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New Covid strain: Saudi Arabia suspends international flights and land and sea entry for a week

Some flights will be allowed in exceptional circumstances Saudi Arabia suspended late on Sunday all international commercial flights for a renewable week except for the foreign flights already in the kingdom which will be allowed to leave, state news agency...

Saudi Arabia: 300,000 register for COVID-19 vaccine

Cairo: Over 300,000 people have registered for receiving the vaccine against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia since registration opened in the kingdom on Tuesday, a health official said. The kingdom started vaccinations Thursday against the diseases after receiving two batches of...

Flamenco artist uses music and dance as healing amid pandemic

Music has been the source of inspiration and hope to help those affected by the on-going coronavirus pandemic. Music and dance as a healing balm for pandemic-weary souls is what Spain's Joaquin Cortes had in mind for his new show...

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National Bank of Saudi Arabia approves the distribution of 5.4 billion riyals in cash to shareholders

The Extraordinary General Assembly of the Saudi National Bank approved authorizing the Board of Directors to distribute interim dividends...

Abu Dhabi Airlines acquires stakes in 3 companies

100% of the shares of Etihad Airways Engineering Company, 100% of the shares of Amerc, and 50% of the shares of GAL were transferred...

Dubai International Airport announces the return to normal operation after the rain

Five arriving flights were diverted to Dubai International Airport on Wednesday-Thursday night, and nine arriving flights and four departures were cancelled. Announce Dubai international airport...

The UAE records the lowest level of growth in the non-oil sector in 8 months

Heavy rainfall had a more severe impact on the pace of growth of new orders in the UAE, although the production sub-index rose slightly...

UAE banks increase their financing for trade and industry to exceed 748 billion dirhams

Traditional banks accounted for about 680.8 billion dirhams, or 82.2% of the credit financing granted to the trade and industry sectors in the UAE...