Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 30 June, 2017 1:50 am

Eid festivities attract over 2 million visitors in capital

Riyadh municipality Eid Al-Fitr activities attracted more than 2 million visitors over the three-day holiday. The municipality succeeded in implementing 160 functions at 30 locations across the city. Mobile carnivals (vans) with dolls, clowns and acrobats were deployed throughout Eid, reaching...

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Technology & IT | Friday 30 June, 2017 1:39 am

Facebook hits two billion user mark

Facebook said Tuesday its ranks of monthly active users had hit the two billion mark — meaning more than a quarter of the world’s population is on the giant social network. “As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially 2 billion people!” co-founder and...

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Beauty & Style | Friday 30 June, 2017 1:35 am

Riyadh shopping festival opens next week

 The Riyadh shopping festival, an entertainment bonanza during the summer vacation, will open next week. Organized by the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) in cooperation with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), the Riyadh Tourism Development Board and...

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Culture & Education | Friday 30 June, 2017 1:31 am

Souq Okaz introduces Theatrical Creativity Award

The annual Souq Okaz festival will this year introduce the Theatrical Creativity Award for the best performances. “The Cultural Committee of the Souq Okaz has approved the Theatrical Creativity Award... which will be launched on the sidelines of the upcoming session next month,” the...

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Beauty & Style | Friday 30 June, 2017 1:24 am

Regulator Rallye Limited Edition 30

  The Kitzbühel Alpine Rally has been quickening the heartbeats of classic car enthusiasts for 30 years. With its unique combination of adventure, mechanics and motorsports, along with a splash of style and savoir vivre, this top-class automotive event also inspired this year's...

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Business & Money | Friday 30 June, 2017 1:18 am

Savage Saudi Arabia to Provide One of the First Industrial Rail Switching Operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at Saudi Aramco’s Natural Gas Plants

Savage Saudi Arabia (Savage) has entered into an agreement with Saudi Aramco, the world’s top exporter of crude oil and natural gas liquids, to operate one of the first industrial rail switching facilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The rail operations will support Saudi Aramco’s...

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Business & Money | Friday 30 June, 2017 1:13 am

Defense revenues expand, while commercial aerospace slows

Global aerospace and defense (A&D) sector revenues grew by 2.4 percent to reach US$674.4 billion in 2016, slightly above the estimated global domestic product (GDP) growth of 2.3 percent1. This is according to the 2017 Global aerospace and defense sector financial performance study released by...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 30 June, 2017 1:11 am

ETIHAD AVIATION GROUP ORGANISES ‘A WISH COMES TRUE’ EVENT TO SUPPORT AUTISM AWARENESS

  Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) recently hosted ‘A Wish Comes True’ day as part of the ‘Road to Happiness’ initiative in support of autism awareness, in collaboration with the Emirates Autism Society.   Ali Abdullah Mohammed Al Dosari (pictured above...

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Business & Money | Friday 30 June, 2017 1:07 am

​Longines officially launched the blue model of The Longines Master Collection on the eve of Prix de Diane Longines culminating day

  On 17 June 2017, the evening before the culminating day of the Prix de Diane Longines featuring the world’s biggest race for fillies, the Swiss watch brand officially launched the new blue model of The Longines Master Collection in the heart of Paris. This stainless steel model...

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Technology & IT | Friday 30 June, 2017 1:00 am

Leading UAE-based Cybersecurity Company Warns of Dangers of Petya Ransomware and Stresses the Importance of Network Security Assessments & Patching

Two months after one of the worst ransomware attack in history was conducted via WannaCry, a newer, more dangerous version is out in the wild. Security researchers have called it Petya, and it’s even more devastating than WannaCry.Petya has some of the same characteristics of WannaCry,...

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