RIYADH: The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has launched an electronic linkage service with six government bodies to serve the beneficiaries of the agricultural subsidies program. The move to automate work procedures will raise efficiency and speed up service requests, the ministry said. “This move comes in line with the digital transformation journey,” it
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Hassan Diab, asked the UN secretary general in a letter on Friday to urgently explore ways of financing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in light of funding difficulties. “The Government of Lebanon would be grateful to Your Excellency for urgently exploring different and alternative means of financing the Tribunal with the
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced 16 deaths from COVID-19 and 1,201 new infections on Friday.
Of the new cases, 370 were recorded in Makkah, 294 in Riyadh, 167 in the Eastern Province, 92 in Madinah, 76 in Asir, 61 in Jazan, 26 in Tabuk, 21 in Najran, 19 in Hail, 15 in Al-Baha, eight in the Northern Borders region and two in Al-Jouf.
The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 438,206 after 1,322 more patients recovered from the virus.
A total of 7,424 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.
Over 14.6 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the Kingdom to date.
Updated 04 June 2021
June 04, 2021 03:48
RIYADH: The Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) has won two gold awards at the Middle East and North Africa Stevie Awards, which recognize innovation in the region’s business sector.
UNITED NATIONS: The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog told the UN Security Council that its experts have investigated 77 allegations against Syria, and concluded that in 17 cases chemical weapons were likely or definitely used. Fernando Arias called it “a disturbing reality” that eight years after Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention, which bans the