LONDON: The long-term outlook for Jeddah’s property market is “positive” despite a 6 to 8 percent drop in sale prices last year, according to a report by KPMG.The Saudi city is expected to receive an additional supply of around 20,000 residential units in 2019–2020, an addition of 2.5 percent to the current stock of about 810,000,…
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was praised at home and abroad for her handling of the Christchurch mosques shooting last month, received her highest approval rating since taking office in a widely watched poll on Monday.The 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton political survey showed 51 percent of respondents said Ardern was their preferred…
NEW DELHI: India is likely to see average monsoon rains this year, the state-run weather office said on Monday, which should support agricultural production and economic growth in Asia’s third-biggest economy, where half of the farmland lacks irrigation.Monsoon rainfall is expected to be 96 percent of the long-term average, M. Rajeevan, secretary at the Ministry…
WASHINGTON: The number of confirmed cases of measles in the US this year jumped by nearly 20 percent in the week ended April 11 in the country’s second-worst outbreak in nearly two decades, federal health officials reported. As of April 11, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded 555 cases of the…
African Union threatens to suspend Sudan’s membership unless military council steps down KHARTOUM/CAIRO: Sudan’s protest leaders piled pressure on the country’s new military rulers on Monday to hand over power immediately to a civilian government. They were joined by the African Union, which threatened to suspend Sudan’s membership unless civilian authority is in place…
African Union threatens to suspend Sudan’s membership unless military council steps down KHARTOUM/CAIRO: Sudan’s protest leaders piled pressure on the country’s new military rulers on Monday to hand over power immediately to a civilian government. They were joined by the African Union, which threatened to suspend Sudan’s membership unless civilian authority is in place…
African Union threatens to suspend Sudan’s membership unless military council steps down KHARTOUM/CAIRO: Sudan’s protest leaders piled pressure on the country’s new military rulers on Monday to hand over power immediately to a civilian government. They were joined by the African Union, which threatened to suspend Sudan’s membership unless civilian authority is in place…
AL-AHSA: Saudi Arabia’s elite security forces put on an explosive display of firepower during an adrenaline-charged show of military might. Interior Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Saud bin Naif watched the no-holds-barred closing ceremony of the third joint training exercise for Watan 89, a special forces team composed of 13 different sectors from the Ministry…
AL-AHSA: Saudi Arabia’s elite security forces put on an explosive display of firepower during an adrenaline-charged show of military might. Interior Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Saud bin Naif watched the no-holds-barred closing ceremony of the third joint training exercise for Watan 89, a special forces team composed of 13 different sectors from the Ministry…
JEDDAH: More than 40 percent of Saudi citizens are obese, according to a health official, as two major health campaigns were launched in the Kingdom around diabetes and high blood pressure.Diabetes and endocrinology consultant and chairman of the Saudi Society for Diabetes, Abdulrahman Al-Sheikh, said the campaigns reflected the principles of the Kingdom's Vision 2030…
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RIYADH: “I can learn. I can work. I have feelings. I’m normal, just like you,” said 23-year-old Hattan to the audience at the Forum for Autism Consultants in Riyadh on Sunday. Hattan, who taught himself English through watching movies and playing video games, told the people assembled before him he had recently returned from a…
Celebrity stylist Kelly Lundberg offers fashion master class at Saudi Arabia’s KAEC JEDDAH: Celebrity stylist Kelly Lundberg concluded her final workshop at Views Hotel & Residences at the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) on Saturday. Lundberg, an entrepreneur, author and keynote speaker, has styled for many important events around the world including the BRIT Awards,…
RIYADH: The General Authority for Entertainment has indicated that the entertainment sector needs SR267 billion to build suitable infrastructure for entertainment across the Kingdom, with expected investments in the sector to reach SR18 billion annually, according to a 2018 report from Flanders Investment and Trade. Vox Cinemas, a subsidiary of UAE-based Majid Al Futtaim, was…
AUGUSTA: Fallen hero, crippled star, and now a Masters champion again.Tiger Woods rallied to win the Masters for the fifth time Sunday, a comeback that goes well beyond the two-shot deficit he erased before a delirious audience at Augusta National that watched memories turn into reality.Woods had gone nearly 11 years since he won his…
