Culture & Education | Thursday 15 August, 2019 2:01 am

Ministry of Media holds annual ceremony to honor media delegations participating in coverage of Hajj season

The Ministry of Media here today held the annual ceremony to honor the media delegations participating in the coverage of the Hajj season this year 1440 AH. Minister of Media Turki bin Abdullah Shabana delivered a speech on the occasion. He highlighted the success of the Hajj season and hailed the ...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 14 August, 2019 5:50 am

Saudi Aramco sets share sale stage with $47 billion profit

Saudi Aramco proved itself the most profitable company in history on Monday with financial figures that beat all its competitors by a long way. The Kingdom’s oil giant reported net income of $46.9 billion for the first half of 2019, way ahead of the $31.5 billion reported by the next...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 14 August, 2019 5:47 am

KSA hosted a successfully haj season: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulated Saudi Arabia Government and the Ministry of Health for successfully hosting the haj season 1440/2019 without a single public health event or disease outbreak being reported among pilgrims performing the haj. In addition, WHO expressed its deep...

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Government | Wednesday 14 August, 2019 2:48 am

Violations by Hajj pilgrims dropped 29% compared to 2018, says Prince Khalid Al-Faisal

Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal thanked King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for supervising the services offered to pilgrims during this year’s Hajj, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Prince Khalid said all Saudis were proud of the efforts made to help pilgrims during their...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 13 August, 2019 4:34 am

Abu Dhabi welcomes one of the first flights from the new King Abdulaziz International Airport

Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) welcomed the Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) flight from the new King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah on Saturday 10th August. As one of the first international flights from the new airport, it demonstrated the strong links between the UAE ...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 13 August, 2019 3:31 am

HUAWEI announces developer projects that will support the further growth

From August 9thto 11th, HUAWEI held its HUAWEI Developer Conference 2019 in Dongguan, China. HDC 2019 featured a number of key announcements: HUAWEI Mobile Services now boasts over 100 million users outside of China. In addition, an updated developer engagement program named...

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Government | Sunday 11 August, 2019 6:11 am

Minister of Interior inspects special security forces participating in Hajj security tasks

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, the Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Supreme Hajj Committee, today inspected the special security forces participating in the Hajj security tasks this year 1440 AH. During the visit, he reviewed the forces' preparations and met with...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 11 August, 2019 4:59 am

The first Saudi cinema "MUVI Cinemas" opens its doors to audiences in Jeddah

Muvi Cinemas, the first nationally owned and operated cinema in the Kingdom, opened its doors yesterday and welcomed its first audiences at Mall of Arabia in Jeddah. This Saudi cinema is operated by Next Generation Company and is filled with outstanding Saudi talents. His Excellency Mr. Turki bin...

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Government | Saturday 10 August, 2019 1:40 am

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal Meets with Public Security Director

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Governor of Makkah Region and Chairman of the Central Hajj Committee, met here today with Director of Public Security Khalid bin Qarar Al-Harbi. During the meeting, which was attended by Prince Badr bin Sultan bin...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 10 August, 2019 1:29 am

Huawei Launches New Distributed Operating System, HarmonyOS

At the Huawei Developer Conference, Huawei launched HarmonyOS – a new microkernel-based, distributed operating system designed to deliver a cohesive user experience across all devices and scenarios.   Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group, explained the...

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