor of Makkah. In his office in Jeddah, Prince Khaled received Nabeel Koshak, dean of the Prince ...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 19 May, 2018 4:36 am

Saudi Arabia assures on supply as oil hits $80 a barrel

SAUDI ARABIA said on Friday it is consulting other oil producers in and outside OPEC to ensure the world has adequate supplies to support economic growth after prices hit $80 a barrel for the first time since 2014. Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said in a Twitter post that he had called his...

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Business & Money | Saturday 19 May, 2018 3:37 am

My Events International Saudi Arabia launched in Jeddah

MY EVENTS International Founder & President Shahul Hameed Dawood was emphatic that this was the right time to enter the Saudi market bringing events to the changing Saudi Arabia, and his views were echoed by Guest of Honor Mohammed Abudawood, chairman, M. Abudawood Group of Companies for Trade...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 18 May, 2018 4:21 am

Saudi high-speed rail line to start operating in September

A high-speed railway linking Makkah and Madinah will finally start operating in September, the Spanish consortium building the project said Thursday. The railway linking Islam’s holiest cities, which was initially scheduled to open at the end of 2016, had a cost overrun of 210 million...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 18 May, 2018 4:13 am

Saudi, UAE energy ministers discuss global oil market

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih had a telephone conversation on Thursday with the UAE’s Energy Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei, during which they discussed recent developments in the global oil market. The two ministers voiced concerns about recent market volatility,...

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Culture & Education | Friday 18 May, 2018 3:16 am

Saudi culture commission inaugurates tourism website, database service

Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), on Thursday inaugurated the new website of its Tourism Information and Research Center, and the 2018 interactive tourism database service.  He did so on the sidelines of the 44th meeting of ...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 17 May, 2018 12:28 pm

Rosatom MENA and Sumou Holding Company sign Memorandum of Understanding (KSA)

On May 15, 2018 in Sochi, within the framework of the X International Forum “ATOMEXPO 2018”, Rosatom MENA, the regional center of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom in the Middle East and North Africa, and the Saudi-based Sumou Holding Company, one of the world’s...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 17 May, 2018 3:58 am

Saudia'a new center to train senior staff

SAUDI Arabian Airlines has established a ‘Leadership Development Center’ whereby senior management professionals in the organization will benefit from executive programs from world-class institutions, which will be delivered both in the Kingdom and abroad. Saudia Tuesday, signed a...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 17 May, 2018 3:54 am

Experts gather in Jeddah to discuss key role of English language teaching

More than 900 educators attended a two-day conference dedicated to the latest ideas and developments in the teaching of English. King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) President Abdulrahman Al-Youbi opened the English Language Institute (ELI) symposium, titled “New Perspectives in English...

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