Philosophers from outside the Arab world contributed to the first issue, specifically from Germany and the US
Updated 14 April 2021
April 13, 2021 23:11
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s first philosophy journal has been issued, with its editor-in-chief saying that the country was witnessing a “tangible philosophical renaissance.”
The Saudi Journal of Philosophical Studies (SJPS) was launched by the cultural platform Mana, which was set up two years ago.
According to its editor in chief, Sarah Al-Rajhi, the principal aim of the journal was to help researchers in the Kingdom, the Arab world and the West to publish their work without any financial cost and in line with accurate scientific standards.
Mulfari sees decision to make the Kingdom headquarters for companies with government contracts a good move
Updated 13 April 2021
April 12, 2021 23:45
RIYADH: An Italian investor who was born and raised in Jeddah said the past four years of reforms in the Kingdom were equal to the progress he had witnessed in the previous 30 years of his life in Saudi Arabia, describing the transformation as “incredible, in a positive way.”
Although his original hometown of Messina, Italy, has been described as the “heaven of Europe,” Corrado Mulfari found himself becoming more attached to the Saudi coastal city.
“Since I was brought up in Saudi Arabia, I made local friends here in Jeddah, and we built a good connection that lasted forever,” he told Arab News.
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Oil headed toward US$65 a barrel after OPEC+ chose not to relax supply curbs even as the global economy pulls out of a slump driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, confounding widespread expectations that the group would loosen the taps.
The surprise decision spurred a wave of crude price forecast upgrades by major banks.
The producer alliance agreed to hold output steady in April, while Saudi Arabia said that it would maintain its 1 million barrel-per-day voluntary production cut.
West Texas Intermediate yesterday rose a further 1.5 percent in Asian trading, after surging by more than 4 percent to the highest close since April
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The group, known as OPEC+, approved a “continuation of the production levels of March for the month of April.”
Russia and Kazakhstan, however, will be allowed to boost production by 130,000 and 20,000 barrels per day, respectively, “due to continued seasonal consumption patterns,” it said.
Saudi Arabia also extended its voluntary output cut of one million barrels per day, which was due to expire at the end of March, through the month of April.