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JEDDAH Under the slogan Imagine_more, Riyadh Season 2021 begins in less than a month and offers events and activities for all Turki Al Sheikh, chairman of the board of directors of the General Entertainment Authority, on Saturday announced the launch of the 2021 Riyadh Season on Oct 20 It will cover an area of 5 4 million square meters across 14 districts in the capital

Loay Mashabi has been the deputy minister for logistic services at the Ministry of Transport and Logistic Services since April 2021 He has also been a board member of Saudia Cargo from August 2021 and a board member of Saudi Exports from June 2021 Prior to his current position, Mashabi was the deputy governor for planning and development at Saudi Customs from September 2019

QOM, Iran In Iran’s holy city of Qom, where Shiite scholars study and pilgrims travel to a shrine believed to be a gate to heaven, the Islamic Republic’s coronavirus outbreak began and still rages to this day While Iran works to vaccinate its 80 million people, many in Qom have not sought out the shots, authorities say In one recent week, the city administered only 17,000

KHARTOUM Oil exports from South Sudan can resume unimpeded through a Sudanese port, Khartoum’s ruling council said late Sunday after it reached an agreement with protest leaders in the country’s east Khartoum earns revenue for its impoverished economy from the South’s oil exports, and the deal came hours after senior government officials flew to Port Sudan, the Red Sea trade

WELLINGTON New Zealand’s prime minister says the government will start a pilot program of home isolation for overseas travelers, ahead of what she expects to be increasing vaccination levels Currently New Zealanders have to quarantine in hotels for two weeks when they return home from abroad.

HERAT, Afghanistan An Afghan business leader who employs hundreds of women on her saffron fields has vowed to speak up for the rights of her workers, and not remain silent under Taliban rule The hard liners have increasingly excluded women from public life since sweeping to power in mid August, pushing many female entrepreneurs to flee the country or go into hiding Many

DUBAI The Public Investment Fund has completed the acquisition of Emaar’s The Economic City, it said in a statement Under the investment deal

RIYADH Bahrain plans to increase value added tax to 10 percent in a bid to curb budget deficits and boost state revenue, Bahraini media outlets reported on Sunday According to a report published in a section of the Bahraini press, the legislators also discussed the options of reducing wages or social welfare given to nationals to bolster the economy According to IMF

MAKKAH: President General for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais inaugurated the Field and Digital Saudi Expansions at the Grand Mosque Exhibition. Al-Sudais said

JEDDAH: Three thousand scholarships were granted to students by King Abdulaziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) during the foundation’s three-day Saudi National