Environment & Energy | Saturday 14 October, 2017 2:23 am

Saudi Aramco considering ‘range of options’ for share sale

Saudi Aramco is considering a “range of options” for a listing on stock markets but has not ruled out the possibility of a private sale of shares to global institutions and sovereign wealth funds, it has emerged. One potential alternative to an immediate listing on global stock...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 14 October, 2017 1:36 am

Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival Turns 5!

The fifth anniversary celebrations of the Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival (SICFF 2017) commenced last evening with a five-tier cinema-themed chocolate cake, a large turnout of young film enthusiasts, animation’s favourite characters, social media influencers, and...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 14 October, 2017 12:05 am

Etihad Airways Gives Future Pilot Experience of a Lifetime

Earlier this month, six year old Adam Mohammad Amer of Egyptian-Moroccan origin, surprised pilots onboard an Etihad Airways flight from Morocco to Abu Dhabi by giving detailed procedural accounts of aircraft operating systems and demonstrating a deep understanding of emergency...

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Culture & Education | Friday 13 October, 2017 8:27 pm

KSU Wins Best Scientific Research Award at Int'l Conference in Dubai

King Saud University (KSU), represented by Prince Miteb bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Chair for Osteoporosis Research at the Department of Biochemistry of the Faculty of Science, has won the Best Scientific Research Award at the 5th Clinical Conference & American Association of Clinical...

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Healthcare | Friday 13 October, 2017 8:08 pm

Saudi breast cancer survivor: A story of hope and faith

 A woman’s power lies in her hope, love, faith and gratitude for life. Women are always stronger than their tears and skin. But when it comes to facing cancer, a woman can choose to be a real fighter or a weak soldier in life. Rubaiyat participated in Breast Cancer Awareness Month...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 13 October, 2017 7:37 pm

Saudi energy minister reveals Kingdom’s ambitious electricity plans

Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih says that Saudi Arabia plans to supply electricity to Ethiopia through its privatization programs. During his inauguration of the Saudi Electricity Forum at the Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh on Tuesday, Al-Falih explained that the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 13 October, 2017 2:18 pm

286 Saudi islands on offer for tourism investment in southern Jazan

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) has announced that 286 islands off the Jazan coast will be on the market for tourism investment to raise the state’s income. Rustom Al-Kubaisi, head of the SCTH’s branch in Jazan, said that an executive committee has...

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Business & Money | Friday 13 October, 2017 2:26 am

Marka Announces Results of General Assembly Meeting

Marka PJSC (DFM: MARKA), the first retail-focused company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, announced today the results of its General Assembly Meeting held in Dubai on 11th October 2017.   At the meeting, Marka Shareholders approved the company’s continuity of...

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Business & Money | Friday 13 October, 2017 1:11 am

Reign Holdings unveils US$ 1 billion investment plans, says Samir Salya

Reign Holdings, Dubai-based global business conglomerate, has announced its plans to invest up to US Dollars 1 billion in the region’s real estate sector. Arthur & Hardman, the development arm of the global business conglomerate, will focus on developing fully integrated world-class...

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Technology & IT | Friday 13 October, 2017 1:02 am

Mobile AI: The New Reality of Mobile Intelligence

Intelligent smartphones are no longer simply something to look forward to in the future. As Huawei unveils the Kirin 970, the new smartphone SoC (system on chip) which combines an 8-core CPU, a new generation 12-core GPU, and a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) to power AI computing, ...

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