Environment & Energy | Monday 18 April, 2016 5:30 am

Oil meeting in Qatar ends without freeze

Oil-rich nations at Qatar summit say they need “more time” before agreeing to a production freeze. The decision came hours after the meeting began in Doha, the Qatari capital. Eighteen oil-producing nations were at the Doha summit, with OPEC member Iran sitting out the meeting. Those ...

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Healthcare | Monday 18 April, 2016 3:43 am

Transfusion medicine meet inaugurated

The 3rd International Conference of the Saudi Society of Transfusion Medicine opened on Saturday, focusing on a wide range of topics. More than 30 participants from Saudi Arabia and international countries attended the event. On behalf of Minister of Health Khalid Al-Falih, the conference was...

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Government | Monday 18 April, 2016 1:37 am

Conference on Saud Al-Faisal set

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman will sponsor a special conference to commemorate late foreign minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal who was Saudi Arabia’s chief diplomat for more than 40 years. The three-day conference, under the theme “Saud of Nations”, will be...

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Government | Sunday 17 April, 2016 7:02 am

King to patronize global meet on Prince Saud

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman will patronize an international conference on the late Prince Saud Al-Faisal next Sunday. The April 24-26 event will be organized by the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) with the participation of a number of princes,...

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Government | Sunday 17 April, 2016 6:26 am

Saudi Arabia to announce post-oil plan on April 25

Saudi Arabia will announce a comprehensive plan for how the country will look in the post-oil era on April 25 according to Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The plan is expected to include several developmental, economic, social and other programs.  One of the components of the plan...

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Business & Money | Sunday 17 April, 2016 5:47 am

Surging oil production and low prices to challenge Doha talks

Ahead of a planned meeting of most of OPEC and other major oil producers in Qatar to approve a freeze on oil production, some OPEC members are pumping record levels of crude even as prices wallow at less than half their level two years ago — a clear sign of the dissention gripping the...

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Business & Money | Saturday 16 April, 2016 10:32 am

Saudi-US business ties set to get further boost

When President Obama lands in Riyadh on Air Force One next week, he won’t just be coming to talk about diplomacy, but about the strategic business interests that are shared between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Overseeing many of those key strategic business interests is Tom Donohue, ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 16 April, 2016 10:30 am

Saudi construction industry to reach $148bn in 2020

The outlook for Saudi Arabian construction remains bright as the industry’s output value is forecast to rise at a CAGR of 7.05 percent by 2020, compared with 6.35 percent during the review period (2011-2015). However, low oil prices present major downside risks to the forecast. According to...

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Business & Money | Saturday 16 April, 2016 4:00 am

Removal of temporary mataf bridge underway

Almost half of the temporary bridge on the mataf, the circumambulating area around the Kaaba, has been removed, according to the technical committee overseeing the expansion of the Grand Mosque. Wael Al-Halabi, a member of the committee, was quoted as saying by a local publication on Friday that ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 15 April, 2016 7:27 am

Riyadh Travel Expo

organizer of the annual Riyadh Travel Fair — has inaugurated the 2016 edition of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s biggest travel and tourism exhibition recently. The Riyadh Travel Fair is held in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s capital at Al Faisaliah Tower, and was inaugurated by Omar...

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