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SAUDI ARAMCO RESTRUCTURES NON-OIL ASSETS AHEAD OF IPO
Reuters reported last month that Saudi Aramco, ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO), has created a subsidiary to…
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THE ISLAMIC WORLD THROUGH ART
The British Museum has announced that the Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World will open to the public on…
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SAUDIA WINS TWO AWARDS AT ATM
Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) won two awards at this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the Middle East’s largest travel trade…
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SAUDI ARABIA’S RECORD $17.5 BILLION BOND ISSUE
Saudi Arabia’s record $17.5 billion bond issue Saudi Arabia conducted the largest-ever emerging market bond sale last month, selling $17.5…
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THE GCC CORPORATE BOND MARKET
According to a report by ratings agency S&P, the GCC’s corporate and infrastructure bond (sukuk) market remained subdued in the…
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Interviews
YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS
One hundred of the world’s most promising business leaders and social entrepreneurs under the age of forty have been selected to…
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Science & Technology
SUMMONING THE DEMON?
In an open letter released in November 2017, 116 of the world’s leading robotics and AI specialists from 26 countries called…
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Lifestyle
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
One of several giga-projects in Saudi Arabia launched by crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, Qiddiya is set to become what…
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Arts & Culture
THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF NAKBA
2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the 1948 Palestinian exodus known as the “nakba” which means catastrophe. @70: Celebration of…
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Science & Technology
JOBS LOST. JOBS GAINED. JOBS CHANGED.
In a pilot project last year at Swiss bank, St. Galler Kantonal bank (SGKB), seven employees were replaced by five robots.…
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Business
PRIVATIZATION TO GENERATE UP TO $11 BILLION BY 2020
At the end of April, Saudi Arabia’s council of economic and development affairs, chaired by crown prince Muhammad bin Salman,…
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Interviews
WAFAA ALGHALAYINI
As Saudi Arabia seeks to move away from its dependence on oil and diversify its economy, entrepreneurship is being brought…
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Science & Technology
HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MAY SOON BE ABLE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
Experts at DeepMind have developed IQ tests designed to measure AI’s problem-solving skills. Researchers at DeepMind which is owned by…
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Science & Technology
SEEING TITAN WITH INFRARED EYES
These six new infrared images of Saturn’s moon, Titan, just released by NASA represent some of the clearest, most seamless-looking…
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Business
A MILLION PASSENGERS IN TEN MONTHS
On July 23rd, only ten months since Saudi Arabia’s low-fare domestic carrier, Flyadeal, was launched, the airline celebrated a major…
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Politics & News
ISRAEL’S NEW “NATION STATE” LAW
On July 19, 2018, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed a controversial new law called “The Basic Law: Israel as the…
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Politics & News
SAUDI ARABIA’S COLD WAR WITH IRAN
In a wide-ranging conversation last April with Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of “The Atlantic” magazine, Saudi Arabia’s crown…
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Arts & Culture
4DX DEBUTS IN RIYADH
In an agreement announced last month, South Korea’s CJ 4DPLEX will partner with Cinemacity, one of the Middle East’s leading cinema…
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Science & Technology
GIANT SWIRLS ON THE SUN
A team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the University of Göttingen has discovered…
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Business
A $350 BILLION TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY IN MENA BY 2027
According to a new study by MENA Research Partners, the value of the travel and tourism industry in the Middle East and…
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Business
K.S.A. FIRST QUARTER BUDGET STATEMENT
A May 2018 report by Jadwa Investment says the Saudi government’s 2018 first quarter budget statement shows the government’s efforts to…
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Science & Technology
QI IS THE KEY
Tai chi is rooted in multiple Asian traditions, including traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine. Its two central concepts are yin and yang (opposing yet…
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Interviews
MUTAZ GHANDOUR
Born in Lebanon, Mutaz Ghandour is the chairman and CEO of Metito and is widely recognized around the world for his pioneering…
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Science & Technology
HOW PROTEIN MARKERS IN BONES CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE
In 2016, a team of researchers led by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a new biological identification method that…
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THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL SUPERCOMPUTER
Since 2013, China has led the world in developing the most powerful supercomputers. Now America is back on top again. Engineers…
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