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Saudi Arabia’s National Development Fund signs partnership agreement with World Economic Forum
Saudi Arabia’s National Development Fund entered into a partnership agreement with the World Economic Forum on Thursday, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The NDF, which was established in 2017, acts as an umbrella for 12 development…
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Embassy culinary event celebrates high-quality Danish food
A culinary evening hosted by the Danish embassy in Riyadh highlighted the best of the country’s cuisine, from imported cheeses to chocolate.
Liselotte Plesner, Denmark’s ambassador to the Kingdom, said: “Every one of us enjoys good food…
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KAUST finds chemical alternatives for agarwood perfume production
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have discovered chemically produced alternatives for ingredients normally sourced from agarwood trees for the production of perfumes in this $44 billion market.
The KAUST…
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Civil Defense concludes participation in Tunisian earthquake and tsunami drill
The General Directorate of Civil Defense, through its search-and-rescue team, recently wrapped up their involvement in the White Operation drill, a strategic exercise conducted in Tunisia.
The four-day drill was a key component of the…
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Saudi FM attends ministerial meetings on Somalia, Turkiye
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan participated on Wednesday in a meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on supporting Somalia in safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Saudi Press Agency reported.…
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Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs meets EU official
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Climate Envoy Adel Al-Jubeir met Hannah Neumann, chairman of the EU delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula, in Brussels, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
During the…
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Academics, experts consensus on keeping up with changes in Saudi labor market
Liqaat Al-Baha Forum 2024, organized by the Saudi Arabia’s Human Resources Development Fund at Al-Baha University in the south of Saudi Arabia, ended on Wednesday with academic consensus on the need to keep up with changes in the labor…
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Saudi authorities target qat smugglers in Jazan, Asir
Border guards in the Jazan and Asir regions thwarted attempts to smuggle 420kg of qat into the Kingdom, Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
Preliminary legal procedures have been completed and the seized narcotics were handed to…
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Muslim World League and Red Cross chiefs meet to discuss humanitarian crisis
Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, the secretary-general of the Muslim World League and chair of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, visited the humanitarian vessel Ocean Viking this week, where he met the secretary-general of the…
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Jordan, Kuwait discuss opportunities for economic cooperation
Officials from Jordan and Kuwait discussed opportunities for closer economic collaboration at a meeting of the Jordanian-Kuwaiti Trade Technical Committee in Amman on Tuesday.
The committee discussed initiatives to strengthen commercial…
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