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  • Saudi Arabia is building world’s largest solar-storage microgrid

    Saudi Arabia is building a 400-MW solar microgrid backed by 1.3 GWh of energy storage capacity to ensure clean energy supply for the Red Sea Project on the west coast of the Kingdom. Located in a 28,000-sq-km area in Tabuk province between the cities of Umluj and Al-Wajh, the project is being developed by Red Sea Global, a company owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF).

  • Saudi Arabia Unveils New Umrah Program to Enhance Pilgrim Experience

    In 2023, Saudi Arabia recorded 13.5 million pilgrims. The new program seeks to improve these figures by supporting service providers. It encourages companies to adopt professional destination management and trip organization strategies. The ministry collaborated with the Pilgrim Experience Program, an integral part of Saudi Vision 2030, to organize the second Umrah organizations’ gathering in Makkah. Led by Hajj and Umrah Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, the meeting focused on enhancing the Umrah experience and empowering the private sector to provide year-round services.

  • Saudi POS hits $3.6bn as education spending surges with academic year start

    Saudi Arabia’s point-of-sale transactions climbed to SR13.5 billion ($3.61 billion) between Aug. 11 and 17, reflecting a 3.6 percent increase from the previous week, official data showed. According to the latest figures from the Saudi Central Bank, also known as SAMA, the education sector led the charge, recording a 127.5 percent surge in spending, with total transactions reaching SR1.01 billion.

  • Peregrine falcon chick sells for record $106,601 at Saudi auction

    A peregrine falcon chick named Ultra White has been sold for a record SR400,000 ($106,600) this year after an initial price of SR100,000 at the 2024 International Falcon Breeders Auction, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. American breeder Pacific Northwest Falcons, the owner of Ultra White, sold another peregrine chick named Super White for SR86,000 after an opening price of SR40,000 during the bidding on Tuesday night.

  • Jobs in Saudi Arabia: NEOM announces major recruitment drive

    NEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC), the company building the world’s largest green hydrogen plant at Oxagon, in Saudi Arabia’s northwestern region of NEOM, has announced a significant recruitment drive for its construction and operations phases.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo breaks YouTube records, shares videos of life in Saudi Arabia

    Cristiano Ronaldo has broken YouTube records with the launch of his own official channel on the platform. The channel launched on Wednesday, August 21 and broke records for the most subscribers gained in an hour and reached a million subscribers in just 90 minutes. At the time of writing the channel has 7m subscribers after just a few hours and it is set to continue rapid growth rate.

  • Biden presses Netanyahu on need to reach Gaza truce deal

    U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the urgency of sealing a deal for a truce in Gaza and the release of hostages, the White House said, but Israel and Hamas stuck firmly to their demands. The call between the leaders, in which Vice President Kamala Harris also took part, came after Palestinian health officials reported at least 50 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes over a 24-hour period.

  • Lucid has ‘without a doubt’ surpassed Tesla as the EV industry’s tech leader, CEO says

    Rawlinson recently took to LinkedIn to demonstrate its developing technology, highlighting that the Lucid Air Pure is the most efficient production car in the world. The CEO also compared development of the Air’s technology to that of rivals like Tesla’s Model S — which Rawlinson worked on as chief engineer in the early 2010s — and the Porsche (POAHY) Taycan.

  • Riyadh Metro to launch this year, minister says

    Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistics Services, Saleh Al-Jasser, confirmed that the Riyadh Metro will commence operations this year, aligning with the earlier announcement by the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC). He emphasized that Riyadh Metro, in terms of scale, stands as the largest metro project globally to be constructed in a single phase. Al-Jasser made these remarks during an interview with Al-Arabiya Business, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the largest integrated logistics zone for Maersk in the Middle East at Jeddah Islamic Port on Wednesday.

  • Summit set to make Saudi Arabia leading global AI model as envisioned by Crown Prince

    The 3rd Global AI Summit would showcase the advancements in artificial intelligence technologies with the participation of more than 300 speakers and specialists representing 100 countries from all over the world. Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, who is also chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), will patronize the summit at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh from September 10 to 12.