Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 9 June, 2019 3:50 am

Saudi Airlines launches Jeddah-Marrakech direct flight

A Saudia Boeing Dreamliner with 274 passengers landed at Marrakech’s Menara Airport on Thursday, marking the airline’s first ever Jeddah-Marrakech flight and the second destination in Morocco after Casablanca. Officials celebrated the first ever flight between the two destinations with ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 9 June, 2019 3:45 am

Visitors flock to King Abdul Aziz Palace during Eid

Visitors have been flocking to the historic King Abdul Aziz Palace in Al-Saih city as part of Eid Al-Fitr celebrations. Many enjoyed guided tours of the 80-year-old palace, which is currently being restored to preserve its ancient Islamic architectural style. Built in 1940 in two phases, it...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 9 June, 2019 2:41 am

Microsoft and Oracle to interconnect Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud

Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. on Wednesday announced a cloud interoperability partnership enabling customers to migrate and run mission-critical enterprise workloads across Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. Enterprises can now seamlessly connect Azure services, like Analytics and AI, to Oracle...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 8 June, 2019 6:40 pm

Jeddah Season Launches Scavenger Hunt to Explore Jeddah Historical Monuments

As part of Jeddah Season, a competitive and educating scavenger hunt will take Jeddah residents and visitors on a journey that explores the best areas of the historic district of the City of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in a fun, interactive, and unique way. The interactive adventure “ KANZ...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 8 June, 2019 6:16 pm

Oil rises as KSA signals OPEC deal extension

Oil prices rose on Friday, climbing further from five-month lows hit this week amid signs that OPEC and other producers could extend their output reduction deal. Brent crude futures were up 60 cents at $62.27 a barrel in afternoon trading. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 59...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 8 June, 2019 6:13 pm

Saudi Arabia’s literacy push comes with a cash prize

A Saudi education campaign will offer financial rewards as part of efforts to reduce illiteracy in isolated and remote areas of the Kingdom. The Education Ministry’s summer campaigns will be run in four departments: Al-Khadra in Makkah, Al-Wajh in Tabuk, Al-Edabi in Sabya and Tarj in...

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Business & Money | Saturday 8 June, 2019 5:18 pm

25% increase in Saudi workforce in retail and wholesale business

With about 440,000 Saudi workforce of both genders in the retail and wholesale business, the sector has seen an increase of 25 percent more jobs at the end of the first quarter of 2019. Last year, the number was about 330,000, business daily Al-Eqtisadiah reported on Saturday quoting official...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 8 June, 2019 11:51 am

Madinah’s Eid festivities continue to draw crowds

The ongoing Eid Al-Fitr festivities organized by the municipality at King Fahd Park in Madinah have registered more than 70,000 visitors, the Saudi Press Agency reported. “Hatha Al-Eid” (This Eid) includes a host of activities taking place around the park, which has been split into...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 7 June, 2019 6:19 am

Hundreds of Eid events across the Kingdom enthrall public

Hundreds of events and activities are being held throughout the Kingdom as part of the five-day “Eid Season” festival, providing entertainment and enjoyment to all segments of the society, citizens and expatriates alike. The General Entertainment Authority (GEA) launched the...

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Culture & Education | Friday 7 June, 2019 5:12 am

Saudi foundation wins gold, bronze in European Physics Olympiad

Azan Al-Majnooni and Hisham Al-Maliki, of the King Abdul Aziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba), won gold and bronze medals respectively at the European Physics Olympiad (EUPHO) 2019, in Riga, Latvia. The contest ran from May 31 to June 4, and the Saudi duo were ...

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