Saudi Arabia on Monday night began implementing a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew to halt the spread of COVID-19, urging the public to stay home unless necessary and closing restaurants, cinemas, malls, and other places of gathering.
Saudi Arabia is launching a soccer league for women, another step forward as the Kingdom continues ahead with its Vision 2030 social and economic reform plan.
Planners and developers working on making Saudi Arabia's Al-Ula UNESCO heritage site easier and more enjoyable to visit are keen to keep in tact the natural beauty and wonder of the site, the UAE-based The National reports, citing an interview with Francesca Arici, the site’s chief planning office
The Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency (SAMA) announced the launch of licenses for non-bank financial institutions, a news release on its website said, issuing the first licenses for an electronic wallet company and the first license for a payment services company in the Kingdom.
The Saudi Heritage Preservation Society has called on UNESCO to protect traditional Khawlani coffee cultivation techniques in Saudi Arabia in a press release, noting that the Arabian tradition "has been passed down for generations by the ancient tribes of Khawlan."
The World Bank forecasted Saudi Arabia's GDP growth will increase significantly in 2020, to 1.9%, compared with 0.4% in 2019, with further gains in subsequent years.
The Navy announced Friday that Lockheed Martin was awarded a $1.96 billion contract adding to a previous agreement to build four multi-mission surface combatants for Saudi Arabia.
The United States said new evidence and analysis of weapons debris recovered from an attack on Saudi oil facilities on Sept. 14 "indicates the strike likely came from the north, reinforcing its earlier assessment that Iran was behind the offensive," Reuters reports in an exclusive.
