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The Saudi General Entertainment Authority launched the Entertainment Business Accelerator program to encourage entrepreneurs interested in the rapidly growing sector. Experts told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Kingdom is experiencing an unprecedented leap in entertainment, which requires qualifying the most significant number of enterprises to cope with the high demand in…

The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) signed a number of agreements to localize the food and beverage industry in the Kingdom, with total investments amounting to 1.07 billion riyals ($285 million). The announcement was made on the sidelines of MODON’s participation in the Gulfood exhibition in…

The fire authority's treasurer said that like for like it's around 8.2% when you take into account the reductions in Welsh Government grant money

The Public Transport Authority (PTA) has announced the largest project for transporting passengers by buses connecting the Saudi cities, through a transportation network that covers more than 200 cities and governorates. The network is expected to serve more than 6 million passengers annually, through 76 routes, and with a new…

The Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) signed five contracts worth $220 million with the companies implementing the electricity interconnection project between the Gulf states and Iraq. The Authority will construct lines of 295 km from the al-Wafra station in Kuwait to the al-Faw station in southern Iraq to transfer…

Green Lantern, Supergirl and Swamp Thing are also coming to the screen as part of the franchise shake-up

Saudi Real Estate Authority said that it had received, through its electronic services, over 89,000 requests for real estate licenses in just two days after the real estate brokerage law came into force. The Authority issued over 72,000 licenses to individual practitioners and 17,100 licenses to establishments. Spokesman Tayseer al-Mufarrej…

“Seeing this makes me just want to cry. How can something this beautiful be allowed to come to such disrepair?”

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warned Monday that Israeli sanctions on the Palestinian Authority “will promptly lead to its collapse.” Speaking to Haaretz, Shtayyeh was referring to the retaliatory sanctions the Israeli cabinet imposed over the weekend on the PA, including seizing 140 million shekels ($39 million) in tax revenues.…