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DUBAI: The UAE has announced the establishment of a fund to support world heritage, document conservation, and capacity building projects at a number of sites across Africa, Emirates News Agency reported on Thursday. The announcement was made during an event held by the Africa Group at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The fund will be established in partnership with the

TOKYO: Japan and the UAE signed an agreement in Abu Dhabi on Saturday to transfer defense equipment and technology. This marks the first time such an agreement with a country in the Middle East region has been made, the Foreign Ministry said in Tokyo. Isomata Akio, Ambassador of Japan to UAE and Dr. Mubarak Saeed Ghafan Al Jabri, Major General Staff of Assistant Undersecretary

RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Health Fahad Al-Jalajel met with his Iranian and Syrian counterparts in separate meetings in Geneva on Thursday. During a meeting on the sidelines of the 76th World Health Assembly taking place this week, Al-Jalajel and Iran’s Health Minister Dr. Bahram Eynollahi discussed the health conditions in their countries and developing joint work in the

RIYADH: Investment leaders worldwide attended the fourth edition of the Saudi Housing Finance Conference in Riyadh on Wednesday, inaugurated by the minister of municipal and rural affairs and housing. During his keynote speech, Majid Al-Hogail emphasized the significant progress made by the housing and banking industries as part of the Kingdom’s initiative to diversify the

RIYADH: In a bid to make it more affordable for Saudis to own homes, up to 72 percent of the Kingdom’s total real estate financing contracts from the first quarter of 2017 to the same period of this year were supported by various subsidy programs, according to the CEO of the Real Estate Development Fund. Speaking at the Housing Finance Conference held in Riyadh, Mansour bin

RIYADH: Aligning with its strategy to seek new investments in the Middle East and North Africa region, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has created a unit with a capital of $3 billion to invest in industries across Iraq. According to Muteb Al-Shathri, acting CEO of the Saudi-Iraq Investment Co., the investment unit will be headquartered in the Kingdom and will look for

SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador’s Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered the arrest of five people allegedly responsible for the weekend stampede at the Cuscatlan stadium in the country’s capital that left 12 fans dead during the second leg of the quarter-final playoffs between Alianza FC and Club Deportivo.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund announced on Thursday the establishment of the Badael Company which aims to reduce the prevalence of smoking prevalence and promote a healthier lifestyle in the Kingdom. The initiative has been launched in the run-up to the World Health Organization (WHO) World No Tobacco Day on May 31. A statement released by PIF said the

LONDON: The British prime minister and home secretary have been warned against focusing on British-Pakistani men in policymaking to tackle child sexual abuse, The Guardian reported on Thursday. A joint letter sent to Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman, signed by more than 60 researchers and anti-child cruelty organizations, including the National Society for the Prevention of

THUWAL: Saudi Arabia could soon enjoy low-cost, high-speed internet wired into every device, thanks to the telecommunications experts at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Experts in telecommunications at KAUST and Taara at X, the moonshot factory, successfully tested a wireless “network-in-the-box” laser optics system in the Red Sea — a promising step toward