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RIYADH — Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Saudi Arabia Juraj Koudelka reiterated his country's strong rejection and condemnation of all attacks by the terrorist Houthi militia on civilian targets.
In an interview with (...)
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RIYADH — Tariq Al-Ahmari, spokesman of University Education, said that the Ministry of Education has placed 9,045 beds at the disposal of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in 6,000 rooms and suites spreading over 77 buildings.
These (...)
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RIYADH — There is no doubt that classical music has the ability to evoke sensations, but opera singing has a skill that is difficult to master and I did it, according to Sawsan Al-Bahiti, the first Saudi professional female opera (...)
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RIYADH — The support of Saudi Arabian government for Qiddiya entertainment mega project is amazing, said Mario Centola, vice president of international operations and business development at Six Flags.
"The city will be the (...)
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RIYADH — The National Tourism Strategy expects the Kingdom to be among the top five tourist destinations in the world by 2030 when the revenues generated by tourism will reach about 10 percent of the GDP instead of the present (...)
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RIYADH — The Riyadh Season festival, which will kick off on Oct. 17, will create 46,000 seasonal jobs for Saudis in its 3,000 events and support services.
"There has been huge turnout of sponsors for the event. Around 80 percent (...)
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RIYADH — Studies continued in Bishr Bin Al-Walid primary school in the west of the capital but students were sad, depressed and terrorized by the death of a sixth class student, allegedly killed by his classmate during a fight (...)
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RIYADH — A Saudi media forum will be held in Riyadh on Nov. 27 during which special awards will be given to outstanding journalists and newspapers, according to the chairman of the Saudi Journalists Association (SAJ), Khaled (...)
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RIYADH — Noura Al-Dousary was not sure of the success of her experiment but decided to go on with it no matter what the consequences. She was determined to break the monopoly of men over the laundry shops; so about four months ago (...)
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JEDDAH — A total of 54,453 pilgrims of the Makkah Route Initiative have so far arrived in the Kingdom via 135 flights for the Haj. They came from Pakistan, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
As many as 20,261 of them arrived via (...)
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RIYADH — For the first time in the Kingdom, the Saudi Federation for Community Sports is organizing the first Gulf women's football tournament from March 1 to 6.
A total of 16 teams will participate in the knockout tournament, (...)
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Riyadh — She was scared of heights, but she wanted to conquer her fears. So she took training to become a pilot at the second biggest aviation school in New England, Boston, US.
Adwa Al-Dakheel became the first Saudi female (...)