Business & Money | Monday 20 January, 2020 2:59 pm

International Maritime Industries Signs Two "New Build Rig Orders" With ARO Drilling

 International Maritime Industries (IMI) announced today they had signed two "Rig Purchase Agreement's" (RPA's) with ARO; a world-class offshore drilling contractor that owns, operates, and manages a fleet of high-specification and premium jack-up rigs in Saudi Arabia,...

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Business & Money | Monday 20 January, 2020 1:33 pm

Alshaya, Al Hokair, Jarir Investment, Chalhoub, Panda Retail, Danube & Bindawood To Speak At Retail Leaders Circle Mena 2020 Summit

His Excellency Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, Minister of Commerce and Investment, will deliver the opening keynote at the prestigious Retail Leaders Circle MENA 2020 Summit, taking place for the first time in Riyadh in February, an event on the side-line of the G20 Saudi presidency...

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Culture & Education | Monday 20 January, 2020 1:22 pm

King Abdulaziz University and AbbVie join forces to inspire over 100 students to join Saudi Arabia’s pharmaceutical sector

In partnership with AbbVie, a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, King Abdulaziz University has hosted an educational workshop to encourage more of its students into pharmaceutical careers after graduation.  The workshop offered unique insight into the scientific role of the...

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Business & Money | Monday 20 January, 2020 4:36 am

Industry leaders to discuss the role of architecturally integrated façade in line with Saudi Building Code

Hydro Building Systems Middle East (manufacturers of TECHNAL®products in the Middle East), the market leader in the building systems sector, will host an industry discussion on January 22nd in Riyadh on the challenges of creating architecturally integrated façade in line with the...

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Sports | Monday 20 January, 2020 3:45 am

Saudi Arabia’s First Official Polo Title Presented in AlUla UNESCO World Heritage Site

HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Bin Faisal, Chairman of the General Sports Authority, crowned team Amaala winners of the first ever Desert Polo Championship in AlUla. Nacho Figueras led Team Amaala to a 7-3 Grand Final victory in the two-day AlUla Desert Polo tournament on Saturday against Team...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 19 January, 2020 4:31 pm

Huawei keeps strong R&D pace as 5th top investor worldwide

Huawei has been ranked fifth on the recently released 2019 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard as one of the biggest investors in research and development worldwide. The Scoreboard is made up of the 2,500 companies investing the largest sums in research and development in the world,...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 19 January, 2020 4:14 pm

Apicorp Headquarters Gets Green Makeover, Signs Solar Lease And Shared Energy Savings Agreements With Yellow Door Energy

 In line with its commitment to promote long-term sustainability and green initiatives, the Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), a multilateral development financial institution, announced today that it signed two agreements with Yellow Door Energy (YDE), a leading sustainable...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 19 January, 2020 1:17 pm

Desert X AlUla announces participating artists

Desert X AlUla announced Saturday participating artists for its site-responsive exhibition, the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia, opening Jan. 31. The exhibition will run till March 7. Organized collaboratively by Desert X and the Royal Commission of AlUla (RCU), the exhibition takes place in...

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Business & Money | Friday 17 January, 2020 3:29 am

G20 Health Working Group Discusses Key Challenges Facing Healthcare Systems

G20 Health Working Group has, within the program of the Kingdom's G20 presidency, held in Riyadh on January 14-16, 2020, its 1st meeting in the presence of delegations from the G20 member states, the invited guest countries and regional and international organizations. The three-day meeting...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 17 January, 2020 2:02 am

Masdar and Infinity Energy establish joint venture “Infinity Power” to develop renewable energy projects in Egypt

Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, and Infinity Energy, Egypt’s leading renewable energy developer, have agreed to establish a joint venture company, Infinity Power, to develop utility-scale and distributed solar energy and wind power projects in Egypt...

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