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  • Curator announced for largest contemporary art exhibition in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia’s first art biennale will be curated by Philip Tinari, the director and CEO of China’s leading contemporary art institution. The head of the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, he is an internationally renowned curator and critic.

  • Yemeni government, separatists start executing Riyadh pact, says coalition

    The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen said that implementation of a long-delayed deal aimed at reuniting its Yemeni allies would start on Thursday with a troop redeployment in the south ahead of announcing a new power-sharing government. The agreement, first announced in November and revived in July, was brokered by Riyadh to end a standoff between Yemen’s internationally recognised government and southern separatists who are both part of the coalition that has been battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement since 2015.

  • Monshaat partners with US university to help Saudi SMEs

    The new academy will help SMEs become more efficient and adopt industry business practices, a Monshaat official told Arab News on Tuesday. A three-month program will cover corporate innovation strategies, market development, growth management and SMEs scale-ups services.

  • Saudi Backed Lucid Motors to Start Production of New EVs in Spring 2021

    “We broke ground on the 590-acre Lucid AMP-1 site in Casa Grande on Dec. 2, 2019, and slightly less than a year later we have completed the first purpose-built EV factory in North America,” Peter Rawlinson, CEO of Lucid Motors, said in a press statement. “The effort and agility demonstrated by this team is truly astounding, as we’re already commissioning equipment compatible with the Lucid manufacturing system to start production of the next-generation EV, the Lucid Air, in just a few months,” he added.

  • Saudi Arabia ranked first across Arab world in Global Artificial Intelligence Index

    Saudi Arabia has been ranked first across the Arab world and 22nd globally in the Global Artificial Intelligence Index, showed Tortoise Intelligence Index report. The kingdom ranked second worldwide in the “Government Strategy” standard, and took 9th place globally in the “Operating environment” standard, according to the report.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Underground Art Scene Finally Hits the Mainstream

    “Art is something special; it is food for your eyes and soul. The more we see it, the more we think and develop. That is why I want to create even more art to be displayed in the city,” he said. “I use Arabic calligraphy to draw objects and merge it with contemporary art because our language is beautiful, calligraphy itself is an art — I can mold it to create what I want and get the feeling across to others.”

  • Gantz says his party will vote with the opposition to dissolve parliament

    Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday his party will vote in favor of an opposition-backed bill to dissolve the Knesset, which would come for a preliminary vote on Wednesday, as he continued to butt heads with coalition partner Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

  • State Department approves $350M deal for security services to Saudi Arabia

    "This proposed sale will continue to improve Saudi Arabia's capability to meet current and future threats by utilizing USMTM's continued efforts to train, advise, and assist the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces to build defense capacity and capability through military exercises and professional military education. USMTM conducts non-combat, institutional advising that assists the MOD in developing, training, and sustaining a capable deterrent to regional threats," the DSCA said.

  • Saudi Arabia is Abu Dhabi’s biggest non-oil trade partner between March and August

    Saudi Arabia was the number one destination for non-oil goods from Abu Dhabi between March and August this year, with trade between the Kingdom and the emirate amounting to AED15.3 billion ($4.16 billion), according to official figures released on Monday.

  • US, UK and Saudi Arabia participate in MCM interoperability training

    The training provided the three navies with an opportunity to boost mutual interoperability during mine-hunting missions and communications, as well as strengthen partnerships by closely working with regional partners.