Rahmat Shah hopes to give ‘tough time’ to New Zealand in familiar conditions
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Afghanistan batter Rahmat Shah is confident that his team will give New Zealand a tough challenge in the upcoming one-off Test match in Greater Noida, thanks to their familiarity with the conditions. Afghanistan have played six T20Is and five ODIs previously at Greater Noida, when it used to be their […]
Al-Nassr star Ronaldo calls Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea his ‘second home’, describes AlUla as ‘spiritual’
DUBAI, 7 September: Portuguese football star Ronaldo, who plays for Al-Nassr, said that it was easy for him and his family adapting to Saudi Arabia after signing with the Saudi football club to a two-and-a-half-year contract. “To be honest, I am really happy to be there [Saudi Arabia],” Ronaldo said in an interview former Portuguese […]
KSrelief provides aid, food assistance in Libya, Sudan, Turkiye and Lebanon
RIYADH, 7 September: Saudi aid agency KSrelief recently provided humanitarian aid assistance and health care services to needy families in disaster-hit and conflict zones, state news agency SPA reported. In Libya, 2,916 food baskets were distributed in Derna city, benefiting 14,580 individuals. The initiative was part of the emergency food assistance for families affected by […]
KSrelief continues food, water and health projects in Yemen
RIYADH, 7 September: KSrelief continues to implement several projects in Yemen that provide food, shelter, primary health care and water services for people displaced by the conflict. In the Razih District of Yemen’s Saada Governorate, 127 individuals benefited from the services provided by the health education department and the epidemic disease control, internal medicine, reproductive […]
Saudi Arabia takes major strides in cloud seeding to combat water scarcity
RIYADH, 7 September: The Kingdom has taken significant strides in its cloud-seeding program to increase rainfall, expand green areas, and combat desertification across the Kingdom, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Ayman Al-Bar, executive director of the Regional Cloud Seeding Program, told the SPA on Thursday that the process involves aircraft and drones dispersing environmentally […]
Saudi Tourism Ministry wins communication award at SGCA 2024
RIYADH, 7 September: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism, represented by the General Administration of Institutional Communication, won the Sharjah Government Communication Award 2024 for the best integrated communication system at the 13th International Government Communication Forum, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The award recognises the ministry’s media campaign, which coincided with Saudi Arabia’s achievement of […]
Saudi industry minister meets heads of Chinese lithium, copper mining firms
RIYADH, 7 September: Saudi Industry and Mineral Resources Minister Bandar Alkhorayef on Friday met representatives of Chinese mining companies to discuss cooperation and investment opportunities in the mining industry. The talks centered on the processing and production of lithium, which is used in electric vehicle batteries, and the processing and refining of copper. Alkhorayef spoke […]
Al-Jouf’s agricultural heritage on show at Sakaka date festival
SAKAKA, 7 September: The inaugural date festival in Sakaka city was launched on Friday by Ahmed bin Abdulrahman Al-Wardi, deputy governor of Al-Jouf region. The five-day event, organized by the local branch of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, is being held at the Prince Abdullah Cultural Center. Visitors to the festival are treated […]
Rare Griffon vulture breeding colonies discovered at Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve
RIYADH, 7 September: Three rare breeding colonies of the Eurasian Griffon vultures have been discovered at the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve, the royal reserve’s authority has announced. The Griffon vultures, listed as Endangered in the Middle East, and other vulture species globally are facing a serious conservation crisis and the discovery was welcomed […]
One missing, dozens stranded as floods lash Italy
Rome, Sep 7 (IANS) A person has gone missing, presumed dead, while dozens of others were stranded in floods as heavy storms battered northern Italy. The storms in the neighbouring regions of Piedmont, which includes the industrial city of Turin, and Lombardy, which includes Italy’s financial and fashion capital of Milan, damaged roads and collapsed […]
