DUBAI: Amana Cooperative Insurance Company and Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance Company have agreed to merge. Upon completion of the merger, Enaya’s assets and liabilities will be transferred to Amana, subject to shareholder and government approval, the pair said in separate stock exchange filings on Sunday. Enaya’s shareholders will own 55 percent of the merged entity’s
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is on course to meet the aims laid out in Vision 2030 following five years of success so far, senior representatives were told. The chairs of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 Realization Program Committee – including the Ministers of Health, Tourism, Finance, Economy and Planning met in Riyadh on Saturday. Health minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said there had been a
CAIRO: Egyptian Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Assem Al-Jazzar instructed authorities to close all parks and beaches in cities during the Sham El-Nessim holiday, as part of measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Sham El-Nessim is a national holiday, when many Egyptians gather in public spaces for picnics.
Al-Jazzar stressed the need to raise the level of preparedness during the holiday period, vowing to inspect malls, restaurants and cafes to ensure the implementation of regulations to fight the pandemic, according to a press release.
The minister said that any violations should be dealt with firmly, whether it is in restaurants and coffee shops or it is people not wearing masks, especially on public transportation.
RIYADH: Saudi Cultural Minister Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan on Sunday held a virtual meeting with the chargé d’affairs of the US Embassy in the Kingdom, Martina Strong.
During the meeting, they discussed aspects of cooperation in cultural fields between Saudi Arabia and the US, and the latest development in the bilateral cultural affairs in light of the deep-rooted friendship between the two countries.
The Saudi minister commended the US side’s participation in the Noor Riyadh festival.
Earlier, Prince Badr met virtually with the French ambassador to the Kingdom, Ludovic Pouille. During the meeting, they reviewed aspects of cultural cooperation between Saudi Arabia and France, especially the existing cooperation and future opportunities between the two sides in AlUla.
SALT LAKE CITY: Utah Republicans booed Sen. Mitt Romney but ultimately rejected a motion to censure him Saturday for his votes at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trials.
The measure narrowly failed, 798 to 711, in a vote by delegates to the state GOP convention, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Romney drew heavy boos when he came to the podium earlier in the day.
Davis County delegate Don Guymon, who authored the resolution, said Romney’s votes to remove Trump from office “hurt the Constitution and hurt the party.”
“This was a process driven by Democrats who hated Trump,” Guymon said. “Romney’s vote in the first impeachment emboldened Democrats who continued to harass Trump.”