RIYADH: The Qiddiya Development Co., the developmental branch of Qiddiya Investment Co., announced the readiness of the first part of its new offices ahead of schedule. The new offices complex, expanding over an area of 21,000 square meters, will hire approximately 150 employees working on the completion of the first phase of the Qiddiya project, scheduled…
JEDDAH: The Eastern Province municipal council has agreed to impose a new regulation on hotels, private enclosures of more than 400 meters and wedding halls in an effort to reduce food waste. The regulation, which has been passed by the municipality, will oblige these businesses to sign agreements with food protection societies. A spokesman for the…
What do we mean when we say that a novel’s conclusion “feels right”? How did feeling, form, and the sense of right and wrong get mixed up, during the 19th century, in the experience of reading a novel? Good Form argues that Victorian readers associated the feeling of narrative form — of being pulled forward…
RIYADH: AMC Cinemas held an event at their new Panorama Mall location in Riyadh on Sunday evening to celebrate their second cinema opening in the Kingdom. The ten-screen, 750-seat theater has started selling tickets to the public, with screenings of films to begin tomorrow. Guests were treated to a sneak peek at the cinema’s facilities,…
Alice Adams: Portrait of a Writer captures not just a beloved woman’s life in full, but a crucial span of American history. Blake Bailey said in a review for The New York Times: “The disappointments of romance — ‘the great subject’of Adams’s life and work, as Carol Sklenicka writes in her new biography, Alice Adams:…
LONDON: Manchester City got back on track as the Premier League champions swept to a 3-0 win against woeful Arsenal, while Tottenham maintained their revival under Jose Mourinho with a dramatic 2-1 victory at Wolves on Sunday.City’s masterclass in north London and Jan Vertonghen’s last-gasp winner for Tottenham shared the spotlight on a day when…
RIYADH: Saudi ED rally team captain Essa Al-Dossari has been forced out of next month’s Dakar International Rally after injuring his back in a lead-up event in the Kingdom. The Saudi driver fractured a vertebrae when his car became airborne and landed heavily during the second stage of the Sharqiya Baja rally, the final round…
MANCHESTER: Mason Greenwood came off the bench to rescue Manchester United as the teenage striker’s late equalizer secured a 1-1 draw against Everton on Sunday. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side fell behind to Victor Lindelof’s controversial first half own-goal after United’s appeals for a foul on David de Gea were ignored by VAR. But Greenwood, introduced in…
JOHANNESBURG: As if choreographed by a puppet master, stores along the aisle of a Johannesburg mall hurriedly shut their doors one by one as soon as power outages strike slap-bang in the middle of the day. “We have to close the store immediately because people can steal ... the card machines also don’t work without electricity,”…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s 2020 budget announced on Dec. 9, 2019 is progressive and focuses on balancing fiscal stability and economic growth despite oil market volatility this fiscal year, according to a review released by KPMG Al Fozan & Partners (KPMG Saudi Arabia), the leading provider of audit, tax and advisory services in the Kingdom. The latest…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s 2020 budget announced on Dec. 9, 2019 is progressive and focuses on balancing fiscal stability and economic growth despite oil market volatility this fiscal year, according to a review released by KPMG Al Fozan & Partners (KPMG Saudi Arabia), the leading provider of audit, tax and advisory services in the Kingdom. The latest…
KABUL: Taliban guerrillas have killed up to 25 members of the Afghan security forces in the Ghazni province, officials said on Sunday. It is the latest sign of an escalation in attacks by insurgents even as the fate of peace talks with the US remains unclear. While members of the provincial council of Ghazni said that…
DAVAO, Philippines: Search and rescue efforts continued Monday at a three-story building in the southern Philippines that collapsed in a strong earthquake.The Bureau of Fire Protection said six people have been rescued from the rubble of the Southern Trade Shopping Center in Davao del Sur province’s Padada town since Sunday’s magnitude 6.9 quake.Officials have yet…
KABUL: Taliban guerrillas have killed up to 25 members of the Afghan security forces in the Ghazni province, officials said on Sunday. It is the latest sign of an escalation in attacks by insurgents even as the fate of peace talks with the US remains unclear. While members of the provincial council of Ghazni said that…
LONDON: Late on Tuesday last week, 20-year-old art student Ceren Ozdemir left her ballet class in the Black Sea province of Ordu to start her walk home. She was followed. The man keeping up with her went undetected. When Ozdemir reached her front door, he stabbed her several times. Left to die in the street, she…
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CAIRO: Egypt is offering citizenship to foreigners willing to buy real estate worth at least $500,000 or pay $250,000 to the state treasury under amendments to the country’s nationality laws. The move is part of Egypt’s bid to boost its finances and draw back foreign investment that fled the country in the wake of its 2011…
RIYADH: The National Center for Disease Prevention and Control has signed a cooperation agreement with the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The agreement will strengthen ties and enhance cooperation between the two countries in public health within the framework of cooperation prepared in 2019. On behalf of the center, Dr. Abdullah Al-Gwizani, executive director-general, signed…
JEDDAH: Book lovers in Jeddah are visiting the fifth Jeddah International Book Fair in large numbers. The number of visitors to the event, which was launched last week under the patronage of Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, reached 124,000 as of Saturday, according to official statistics. More than 400 publishing houses from 40 countries are taking…
JEDDAH: Book lovers in Jeddah are visiting the fifth Jeddah International Book Fair in large numbers. The number of visitors to the event, which was launched last week under the patronage of Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, reached 124,000 as of Saturday, according to official statistics. More than 400 publishing houses from 40 countries are taking…
