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UAE's Thuraya is After Saudi Satellite Communication Market

Thuraya, UAE's mobile satellite services company, is looking to seize new opportunities and expand its activities in the Saudi market. Thuraya has been operating in the Saudi market for more than 20 years and provides the Kingdom's military sectors with all services related to mobile satellite communications. Thuraya's Chief Executive…

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Saudi Arabia Signs 100 Investment Deals Worth $4Bn during Q1

Saudi Arabia has signed 101 investment deals during the first quarter of this year, amounting to $4 billion. Supervised by the Ministry of Investment, the deals are expected to provide more than 5,000 new job opportunities. The Kingdom is the sixth among the G20 economies with the highest foreign exchange…

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Saudi Arabia Approves Establishment of Holding Company to Raise Effectiveness of Saudi Health System

Saudi Arabia has agreed to a government decision to establish the Health Holding Company to raise the effectiveness of the performance of the system, and approve the organization of the National Health Insurance Center. According to official sources, the Ministry of Health will focus on regulating and supervising all public…

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40 Government Agencies Strive for Quality Industries in Saudi Arabia

The National Industrial Development and Logistics Services Program (NDLP) is seeking to work with 40 Saudi government agencies to achieve qualitative industries represented in partial and total manufacturing and the development of the supply chain in machinery, medical equipment, cars, military industries and renewable energy. The NDLP aims to transform…

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Antrim vs Kerry: TV and live streaming info for Saturday’s Joe McDonagh Cup final

Saffrons clash with the Kingdom in a repeat of the 2020 decider

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Oil reverses losses as OPEC+ agrees on supply increase plan

Oil reversed losses to trade near $116 as OPEC+ ministers agreed to boost supply increases by around 50%, after prices dropped on reports U.S. President Joe Biden is likely to visit Saudi Arabia this month and that the kingdom is ready to pump more crude.

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Saudi Launches 200 Projects in 74 Countries to Support Kingdom’s Non-Oil Exports

More than 200 projects were launched in 74 countries to support the export of Saudi national products, revealed a recent report that monitored the level of achievements of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 in 2021. The projects come within the framework of supporting Saudi products’ access to international markets, the report…

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Saudi Arabia Bolsters Digital Infrastructure with New Communications, IT Law

Keeping pace with Saudi Arabia’s new direction towards innovation and the digital economy, the Saudi Cabinet, chaired by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, approved on Tuesday, the Communications and Information Technology (IT) law. The new law is meant to reinforce the Kingdom’s digital infrastructure. Communications and Information Technology Minister…

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Saudi Arabia Says it Supports Efforts to Resolve Ukraine Crisis

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has said the Kingdom supports efforts aimed at reaching a political solution to end the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Riyadh on Tuesday, Prince Faisal said the Kingdom is ready to…

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Saudi Govt Reviews Kingdom's Local, Int'l Achievements in Climate, Economy, Tech

The Saudi government reviewed on Tuesday the participation of the Kingdom at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet meeting that was held in Jeddah. The cabinet also reviewed Saudi Arabia's participation at the World Health Organization…

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Indian IT Firm Wipro Hires Over 600 Saudi Professionals

Indian IT firm Wipro Limited has hired over 600 Saudi professionals with ambitious plans to transform the technological landscape of the Kingdom within the framework of Saudi Vision 2030. The move by Wipro, which operates as “Wipro Arabia Limited” in the Kingdom, is part of efforts to boost areas of…

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Simonnet to Asharq Al-Awsat: Work Underway to Exempt Gulf Citizens from Visa Requirement

The European Union’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Patrick Simonnet, said a new visa system would be revealed soon, allowing Saudi citizens to obtain multiple entries to the EU. In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, Simonnet also revealed that work was underway to exempt all Gulf citizens from the visa requirement. His…

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Saudi FM, Blinken Discuss Regional, Int'l Developments

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held telephone talks on Monday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Talks focused on regional and international developments and efforts exerted towards them. They also covered the strategic bilateral relations between the Kingdom and United States and ways to bolster…

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Executive Plan for Saudi Green Initiative to Be Revealed in November

Saudi Arabia will announce in November the complete strategic and executive plan for the Saudi Green Initiative, based on an alliance of companies, scientific, and research bodies with over 60 experts in soil, water, climate change, and desertification. Environmental experts recommended supporting green initiatives that adopt sustainable afforestation projects and…

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Saudi Arabia Is the World’s Largest Incubator of Islamic Financial Assets

Saudi Arabia is the largest incubator of Islamic finance in the world in terms of assets, ranking first with a total of nearly SAR3 trillion ($800 billion) that represents 28% of the total global assets, confirmed Ziad al-Yousef, Deputy Governor for Development and Technology at the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).…

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Saudi Arabia Concludes Participation at Davos WEF 2022

Saudi Arabia’s delegation concluded its participation at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2022, which was held in Davos, Switzerland, from May 22 to 26 May 2022, under the title “History at A Turning Point: Government Policies and Business Strategies”. The Kingdom’s delegation participated in many public and private dialogue sessions…

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Saudi Arabia Hosts Forum on Combating Desertification Using Latest Global Technologies

The International Exhibition and Forum on Afforestation Technologies kickstarted in Riyadh on Sunday under the patronage of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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Pat Spillane says Kerry would have been better playing against themselves after Limerick mauling

The final score of 1-28 to 0-08 represented a 23-point victory margin for the Kingdom as they cruised to another Munster title

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KSrelief Distributes Over 14 Tons of Food Baskets in Yemen’s Taiz

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 14 tons and 231 kilograms of food baskets to needy groups in the directorate of Dhibab and Mayon Island in Taiz governorate, Yemen, benefiting 1,200 people, the Saudi Press Agency reported Saturday. This comes within the framework of the…

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Saudi Arabia Ranks 1st Globally in Date Exports at $324 Mln

Saudi Arabia has ranked first globally in terms of the value of date exports in 2021, which stood at SAR1.215 billion ($320 million), according to the International Trade Center’s TradeMap. The National Center for Palms and Dates stated that the achievement reflects the wise leadership’s keenness to enhance non-oil exports…

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Saudi Arabia Launches Major Partnerships, Agreements to Boost Tourism

Several global partnerships and agreements enhancing the tourism sector in Saudi Arabia were accomplished at the Future Hospitality Summit, which concluded Wednesday. Saudi Arabia hosted the second edition of the Future Hospitality Summit under the theme "Reimagined Horizons" on the 24th and 25th of May at Riyadh Airport Marriott Hotel.…

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Saudi Arabia, WEF Sign Two MoUs for Boosting Cooperation

The Saudi delegation participating at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos 2022 met with the founder and CEO of the Forum Klaus Schwab and the President of WEF Borge Brende. During the meeting, opportunities to strengthen the partnership between the Kingdom and the Forum were…

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stc Group and Alibaba Establish Alibaba Cloud for Cloud Computing in Saudi Arabia

stc Group, the leading national digital enabler announced the establishment of "Alibaba Cloud” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for high-capacity cloud services in partnership with the Chinese technology giant, "Alibaba Group”, eWTP Arabia for Technical Innovation Ltd., the Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI), and the Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE).…

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Saudi EV plant likely to be one of three in kingdom, says minister

An electric vehicle (EV) assembly plant to be built in Saudi Arabia is likely to be one of three in the kingdom, investment minister Khalid Al-Falih said on Wednesday.

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Saudi Arabia Approves Financial Technology Strategy

The Saudi Cabinet approved on Tuesday the Kingdom’s financial technology strategy, a move that experts say would enable and activate modern means in the financial sector and attract local and foreign companies to work in an equipped infrastructure in the Kingdom. Specialists explained that the strategy will organize the sector…

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