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  • Al Bawani starts work on Lucid’s hitech plant in Saudi Arabia

    The new facility will come up on a 1.3-million-sq-m campus plot at the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). The new plant targets 155,000 vehicles per year. Al Bawani said it has already begun work on the first phase of the plant, which will manufacture the longest range and the fastest charging electric cars in the market.

  • The Heart of Arabia Expedition

    The Heart of Arabia Expedition, which will recreate in two stages Harry St. John Philby’s epic crossing of Arabia from east to west. Mark’s expedition will begin next month, on November 15th, the very day that Philby began his journey 105 years ago. Accompanying him on this trip is Philby’s Saudi granddaughter Reem, photographer Ana-Maria Pavalache and Alan Morrissey, who is handling all logistics for the team. As on Mark’s previous trips, time will be set aside for scientific research. Specific projects include studying bats inhabiting abandoned mud buildings, collecting data on neolithic flint tools, locating meteoric craters and a project related to how people respond to isolation.

  • The Heart of Arabia Expedition

    The Heart of Arabia Expedition, which will recreate in two stages Harry St. John Philby’s epic crossing of Arabia from east to west. Mark’s expedition will begin next month, on November 15th, the very day that Philby began his journey 105 years ago. Accompanying him on this trip is Philby’s Saudi granddaughter Reem, photographer Ana-Maria Pavalache and Alan Morrissey, who is handling all logistics for the team. As on Mark’s previous trips, time will be set aside for scientific research. Specific projects include studying bats inhabiting abandoned mud buildings, collecting data on neolithic flint tools, locating meteoric craters and a project related to how people respond to isolation.

  • Earthquake strikes Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk

    An earthquake measuring 3.38 on the Richter scale struck Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk region on Sunday evening, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

  • Son of US citizen detained in Saudi Arabia says State Department neglected father’s case

    The son of a U.S. citizen being detained and allegedly tortured by Saudi Arabia over tweets he posted criticizing the kingdom told The Washington Post that the State Department neglected his father’s case.

  • Laila al-Jindan: ‘Art and culture are experiencing their best moment in Saudi Arabia’

    Laila al-Jindan is a Saudi artist; I have a very special relationship with art and I have been aware of this since I was a child, especially with music and drawing, my two great weaknesses. Since I was a child, I used to take piano lessons and spend my free time drawing, which I enjoyed very much. Although I liked plastic arts and drawing, I couldn't devote myself to it, which was my true vocation and what I really liked. At that time it was not a discipline that enjoyed a lot of social support and this made me think about continuing my studies in computer science at university, and I devoted myself to art much later.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Almarai reports 13% rise in third-quarter profit on higher revenue

    Saudi Arabia's Almarai, the Middle East's largest dairy company, has reported a more than 13 per cent rise in third-quarter net profit on the back of higher revenue, as the Arab world’s largest economy continues to recover from the Covid-19-induced slowdown. Consolidated profit attributable to shareholders for the three-month period ending September 30 climbed to 463.1 million Saudi riyals ($123.49m), compared with 409m riyals during the same period last year, the company said in a statement on Sunday to the Saudi stock exchange Tadawul, where its shares are traded.

  • Foster + Partners unveils marine life institute in Saudi Arabia

    Foster + Partners reveals a first look at the new state-of-the-art marine life institute designed for luxury tourism development destination The Red Sea Project. The world’s first fully immersive experiential marine center located along the Red Sea coastline of Saudi Arabia will function as both a scientific research hub and a tourist destination, with 10 zones hosting various multidimensional experiences bridging educational exhibitions with adventure-filled excursions.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Wealth Fund Offers Three-Part Debt in Green Bond Debut

    Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is selling a world-first dollar century green bond in its debut foray in to ethical debt as it seeks to burnish its environmental credentials. The Public Investment Fund or PIF, as it is known, is offering debt in three tranches, according to people familiar with the matter, who aren’t authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be identified.

  • Saudi Arabia implements Data Driven-Government to realise digital economy as part of the Vision 2030

    Saudi Arabia, which is executing the third phase of the three-stage data-driven government or the National Strategy for Digital Transformation, is currently bringing all the public services under a single digital platform as part of the Smart Government Strategy (2020-2024), that once implemented, will deliver public services through smart phones, on the citizen’s fingertips.