Technology & IT | Sunday 5 July, 2020 1:45 pm

Mobily Fiber Services Now Available On All Fixed Networks

Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) announced the start of providing Mobily Fiber services through an agreement to open broadband, which will allow it to provide fixed and fiber optic broadband services to 3.5 million homes. Mobily said that the broadband services for fixed communication networks ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 5 July, 2020 5:40 am

Saudi auto institute in driving seat on youth training

Saudi high school graduates seeking to specialize in car technology and maintenance can enrol online at the Saudi Japanese Automobile High Institute (SJAHI) in Jeddah. Opened in 2003 by King Abdullah, SJAHI is the first nonprofit institute in the Kingdom aimed at qualifying Saudi youth to work ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 5 July, 2020 5:32 am

KSA Participates in Works of 113th Session of ALECSO Executive Council

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) participated in the 113th Session of the Executive Council of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) which started its works yesterday.The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s participation is a continuation of its support for education,...

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Healthcare | Sunday 5 July, 2020 2:42 am

Saudi labs can conduct 53,000 COVID-19 tests daily

Laboratories across the Kingdom have the capacity to conduct 53,000 COVID-19 tests daily, the ministry of health has said. At the beginning of the pandemic the said capacity did not exceed more than 1,000 tests per day, the ministry said in a statement on Friday.Spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of...

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Business & Money | Saturday 4 July, 2020 11:27 am

Al-Jadaan: SANED support to cover 70% of the most affected Saudis

The support through the Unemployment Insurance Scheme program (SANED) in the coming period will cover 70 percent of Saudi workers in the most affected firms and a maximum of 50 percent of Saudi workers in the least affected establishments, said Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Finance, Acting Minister...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 4 July, 2020 11:19 am

Royal Commission for AlUla completes second phase of airport expansion

The second phase of the development and expansion of Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Domestic Airport in AlUla is complete.The milestone, which increases the airport’s annual capacity from 100,000 to 400,000 passengers, was announced on Friday by The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), in...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 4 July, 2020 1:24 am

Huawei Rotating Chairman Highlights Practices and Prospects of 5G in Digital Transformation for Industries at GSMA Thrive

During the recent virtual GSMA Thrive event hosted by GSMA, Huawei executives delivered keynote speeches, shedding light on how industries are leveraging 5G to embrace digital transformation in a faster and more efficient manner. The online event brought together industry leaders to discuss...

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Government | Friday 3 July, 2020 12:40 pm

King appoints 13 women in Human Rights Commission Council

Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman gave a boost to women empowerment by bringing about gender parity in the new restructured Human Rights Commission Council by appointing 13 women in the 26-member body.The Human Rights Commission Council was restructured...

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Business & Money | Friday 3 July, 2020 10:44 am

New COVID-19 protocols aimed at spurring commercial activity in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has issued a list of COVID-19 precautionary regulations for commercial establishments to follow now that they can resume services.The long list covers a broad range of businesses and entities such as driving schools, education academies, tailors, wedding halls, ...

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Business & Money | Thursday 2 July, 2020 6:14 am

Alwaleed Philanthropies, ICESCO Sign MoU to Help 10 African Countries on Fighting COVID-19

Alwaleed Philanthropies, chaired by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the phases and programme related to implementing their joint initiative to help 10 countries to curb the...

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