Technology & IT | Tuesday 12 May, 2020 2:07 pm

MBZUAI appoints Dr. Behjat Al Yousuf to lead Outreach and Engagement initiatives

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence (AI) university, has announced the appointment of Dr. Behjat Al Yousuf as Executive Vice President for Outreach and Engagement.  As Executive Vice...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 12 May, 2020 2:03 pm

ADEK collaborates with Yahsat to provide connectivity to distance learning students in Al Dhafra Region

In a bid to ensure no student is left behind, the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) has partnered with Yahsat to provide free satellite broadband services for distance learning students residing in the Al Dhafra Region. With ADEK’s support, Yahsat, the leading satellite...

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Environment & Energy | Tuesday 12 May, 2020 1:49 pm

Aramco announces first quarter 2020 results

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Aramco” or “the Company”) today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2020, demonstrating financial and operational strength despite a challenging macro environment and lower energy demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.Commenting on the...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 12 May, 2020 3:29 am

Ministry of Defense Builds Two Mobile Hospitals to Support Health Efforts

In line with the leadership's directives to harness all capabilities to safeguard the health of citizens and expatriates, the Ministry of Defense, represented by the General Department for Medical Services of the Armed Forces, has built two mobile hospitals with 100-bed capacity in Makkah to...

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Cars & Autos | Tuesday 12 May, 2020 3:04 am

KIA Al-Jabr announces its program: "You can either visit us, or we'll come to you”

According to the company's strategy of maintaining an ongoing and long lasting customer relation by providing the best services possible to them, and considering the critical situation the world is going through currently because of Covid-19 pandemic that has influenced our lives on all aspects,...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 12 May, 2020 2:28 am

United Minds Forms Workforce Re-entry Specialty to Help Companies Manage Employee Workplace Return from COVID-19

United Minds, Weber Shandwick’s management consultancy specialising in organisational transformation, announced a new Workforce Re-entry offering to help CCOs, CHROs, pandemic response leads and their teams re-set and re-integrate employees into the workplace as businesses recover from...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 12 May, 2020 1:50 am

Delivering essential services: Personal stories from Ericsson in Wuhan

In January 2020, Wuhan was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Working on the frontline of the emerging crisis, Ericsson engineers there worked tirelessly to deliver critical communications and infrastructure across the province. Here are a few of their stories.   Across the...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 12 May, 2020 1:20 am

Acer Signs Partnership With Romain Grosjean’s R8G e-Sports Sim Racing Team

Acer today announces a partnership with The R8G e-Sports Sim Racing Team, recently launched by Formula One driver Romain Grosjean.As part of the agreement, Acer will be an official partner through its premium gaming brand, Predator.  The sim racing seats of the R8G e-Sports team will be...

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Government | Tuesday 12 May, 2020 12:31 am

GAZT: VAT of 15% Goes into Effect in July, 2020

The General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT) has affirmed that rising the Value Added Tax (VAT) on all goods and services from 5% to 15% will go into effect on 1 July, 2020.In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the GAZT urged all citizens and expatriates to report any facility that violates...

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Business & Money | Monday 11 May, 2020 4:31 pm

Jollychic Shares Perspectives in The Hope Hackathon “Logistics Innovation in Time of Corona”

 Saudi Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) organized recently a public virtual forum under the Hope Hackathon Initiative. Jollychic’s representative was invited to attend the event, in a panel discussion with the topic of “Logistics challenges during Covid-19...

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