Mouri, leader of Saudi Hankook Team, made a remarkable impact during his recent participation in the final round of the Radical World Championship held in Abu Dhabi, driving a Radical SR8 equipped with Hankook Ventus F200 tires.
This came after (...)
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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.
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Many Arab leftists and remnants of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Arab nationalism movement are talking about a secret alliance between Washington and Tehran.
Of course, they can only attempt to convince those who are easily fooled that the US is (...)
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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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TAIF — The Ministry of Education has decided to enable expatriate students whose Iqamas have expired to be enrolled in schools and to continue their studies until the end of the academic year.
The decision was urgently conveyed (...)
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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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TAIF — A teacher in an intermediate school in Taif is being investigated for taking his students to a place for washing the dead to show them practically how the bodies are washed and wrapped for burial.
Awwad Al-Khidaidi, (...)
Saudi Gazette
AL-KHOBAR — Saturday morning saw Al-Khobar covered with beautiful colors as thousands of residents from a cross section of nationalities joined together to participate in non-competitive 5 km Color Run along Al-Khobar beach.
The event (...)
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JEDDAH — Jeddah Zalmi, Bonny and Hyderabad Sharks triumphed with convincing wins over CH XI, Ace Travel and Malik XI, respectively, while Faisal (3 for 26 including a hat trick), Saeed (5 for 28), Saddam (64 not out), Yasir (64) and (...)
By A.A. Merchant
JEDDAH — Al-Burj, Pak Zalmi, Saudi Oil and Shawahid Tech scored convincing wins over Makkah Eagles, Kashmir Stags, KAIA and Royal Jurana, respectively, to enter the semifinals of the Kanoo Premier League, sponsored by Yusuf Bin (...)
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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 (...)
Saudi Gazette
DAMMAM — Widespread dust enveloped the Eastern Province as a strong intensity dust storm hit the region in the forenoon of Thursday disrupting normal life in the cities of Dammam, Al-Khobar, Dhahran, Jubail, Al-Hasa, Qatif and other (...)
صاحب تعميم وزير التعليم بشأن اعتماد تخصيص أربع ساعات أسبوعياً لتنفيذ الأنشطة غير الصفية زيادة لليوم الدراسي ساعة واحدة يومياً من الأحد إلى الأربعاء استياء بعض أولياء الأمور لذا أحببت أن أقدم توضيحا لهم:
عزيزي ولي الأمر: ليس المهم أن يكون ابنك الأول (...)
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IT seems that the Ministry of Education has not provided enough media coverage for its summer programs targeting school students this year. If students do not know about the programs, how are they going to enroll in them? The weak media (...)
Okaz
IF the security and safety departments at the Ministry of Education received 324 reports on the condition of school buildings during two months of the past academic year, 205 were high-risk reports, 6 of which required immediate evacuation of (...)
Saudi Gazette
DAMMAM — Streets in Dammam and Al-Khobar are wearing deserted looks as mercury hits 50 degree Celsius in the region. The hot weather has brought more agony to the residents, especially those fasting for the holy month of Ramadan.
The (...)
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The Labor Office in Al-Baha is investigating a company executing government projects in the province for delaying the salaries of 40 foreign workers for more than 10 months.
Irrespective of what the investigation says about the company or the (...)