LONDON: Higher taxes on savings could help to boost consumer spending and relieve deflationary pressures on the Saudi economy, according to a report from KPMG Al Fozan & Partners. It is one of the potential measures to spur growth cited in the study which analyzes inflationary trends in the Kingdom dating from 1964 to the…
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will limit parliament's ability to derail his Brexit plan by cutting the amount of time it will sit between now and EU exit day on Oct. 31, infuriating opponents who urged Queen Elizabeth to intervene. In his boldest move yet to take the country out of the European Union…
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will limit parliament's ability to derail his Brexit plan by cutting the amount of time it will sit between now and EU exit day on Oct. 31, infuriating opponents who urged Queen Elizabeth to intervene. In his boldest move yet to take the country out of the European Union…
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday set up a five-judge constitutional bench to hear challenges to the controversial scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and its division into two states. The bench refused to accept Indian government legal arguments that the move might have “cross-border repercussions” and was “liable to be misused.” The…
BEIRUT: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Lebanon Abdel Aal Al-Qenaei said that Arab states support Lebanon’s stability and are concerned about its security. He confirmed support for all measures and policies Lebanon takes to protect its security, stability and territorial integrity. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met with Arab envoys on Wednesday as part of efforts to…
BEIRUT: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Lebanon Abdel Aal Al-Qenaei said that Arab states support Lebanon’s stability and are concerned about its security. He confirmed support for all measures and policies Lebanon takes to protect its security, stability and territorial integrity. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met with Arab envoys on Wednesday as part of efforts to…
DUBAI: An abandoned oil tanker anchored off war-torn Yemen that is degrading along with its cargo could explode and cause an environmental disaster, experts said Wednesday as UN inspectors prepared to visit.The ship “Safer,” used as a floating storage platform, is laden with some 1.1 million barrels of crude oil and has been stranded with…
TAIF: The world’s biggest camel festival, held in Saudi Arabia, has smashed another record with a giant model of the revered animal. Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Musaed, president of the Saudi Camel Federation, unveiled the towering sculpture during the Crown Prince Camel Festival in the presence of Taif Gov. Saad Al-Maimouni and representative of…
RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) to enhance the efforts between the two parties in the fields of developing research and production systems of saline agriculture, conservation and sustainable management of the environment.The MoU includes the…
RIYADH: The Saudi Center for Research and Intercommunication Knowledge has signed a cooperation agreement with the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy (CIIDS) in Beijing. The cooperation will be in the fields of research, publishing and translation, and aims to increase the number of researchers and organize scientific conferences.The signing took place during a visit to CIIDS…
This book takes us behind the scenes of the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce to understand the future of work in America — and its present, according to a review published on goodreads.com. Guendelsberger shows us how workers went from being the most expensive element of production to the cheapest — and how low…
DUBAI: For an exhibition that only opened in June, “On Scams” has been a long time coming. Twenty years, in fact. As Joana Hadjithomas tells it, she and her partner, Khalil Joreige, first started the collection of scam emails that inspired their solo exhibition — currently showing at The Powerplant in Toronto until September 2 — back…
DUBAI: Cookies with ice-cream is the dessert you never thought you needed. Walking into North Audley Cantine (NAC), we were greeted by a friendly host who — very sweetly and sympathetically — told us that there were no tables available at that time. “We get booked up very quickly, but we have one reservation left for…
BARCELONA: A Barcelona official involved in the negotiations with Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar says the Catalan club are “closer” to reaching a deal for the player’s return. Javier Bordas told Spanish media Tuesday there is no agreement yet with PSG but negotiations are ongoing. Bordas says “there is no deal yet” but “we are closer.” Bordas…
Shaky start to No. 1 Naomi Osaka's US Open title defense NEW YORK: Naomi Osaka put her right hand in the shape of a gun and pointed two fingers at her temple, her face grim as she looked toward her guest box.She’d just dropped the second set, moments after wasting a match point, as her…
Shaky start to No. 1 Naomi Osaka's US Open title defense NEW YORK: Naomi Osaka put her right hand in the shape of a gun and pointed two fingers at her temple, her face grim as she looked toward her guest box.She’d just dropped the second set, moments after wasting a match point, as her…
OSLO: An oil tanker that was set ablaze by a blast near the Strait of Hormuz in June will be back in service in the fourth quarter after repairs, vessel owner Frontline said. Images of the product tanker Front Altair taken on June 13 showed flames and thick black smoke billowing from a hole in the…
OSLO: An oil tanker that was set ablaze by a blast near the Strait of Hormuz in June will be back in service in the fourth quarter after repairs, vessel owner Frontline said. Images of the product tanker Front Altair taken on June 13 showed flames and thick black smoke billowing from a hole in the…
OSLO: An oil tanker that was set ablaze by a blast near the Strait of Hormuz in June will be back in service in the fourth quarter after repairs, vessel owner Frontline said. Images of the product tanker Front Altair taken on June 13 showed flames and thick black smoke billowing from a hole in the…
KABUL: The Taliban hopes to finalize a peace deal with US diplomats soon in a move that could end a decades-old conflict in Afghanistan, the group’s spokesman told Arab News on Tuesday. Taliban emissaries and US diplomats, led by Washington’s special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, began their ninth round of talks in Qatar recently, after US President…
