Government | Monday 9 September, 2019 5:24 am

New Saudi oil minister to play key role at Abu Dhabi energy congress

Saudi Arabia’s newly appointed Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, will take center stage on Monday on the opening day of the World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi. The minister was appointed on Sunday to replace Khalid Al-Falih, who also stepped down last week as chairman of...

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Business & Money | Monday 9 September, 2019 4:22 am

NEOM awards contracts for new village to national firms

Saudi Arabia's $500 billion megacity, NEOM, has awarded contracts to finance, build, and operate its Construction Village to two national companies. The Village is set to house 30,000 workers who will move to the site to develop various areas of the NEOM project. It will later expand to...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 8 September, 2019 3:41 am

IFA 2019: Samsung Electronics Celebrates Five Decades of
Designing Your Tomorrow

 Samsung Electronics Co.,Ltd., today marked its imminent 50thanniversary at IFA 2019 and held a press conference laying out the company’s vision focused on innovation, connectivity and the future.   The company declared to: democratise QLED 8K technology with the introduction...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 8 September, 2019 1:07 am

Huawei Unveils World’s First Flagship 5G SoC that will 
Power HUAWEI Mate 30 Series

 Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG), delivered a keynote speech titled "Rethink Evolution" at the IFA, and unveiled the latest flagship Kirin 990 series: Kirin 990 and its 5G version.   “Kirin 990 (5G) is the world's first 5G SoC, and it will ...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 8 September, 2019 12:55 am

Saudi Arabia names new energy minister in Royal Decree

Saudi Arabia early on Sunday named Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman as the country’s new energy minister. A royal decree removed Khalid Al-Falih from his position as Saudi Arabia energy minister. Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, was appointed...

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Business & Money | Saturday 7 September, 2019 1:01 pm

Saudi Sabic included in MSCI Emerging Markets Index

Saudi Arabia - The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MSCI) has announced that the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) has been added to the Index, covering 31 Saudi companies, including Sabic. MSCI is one of the most important emerging market benchmarks and Tadawul’s addition...

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Business & Money | Saturday 7 September, 2019 10:47 am

Saudi, US officials discuss cooperation in digital economy, technology investment

Senior officials from Saudi Arabia and the US met for talks on boosting digital cooperation and technology investment in the Kingdom. Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology  Abdullah Al-Sawaha held discussions with a high-level delegation from the American Federal...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 7 September, 2019 9:09 am

Ministry obtains historic drawings of Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah

The Saudi Ministry of Culture has obtained a set of historic documents detailing the first major expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. The collection, which includes 271 architectural drawings, designs and photographs of the works which took place in the 1950s, have been handed to...

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Culture & Education | Friday 6 September, 2019 6:09 am

Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Cybersecurity Signs MoU with British Aerospace

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today in London highlighting the strategic partnership between Riyadh-based Prince Mohammed bin Salman College for Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies, and London-based British Aerospace and Technical Sciences Company (BAE...

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Technology & IT | Friday 6 September, 2019 5:47 am

Saudi - American Cooperation in Issues of Digital Economy and Technical Investments Discussed

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha discussed with a high-level delegation from the Federal Communications Commission and a number of officials concerned with the ICT sector in the United States of America, the issues of digital cooperation between the...

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