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Saudi Screening of Hajj Applicants Enters Second Stage as 560k Apply for Only 60k Spots
The second stage of the selection process for 60,000 places available at the Hajj pilgrimage in 2021 began on Friday, The National reports, with applications being sorted according to health status.
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U.S. State Department Blasts Yemen’s Houthis, Says Iran-Backed Group Bears ‘Major Responsibility’ in Conflict
The Biden administration’s State Department on Friday blamed Iran-aligned Houthis for the failure of a ceasefire to take hold in Yemen and accused them of failing to take additional meaningful steps to end the conflict, Reuters and other news agencies report. “While there are numerous problematic actors inside of Yemen, the Houthis bear major responsibility for refusing to engage […]
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Saudi Arabia, Arab League Blast Israel’s ‘Excessive Force’ in Gaza
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Tuesday condemned Israel’s attempts to evict Palestinians from their homes, as the Kingdom and the Arab League “angrily denounce” what they call the use of excessive force in Gaza.
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Saudi Economy: TASI Rises in April, and Consumer Spending Bounces Back
Recent data on Saudi Arabia’s economy showed a mixed picture for the Kingdom, with non-oil PMI trending lower in March, month-on-month, while remaining in expansionary mode, according to Jadwa Investment and official government figures.
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Saudi Arabia Confirms Lifting General Travel Ban May 17; U.S. Among 20 Countries to Remain on List
Saudi Arabia confirmed that it would resume international flights at 1 a.m. on May 17, but will exclude 20 countries where the ban on flights continues as part of preventive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Saudia airline said.
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Saudi Arabia Red Sea Development Co. On Track to Clinch $3.7 ‘Green Loan’ from Local Banks
Saudi Arabia could be just weeks away from clinching the first significant funding package for a key part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s program to diversify the Kingdom’s economy, Bloomberg reports. The Red Sea Development Co.’s 14 billion-riyal ($3.7 billion) loan is set to close with a small group of local banks including Saudi National […]
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Oil Rises Above $67 in Fifth Day of Gains as Demand Outlook Looks Strong
Oil rose above $67 a barrel on Friday, gaining for a fifth session, “as a stronger demand outlook and signs of economic recovery in China and the United States offset rising COVID-19 infections in some other major economies,” Reuters reports.
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New KAPSARC Paper Examines Economic Diversification Under Saudi Vision 2030
A new paper published by the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in Saudi Arabia examines the Kingdom’s advances in economic diversification so far under Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 social and economic reform plans, launched in 2016.
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KAPSARC Commentary Paper Explores the Potential Effect of Parking Fees on Metro Ridership
As Saudi Arabia’s sprawling capital city Riyadh prepares to begin operation of the first lines of its long-awaited metro system, authorities and researchers are now faced with the task of getting the Kingdom’s citizens used to riding it.
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Viral Videos Show Sandstorms Engulfing Riyadh, Other Cities in Saudi Arabia
Viral videos emerging from social media show parts of Saudi Arabia experiencing an intense sandstorm which engulfed cities and towns in the Kingdom and forcing authorities to issue a weather warning.
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Cases of Botulism in Saudi Arabia linked to mayonnaise, product recalled
Saudi authorities on Saturday announced that the source of recent cases of food poisoning in Riyadh at a popular burger chain in the Kingdom has been tracked to a bacterium found in a mayonnaise product used by the chain. Last month, scores of cases of Botulism were reported in the Kingdom which were linked to the Hamburgini restaurant chain, prompting the authorities to take necessary measures and open a probe into the matter.
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Saudi Arabian universities need to embrace the AI revolution
The launch in December 2023 of the National Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Digital Learning by the National eLearning Center – set up in 2018 before the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic, which has been a significant game changer in the distance education scenario – confirms the serious commitment of the Saudi establishment to the use of AI at all educational levels.
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Al Hilal wraps up Saudi League title; Jesus touts season as model of excellence
Al Hilal manager Jorge Jesus lauded the 2023/24 season as "spectacular" after the team clinched the Roshn Saudi League title with a 4-1 victory over Al Hazem. This win secured Al Hilal’s 19th Saudi Arabian league crown and solidified their unbeaten record this season, highlighting a dominant performance throughout.
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US Marines conduct long-range convoy throughout Saudi Arabia
The convoy, part of Exercise Native Fury 24, saw collaboration between US Marines and Sailors alongside Army Soldiers and members of the Royal Saudi Armed Forces. This exercise, sponsored by US Central Command and executed by US Marine Corps Forces Central Command, underscores the commitment to joint training and cooperation between allied nations. With over 600 personnel participating from various units and partner nations, Exercise Native Fury 24 encompasses a range of activities, including on-load and off-load operations using commercial maritime shipping, urban combat training, and dynamic training events across Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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US nears decision point on security deal with Saudis
The Biden administration is nearing a decision point on whether go ahead with a bilateral arms and security agreement with Saudi Arabia or hold off in hopes of eventually pairing it with a long-sought trilateral deal to normalize Saudi-Israeli relations. For now, administration officials say nothing can go forward until all the parts of the puzzle are in place, but with the Israel-Hamas war standing in the way of a normalization agreement, some analysts are arguing for an early bilateral deal that would help check Chinese influence in the region.
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Consulting firms’ grip on Saudi economy sparks local misgivings
But some officials fear Saudi ministries have become over-reliant on western consultancies, from the Big Four of Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC to more specialist strategy consulting firms, as disgruntlement grows about the outsiders’ ever-growing role in running the country. “I’ll be in a lot of meetings where Minister X or Deputy Minister X is presenting a strategy,” said one Saudi professional who has worked both in the government and at a top consulting firm. “And the first thing that they’ll say is: ‘Ahlan wa sahlan, welcome, and I would like to let you know that consulting firm Y prepared this presentation’ . . . They don’t even take ownership of it.”
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Iran to change nuclear doctrine if existence threatened, adviser to supreme leader says
Iran will change its nuclear doctrine if Israel threatens its existence, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader said, the latest comment by an Iranian official that raises questions about what Tehran says is its peaceful nuclear program. Tehran has always said it had no plans to obtain nuclear weapons. Western governments suspect that it wants nuclear technology to build a bomb; its nuclear program has been at the centre of a long-running dispute that has led to sanctions.
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Hamas delegates return to Qatar as deadlock continues in Gaza truce talks
The Hamas delegation to the Gaza truce negotiations left Egypt on Thursday, the group said, signalling the failure of efforts by mediators from the US, Egypt and Qatar to get Hamas and Israel to agree a deal to pause their seven-month-old war. In a statement, Hamas said Israel's military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and this week's takeover of the Palestinian side of the border crossing there with Egypt were “aimed at cutting off the path of the mediators, escalating the aggression and the genocide war”.
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Egypt’s headline inflation slowed to 32.5% in April
Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation rate decreased to 32.5 percent in April from 33.3 percent in March, slowing slightly more than analysts had expected, data from the country’s statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Thursday. Month-on-month, prices rose by 1.1 percent in April, up from 1.0 percent in March. Food prices declined in April by 0.9 percent, though they were 40.5 percent higher than a year ago. A poll of 17 analysts had expected annual inflation to dip to a median 32.8 percent, continuing a slowing trend that started in September when inflation reached a peak of 38.0 percent.
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Israeli strike on Lebanon kills four Hezbollah fighters, security sources say
An Israeli air strike on a car in southern Lebanon killed four people on Thursday, according to Lebanon’s civil defense, with security sources saying those killed were members of armed group Hezbollah. The conflict between Hezbollah and Israel has rumbled on since October in parallel to the Gaza war, with an escalation this week as both sides intensified their bombardment, fueling concern of a bigger war between the heavily-armed adversaries.
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