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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has stressed the need to strike a balance between economic growth and environmental preservation to ensure a prosperous and sustainable future at the G20 Ministerial Development Meeting held on June 11 to 13 in Varanasi, India.

RIYADH: More than 16,000 Iraqi pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia via the Arar border crossing in the Northern Borders Region since the start of this year’s Hajj season, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. The province’s Hajj committee, supervised by Northern Borders Region Gov. Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Sultan, has been working to streamline medical and other

RIYADH: Twenty technology startups from the fourth cohort of the Misk Accelerator program graduated on Wednesday, as announced by the foundation. This comes in cooperation with the global innovation Plug and Play platform, through which Misk seeks to empower startups in the Saudi Arabia. Held in the Mohammed bin Salman Nonprofit City, the graduation took place on the day of

RIYADH: Reinforcing its commitment to eradicate forced labor, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has announced that it will soon approve a national policy on combating the practice. Details of the new policy were shared on the sidelines of the 111th International Labor Conference in Geneva organized by the ministry, said the MHRSD. MHRSD Vice

RIYADH: Taif Gov. Prince Saud bin Nahar bin Saud visited Taif International Airport to review services provided to Hajj pilgrims, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. He was briefed on the airport’s operations and services provided to the province’s residents and visitors. The director general of the airport said that several schemes, in cooperation with government

RIYADH: Saudi authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 400,000 amphetamine pills in the Jeddah Governorate, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. Maj. Marwan Al-Hazmi, spokesman for the General Directorate for Narcotics Control, said that during a security follow-up operation on drug smuggling and distribution networks targeting the Kingdom, officials

RIYADH: A medical team at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport Medical Center in Madinah saved the life of an Indonesian woman whose heart stopped for 8 minutes after landing at the airport, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. After her condition stabilized, the woman was transferred to hospital for a thorough medical examination.

Seera Group Holding’s car rental and leasing unit Lumi Rental Company has announced the signing of a leasing agreement with Saudi Post, to supply a fleet of 855 vehicles including 795 commercial vans, 40 SUVs and 20 sedans. The total value of the agreement is SR42 million ($11.2 million). The agreement further expands Lumi’s substantial footprint in Saudi Arabia’s rapidly

RAMALLAH: Muslim residents of a town in Jerusalem have come to a compromise solution over pressure from Israeli settler groups and organizations to demolish a prominent mosque’s golden dome. Municipality officials had originally ordered the removal of the structure at Al-Rahman Mosque in Beit Safafa but following months of legal representations and consultations with locals it

BERLIN: FIFA has reportedly secured a deal with German broadcasters to televise the 2023 Women’s World Cup, avoiding the threat of a controversial blackout in the country. German media reported on Wednesday the tournament will be broadcast on public networks ZDF and ARD. According to information seen by AFP subsidiary SID, an agreement between FIFA, the networks and the