Business & Money | Sunday 16 June, 2019 4:36 am

KSA Participates in UN's Events to Support Innovation and Building Future Cities for People with Disabilities

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by its Permanent Mission to the United Nations, participated Wednesday in organizing a special event on the sidelines of the Conference of States Signatories to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations Headquarters in...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 15 June, 2019 5:46 am

Saudi Arabia issues more than 7.65m visas for Umrah pilgrims

 The number of Umrah visas issued this year has reached 7,650,736, of which 7,393,657 pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom, according to data provided by the Hajj Ministry. There are 504,809 pilgrims still in the Kingdom, with 278,368 in Makkah and 226,441 in Madinah, the Saudi Press Agency ...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 15 June, 2019 5:00 am

6th World Congress of News Agencies is Concluded in Sofia

The 6th World Congress of News Agencies, organized by Bulgarian news agency (BTA), was concluded here. The congress was accompanied by a field exhibition of photographs, in which Saudi Press Agency (SPA) participated with excellent picture of Makkah Grand Mosque. ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 15 June, 2019 4:52 am

Saudi SABIC, Exxon Mobil to start construction of $9bln petrochemical plant in Texas

Exxon Mobil Corp and Saudi Basic Industries Corp said on Thursday they would start construction of a $9 billion petrochemical plant in Texas in the third quarter that would have the world's largest ethane processing capacity. The 50/50 joint venture, called Gulf Coast Growth...

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Business & Money | Friday 14 June, 2019 6:38 am

Riyadh meeting reviews enhancing Saudi-French nuclear cooperation

The fourth joint meeting of the Saudi-French Nuclear Committee reviewed the existing cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of atomic energy between the Kingdom and France and ways to further enhancing it in a way supportive to the Saudi National Atomic Energy Project. Dr. Khalid Al-Sultan,...

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Business & Money | Friday 14 June, 2019 5:36 am

Saudi Arabia’s SABIC, to start work on $9bn US plant

Exxon Mobil Corp. and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) said on Thursday they would start construction of a $9 billion petrochemical plant in the US in the third quarter that would have the world’s largest ethane processing capacity. The 50/50 joint venture, called Gulf Coast...

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Business & Money | Friday 14 June, 2019 4:34 am

Saudi transport authority wins international award

Saudi Arabia's Public Transport Authority (PTA) has won an award at the Global Public Transport Summit in Stockholm this week. The PTA won the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) award for its Wasl platform technology project during the UITP summit in Sweden from June...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 13 June, 2019 12:28 pm

$135b Tech Investments by 2030 to be Discussed at the Saudi Emerging Technologies Forum

AI is going to be a big game changer in the global economy, and much of the value potential is up for grabs. A PwC 2018 report estimated that AI could contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy in 2030, more than the current output of China and India combined. Of this, $6.6 trillion is...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 13 June, 2019 11:58 am

Huawei Launches ICT Solutions for Fully-Connected Rail Transportation and the Next-generation LTE-R Solution

Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, has officially launched a series of ICT solutions in line with the needs of urban connectivity in the digital era. For a fully-connected rail transportation, Huawei released...

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Business & Money | Thursday 13 June, 2019 6:42 am

ALMALL, the new fastest growing E-commerce in Saudi Arabia

ALMALL, the only pure playing E-commerce in the Middle East, was launched in October 2018 by Mohammed Fahad Alharthi, within the Media Group Saudi Research and Marketing Group. Since its launch, ALMALL has had 30% monthly growth and is now one of the main players in the Saudi...

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