Cars & Autos | Monday 10 December, 2018 12:48 am

Ford’s Driving Skills for Life Trains In Excess of 1,600 Motorists Throughout the Middle East and Africa in 2018

Ford Driving Skills for Life has wrapped up a successful 2018 having added programmes in two new markets – Morocco and Madagascar – as well as having launched a history-making women-only programme in Saudi Arabia, and reached more than 1,600 inexperienced motorists in 10 cities around...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 9 December, 2018 4:46 pm

EdTech startup Noon Academy wins London Business School's award

Middle East's leading EdTech startup Noon Academy, a graduate of Saudi Arabia's Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, has won the prestigious Real Innovation Award at the London Business School 2018 Noon Academy’s founding team was recognized for it’s...

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Government | Sunday 9 December, 2018 4:45 pm

7-point Riyadh Declaration stresses GCC role in meeting challenges

The Riyadh Declaration, adopted by the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at the end of the 39th session of their Supreme Council, stressed the importance of the GCC coordination in order to meet the challenges of the region, while ensuring the strength of the GCC and unity among its...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 9 December, 2018 3:05 am

SPARK: Megaproject designed to position KSA as global energy hub

As a business strategy, localization can be right on the money, delivering reliability plus cost and time efficiencies to the bottom line. But the real power of local content development lies in its ability to add value beyond corporate borders, with a competitive boost to local and regional...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 9 December, 2018 1:02 am

King to open Al-Turaif renovation project Sunday

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman will open the renovation project of Al-Turaif district in the Historic Diriyah on Sunday evening. The heads of state and leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will attend the inaugural ceremony, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The...

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Business & Money | Sunday 9 December, 2018 12:18 am

SAGIA sponsors $300 million integrated chemical complex

The Saudi General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has sponsored at its Riyadh head office, the signing of an agreement between Italmatch Chemicals and Sadiq Industries for establishing an integrated industrial chemical complex for the phosphorous industry in the city of Waad Al-Shamal and the Jubail...

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Healthcare | Sunday 9 December, 2018 12:12 am

Health Authorities advocate early screening for prevention of cardiovascular disease

Dubai Health Authority, Emirates Cardiac Society and World Heart Federation discussed the importance of regular health screening to protect against cardiovascular disease.   Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death globally,[i]claiming more lives than all cancers and...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 8 December, 2018 12:44 pm

KSA takes part in Arab Electricity Union conference

Dr. Naif bin Mohammed Al-Ebady, undersecretary for electricity at the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, led the Kingdom’s delegation to the sixth general conference for the Arab Electricity Union being held in Jordan. Al-Ebady reviewed the country’s experience...

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Business & Money | Saturday 8 December, 2018 3:14 am

Saudi Arabia successfully launches Sat 5A, Sat 5B satellites

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) announced the successful launch of the Saudi Sat 5A and the Saudi Sat 5B satellites on Friday. Prince Turki Bin Saud Bin Mohammed, President of KACST, said that the launching took place at 12:12 pm Beijing time on the Long March 2D from the...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 8 December, 2018 2:07 am

Oil prices surge on OPEC deal to cut output by 1.2m barrels

Oil prices jumped more than 4 percent on Friday as Saudi Arabia and other producers in OPEC, as well as allies like Russia agreed to reduce output to drain global fuel inventories and support the market. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its Russia-led allies, referred to...

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