Business & Money | Sunday 12 April, 2020 12:00 pm

69% of KSA consumers to maintain current shopping habits post COVID-19

A survey commissioned by Kearney Middle East reveals that 95% of KSA respondents have admittedly changed their shopping habits amid COVID-19 developments  Consumers in KSA estimate that they are now spending more online on essential (68%) and non-essential (54%) items since the introduction ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 12 April, 2020 11:40 am

#StayHomeWithJumeirah and focus on your health with 6 simple ways to stay fit at home with Jumeirah

  With the gyms and fitness centres across the UAE currently closed, Jumeirah wants to inspire you to stay healthy and fit by following a few simple steps at home. These exercises from The J Club Director Of Fitness - Jamie Moore, have a range of benefits; from burning fat,...

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Business & Money | Sunday 12 April, 2020 11:36 am

Emirates NBD launches contactless export trade collections capability

As part of its ongoing digitisation strategy, Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, has further enhanced its trade portal, smartTRADE, by introducing smartCollections, a new service that enables completely contactless processing of Export Collections. This new digital service aligns with the...

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Government | Sunday 12 April, 2020 11:14 am

Customs transactions in Dubai skyrocket 60% to 4m in Q1, 2020

Against all odds and despite the many challenges and hurdles facing the world market due to the outbreak of Covid-19, customs transactions in Dubai skyrocketed 60% to reach 4 million in Q1, 2020, from 2.5 million in the corresponding quarter last year. This reflects the resilience of Dubai economy...

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Business & Money | Sunday 12 April, 2020 11:02 am

Emicool starts testing its Command Control Centre, controls plants remotely

Emirates District Cooling (Emicool) LLC, a leading district cooling service provider in the region and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments, has commenced testing its Command Control Centre (CCC), which provides operations and performance data from all its district cooling plants. The...

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Government | Sunday 12 April, 2020 6:48 am

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Orders Extending Curfew to Curb Spread of Coronavirus Until Further Notice

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud orders the extension of the curfew according to the current rates and indicators of the spread of the novel Coronvirus until a further notice. This was announced by an official source at the Ministry of Interior. As the...

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Government | Sunday 12 April, 2020 2:55 am

Saudi Arabia’s Control and Anti-Corruption Authority arrests corrupt judge and accomplices

Saudi Arabia’s Control and Anti-Corruption Authority announced on Saturday that it had investigated a judge at a public court in the Kingdom after it received information that the judge had been accepting bribes.  Results of investigations showed that the accusations were...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 12 April, 2020 2:42 am

G20 Extraordinary Energy Ministers Meeting Statement

Energy ministers of the G-20 issued a statement at the end of the extraordinary meeting held yesterday. The final statement says: We, the G20 Energy Ministers, are profoundly saddened by the human tragedy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We convene today against this backdrop of a crisis that, in...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 12 April, 2020 2:00 am

At Home with Galaxy: Make Work from Home a Breeze

As work environments around the world continue to change and more companies are offering flexible and remote work options, Galaxy users are increasingly finding themselves working from home.Adjusting to a remote work environment can be a challenge, but it can also be an opportunity to live a more...

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Cars & Autos | Sunday 12 April, 2020 1:51 am

General Motors and Honda to Jointly Develop Next-Generation Honda Electric Vehicles Powered by GM’s Ultium Batteries

General Motors and Honda have agreed to jointly develop two all-new electric vehicles for Honda, based on GM’s highly flexible global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. The exteriors and interiors of the new EVs will be exclusively designed by Honda, and the...

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