Culture & Education | Sunday 18 April, 2021 2:48 pm

Historical Diriyah Celebrates World Heritage Day as the Biggest Heritage, Cultural Project Inaugurated by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today celebrates the World Heritage Day that is annually marked on April 18. Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) is racing against time to finish various projects aimed at developing and rehabilitating heritage sites in Diriyah, whose inauguration ceremonies were...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 April, 2021 11:18 am

Saudi Aramco part of $50 million funding for US software firm

Saudi Aramco’s investment arm was among a group of investors who awarded SR187.5 million ($50 million) to a Seattle-based manufacturing and technology software company. Seeq Corp. said it had raised the new funds as part of a Series C funding round as the group of investors backing the...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 18 April, 2021 11:12 am

Al-Rahebeen Mosque in Dumat Al-Jandal tells story of 150 years ago

As part of Prince Muhammad Bin Salman Project for Historical Mosques Renovation in the Kingdom the historic Al-Rahebeen Mosque, which dates back nearly 150 years ago, has been reopened in Dumat Al-Jandal. The project seeks to rehabilitate abandoned historic mosques. The historic mosque is...

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Government | Sunday 18 April, 2021 10:32 am

Saudi charity platform receives SR260 million in donations in 24 hours

Charity platform Ehsan has received SR260 million (($69.3 million) in donations in the first 24 hours of its launch. King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, philanthropists and companies are among those supporting Saudi Arabia’s latest national charity campaign.Among the largest...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 April, 2021 10:28 am

Dar Al Arkan brings world’s first villas with Versace Home interiors at Shams Ar Riyadh

 Dar Al Arkan, the leading real estate company in Saudi Arabia, has announced a unique collaboration that will bring the world’s first ever villas with interiors by Versace Home to the Kingdom’s Shams Ar Riyadh project. Versace Home’s outstanding design and craftsmanship will...

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Cars & Autos | Sunday 18 April, 2021 10:16 am

Ford Direct Markets Appoints New Middle East Leadership Team for Its Customer Service Division and Lincoln Operations

Ford Direct Markets has announced two key strategic appointments to its leadership team in the Middle East.As of April 1, Nicolas Lory has been appointed as the Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) Director for Ford Middle East. Prior to this new position, he served as Managing Director for Middle ...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 18 April, 2021 3:32 am

Nokia and Mobily achieve the highest throughput with mmWave in its live 5G network in Riyadh

Nokia today announced that it has successfully completed a mmWave technology trial in Mobily’s live 5G commercial network in Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh. The trial achieved the highest throughput at a site in prince Mohamad bin Abdulaziz street (Tahlya street) in Riyadh, a high-density...

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Government | Saturday 17 April, 2021 1:47 pm

UNESCO Continues Backing Saudi Draft Resolution to Hold G20 Member States' Meetings of Ministers of Culture

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) member states continue to back up a draft resolution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has been unanimously approved in December 2020.It calls for the continuity of convening the meeting of the ministers of culture, ...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 17 April, 2021 12:35 pm

Cisco Secure Unveils Passwordless Future with Stronger Security for All

Cisco Secure, the leader in enterprise security, today unveiled the future of simple and effective security with infrastructure agnostic, passwordless authentication by Duo Security. Integrated seamlessly into the existing Duo authentication experience used by more than 25,000 organizations...

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Business & Money | Saturday 17 April, 2021 12:31 pm

#Bupa_Arabia named Middle East’s most valuable insurance brand

Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance has been named as the Middle East's most valuable insurance provider, in the annual report for 2021 by Brand Finance, the world's leading independent brand valuation consultancy headquartered in London. The report noted that Bupa Arabia's strong financial...

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