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  • Saudi Arabia Reveals Grand Ambition to Become a Global Biotech Powerhouse by 2040

    Saudi Arabia, another powerhouse in the region, has recently launched a National Biotech Strategy (the Strategy) with an ambition to become MENA’s leading biotech hub by 2030 and a global biotech leader with a far-reaching impact in biomanufacturing and medical innovation by 2040.

  • Son faces Saudis, Palestine make history in Asian Cup last 16

    The tournament has been whittled down from 24 teams to 16 but trying to predict who lifts the trophy on February 10 looks more difficult than ever. Japan came to Qatar as favourites and looking to win the title for a record-extending fifth time, but they reached the knockout phase as only runners-up in their group behind Iraq. Iraq impressed in deservedly beating Japan 2-1 and along with Iran and Qatar were the only teams to win all three games in the first round. Iraq play Jordan and Iran meet Syria next.

  • Saudi Arabia’s AlUla exhibition at the Forbidden City

    The exhibition "AlUla, Wonder of Arabia" has kicked off at the Palace Museum in Beijing recently. AlUla is located in the northwestern Saudi Arabia, 1,100 kilometers away from the capital Riyadh. It boasts rich natural and cultural heritage, including the Hegra archaeological site, Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site. Let's visit the exhibition with Xinhua reporter Sandra Ahmed!

  • Saudi’s Seven and Formula E to open karting attractions

    Saudi Entertainment Ventures (Seven) has announced its latest partnership, this time with Formula E to launch indoor karting attractions in the kingdom. The Formula E venues will be located in four of Seven’s entertainment destinations across Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Abha. Each family-friendly attraction will offer adult karts, junior karts, and dual karts, as well as 400-metre-long tracks

  • Real Madrid Target Mbappe Still Wanted By Saudi Arabia Confirms Prince

    Saudi Arabia is still interested in signing Paris Saint-Germain forward and Real Madrid transfer target Kylian Mbappe, as confirmed by a member of its royal family Prince Abdullah Saad Abdulaziz Al Saud to Carre on YouTube. Mbappe becomes a free agent on June 30, and is expected to join Los Blancos if not extending his contract at the Parc des Princes. The Frenchman was involved in a 2023 tug-of-war with his current Qatari-owned club, which looked to sell him after he sent a letter explaining his intention not to agree fresh terms.

  • The best things to experience in Saudi Arabia according to the people who know it

    Closed to tourists until recently, Saudi Arabia is still an unknown quantity for many would-be travelers. That’s changing fast. The country reported a 56% growth in international arrivals in 2023 from 2019 pre-pandemic levels, according to the UNWTO. So, where are some of the best places in this emerging tourism destination to go?

  • Acciona to bid for Line 7 of Riyadh metro together with Siemens, Samsung and Alayuni, and against FCC and its consortium

    Acciona and FCC are part of two consortiums formed to bid for the construction of the new Line 7 of the Riyadh metro in Saudi Arabia, according to sources consulted by the newspaper Expansión. Specifically, Acciona has formed an alliance with Siemens, Samsung and Alayuni. In addition, FCC, as part of the consortium that won in 2013 one of the lots to design and build the first lines of the subway, has been invited to participate in the extension of Line 2. Overall, the investment needed to build the two rail projects amounts to more than €10 billion in the capital investment (capex) phase alone, according to expert estimates, as the authorities have not yet published a baseline budget.

  • U.S. Secretly Alerted Iran Ahead of Islamic State Terrorist Attack

    The U.S. secretly warned Iran that Islamic State was preparing to carry out the terrorist attack early this month that killed more than 80 Iranians in a pair of coordinated suicide bombings, U.S. officials said.

    The confidential alert came after the U.S. acquired intelligence that Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan, ISIS-Khorasan, known as ISIS-K, was plotting to attack Iran, they said.

    American officials said the information passed to Iran was specific enough about the location and sufficiently timely that it might have proved useful to Tehran in thwarting the attack on Jan. 3 or at least mitigating the casualty toll.

  • Commentary: Were the Saudis Right About the Houthis After All?

    Past experience, including with Somali pirates, has shown that attempting to patrol large bodies of water with a limited naval force isn’t enough to suppress piracy. Rather, the cost of such aggression has to be rendered unsustainable for the culprits. The Biden administration is now leading the international demand that the Houthis desist and that the security of international shipping and commerce in this all-important waterway be restored. The Houthis, for their part, appear to be relishing the prospect of a confrontation with the United States. That is, or at least must be made to be, their problem.

  • Israeli tanks batter hospital districts in Gaza’s Khan Younis, displaced set to flee southward

     Israeli tanks bombarded areas around two hospitals in Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis on Thursday, forcing displaced people into a new desperate scramble for safe shelter, residents said, in an offensive Israel says is targeting Hamas militants.
    Gaza health officials said at least 50 Palestinians had been killed in Khan Younis in the past 24 hours, including two children in an Israeli air strike that hit a residential home.