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November 17, 2018

Khalid Bin Salman exposes Post’s lies

Saudi Gazette reportJeddah — Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Khalid Bin Salman requested information from the US government to prove false claims by The Washington Post stating that he had a phone call with journalist Jamal Khashoggi before his death.In a tweet on Friday, the ambassador reiterated what he had mentioned to the US newspaper about the last interaction he had with the late Saudi citizen, which was ...

November 17, 2018

$84.7bn Saudi aid covered 79 countries

Saudi Gazette reportWARSAW — The Kingdom’s foreign aid from 1996 to 2018 totaled US$84.7 billion and covered 79 countries, said adviser at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabiah.Addressing a symposium at Warsaw University, Poland on Friday, he said Saudi Arabia has helped millions of people all over the world and saved millions of others in regions ...

November 17, 2018

World-class motorsport coming to Jeddah on Thursday

Jeddah — A tide of excitement will sweep over Jeddah’s seafront next weekend, as the all-electric street racers of Formula E bring their ‘Road to Ad Diriyah’ show to the Corniche.Not only will you get a flavor of the 2018 Saudia Ad Diriyah E-Prix, the newest global sports event coming to the Kingdom on December 13-15, but also join a competition to win SR1,000,000!Last weekend, the ‘Road to Ad Diriyah’ ...

November 17, 2018

Indian expat buried 3 years after death

Saudi GazetteJeddah — An expat worker, whose dead body had been lying for the past three years in a morgue in Al-Khobar, was finally buried in Dammam on Friday.All these years the authorities concerned had been trying to contact the family members of the dead worker, but their efforts failed because of the discrepancy in personal particulars in the passport of the deceased.However, social media helped in locating the dead ...

November 17, 2018

Okaz board approves more austerity measures

Saudi Gazette reportJEDDAH — The Board of Directors of Okaz Organization for Press and Publication has approved more measures to cut expenditures in the administrative and editorial sections of the company during the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2018.The board, which met under Deputy Chairman Nabeel Al-Hossain, focused on closely following up and carefully studying the indicators of the advertisement market and its negative impact on the print media.The board reviewed ...

November 17, 2018

Labor courts not to consider disputes older than one year

By Mohammed Al-SubhiOkaz/Saudi GazetteJEDDAH — The newly established labor courts in the Kingdom will not accept claims that are more than 12 months old after the termination of the contractual relationship between the employer and employee, according to a recent amendment made by the Council of Ministers to the Labor Law and the System of Labor Courts.Under the amendment, the courts will consider such cases only if the claimant was ...

November 17, 2018

Woman donates kidney to save husband’s life

JEDDAH — Surgeons at Saudi German Hospital in Jeddah successfully transplanted a donated kidney to a French patient recently.The 46-year-old patient had been suffering from kidney failure for several years due to a hereditary disease that affected him and some of his siblings.Nawal, 42, donated one of her kidneys to her husband, Khalifa Qandouzi, whose illness became so critical as his blood creatinine level reached 17.5 mg/dl and he was ...

November 17, 2018

Saudi Arabia votes for new kilogram definition: SASO governor

Saudi GazetteJEDDAH — Saudi Arabia joined 59 other countries in approving wide ranging changes in a ground-breaking overhaul to the international system of measurements that underpin global trade and other vital human transactions.The governor of the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO), Dr. Saad Bin Othman Al-Kasabi, revealed this in a statement issued late Friday after a meeting in Versailles, France, where Saudi Arabia and the other countries voted ...

November 17, 2018

Contractor stalling Taif road project for months

By Abdulaziz Al-RabieOkaz/Saudi GazetteTAIF — A contractor allegedly abandoned the construction of the Bani Saad exit, which was supposed to connect several villages in Maisan area of Taif governorate, with the highway.Saad Al-Nufaie said Bani Saad has a population of 250,000 people who were looking forward to the opening of the exit that will allow them to easily travel and meet their relatives in neighboring villages.“We all saw a contractor ...

November 17, 2018

2.1 million illegals nabbed, half a million deported

Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — Saudi authorities have arrested about 2.1 million foreigners who were living in the country in violation of the Kingdom’s residency and labor regulations in a nationwide crackdown that began in November 2017.Officials said as many as 541,087 people were deported from the country.The campaign, titled the Nation Free of Illegal Expats, was launched late last year with the participation of 19 government and private sector agencies, ...

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