Business & Money | Saturday 17 March, 2018 5:16 am

Green light for new Saudi shipyard as finance deal clinched

A joint venture involving Saudi Aramco has kicked off construction work at a new shipyard on Saudi Arabia’s east coast, it was announced on Friday. Consortium member Lamprell said in a statement that the JV, International Maritime Industries (IMI), started operations after reaching...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 17 March, 2018 5:14 am

KSA’s Haramain train speeds toward a 2018 opening

The SR60 billion ($16 billion) high-speed Haramain train is on track to be fully operational this year, according to Minister of Transportation and Chairman of the Saudi Railway Organization Nabil Al-Amoudi. He said that the service will be functional for the public in 2018, in conformity with all ...

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Cars & Autos | Saturday 17 March, 2018 5:06 am

Isuzu “D-Max” Won the Long Distance Driving Challenge

Isuzu D-Max has won the new excited experience that pointed out how powerful the engine is along with the low fuel consumption after traveling 1386 Kilometer from the West Coast to the East Coast with only one stop in Riyadh. Isuzu proved its fuel economy once again with a new records that...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 17 March, 2018 4:21 am

Saudi Startup "Wasel Lee" Secures $133,000 Seed Round

Saudi-based logistics platform Wasel Lee has just announced a $ 133,000 Series A round, led by three individual investors. The platform, which is one of the projects incubated by Badir Program for technology incubators and accelerators at Abha Incubator,  plans to use the funds to introduce...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 17 March, 2018 4:10 am

Travel Audience Enters Into Agreement With Dubai Tourism

Digital advertising spend surpassed TV worldwide in 2017, totaling over $200 billion, and with digital media consumption evolving at breakneck speed, destination marketers are shifting gears towards a smarter digital ecosystem.   Further accelerating its ‘digital, mobile and social ...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 17 March, 2018 4:09 am

Kalimat Foundation Begins its ‘Pledge a Library’ Initiative by Supporting Two Libraries in Paris

In the presence of Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Founder and Chairperson of Kalimat Foundation for Children's Empowerment (KF), the foundation has distributed the first batch of books as part of its ‘Pledge a Library’ initiative to support Arabic literature for children in...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 17 March, 2018 4:03 am

Child Safety Campaign Celebrates First Emirati Children’s Day with Fun and Learning

Child Safety Campaign (CSC), a subsidiary of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA), observed Emirati Children’s Day – a national occasion observed by the UAE for the first time this year – in collaboration with Sharjah Children, a subsidiary of Rubu’ Qarn for...

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Business & Money | Saturday 17 March, 2018 4:01 am

EMPOWER 2018 gets underway under the theme ‘Youth and Effective Citizenship’

Education Above All (EAA) Foundation’s programme, Reach Out to Asia (ROTA), held the inauguration of “Empower Youth Conference 2018” at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Student Center, today, in the presence of His Excellency the Minister of State Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 17 March, 2018 3:59 am

Turkish Airlines has added Samarkand to its flight network

Samarkand which was added to the list of "World Cultural Heritage" and was taken under preservation by UNESCO , has been added to the flight network as the 302nd destination of Turkish Airlines.   Samarkand, founded on the Silk Road and one of the most important transportation...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 17 March, 2018 3:14 am

Smoking Doll Receives Top Nominations at the 4th Annual Fact Dining Awards Abu Dhabi 2018

Asian fusion dinning venue, Smoking Doll has received nominations for two coveted awards for the 4th Annual Fact Dining Awards Abu Dhabi 2018.   Bringing the best of the Far East to the Middle East, Smoking Doll has been nominated in Abu Dhabi’s ‘Thai Restaurant’...

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