RIYADH: Egypt will allocate more than 600 billion Egyptian pounds ($38.2 billion) to implement a national countryside development project over a period of three to four years, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said in a statement today. The project aims to improve the quality of life and standard of living for more than half the Egyptian population, said Maait.
KHARTOUM: Sudan is reviewing a deal its ousted strongman negotiated with Russia allowing construction of a naval base after some clauses were found to be “somewhat harmful,” a top military official has said.
For decades, Sudan was dependent militarily on Russia because of crippling sanctions imposed by Washington against the government of now ousted president Omar Al-Bashir.
But since his 2019 overthrow, Sudan has moved closer to the United States which removed Khartoum from its crippling blacklist last year.
“This deal was signed under the former National Salvation Government,” armed forces chief of staff General Mohamed Othman Al-Hussein said in an interview broadcast late Tuesday.
Israel's latest war on Gaza has killed hundreds and injured thousands but it has also heaped suffering onto the region's animals, and in some cases the children who own them.
(Bloomberg) OPEC+ left oil consumers in limbo, sticking to its plan of monthly production increases until July but refusing to give any hints about further moves until there’s clear evidence more crude is needed.
RIYADH: Stephan Matz, a seasoned hotelier from Germany with 23 years of experience in the hospitality industry, has been named the new executive chef of Hyatt Regency Riyadh Olaya.
“Riyadh is a vibrant and fast-paced market, open to experimentation, where the locals warmly welcome creative new trends. My arrival in the local market coincides with the city’s unprecedented time of growth and opportunity,” said Matz.
“After learning about Vision 2030, witnessing the iconic Riyadh Season and observing the development process that Riyadh, and Saudi Arabia as a whole, is undergoing, I believe my creativity and passion for whipping up innovation via food will introduce the locals to a whole different world of culinary experience which happens to be critical for success in the local market,” he added.