3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (881+ words) LONDON: Google and Meta have run more than 100, 000 advertisements of businesses formally listed by the UN as facilitating illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, a new investigation by The New Humanitarian has found. The probe, published earlier this…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (230+ words) RIYADH: President of Mauritius Dharambeer Gokhool discussed efforts by a Saudi program to qualify professionals in Arabic during a Wednesday meeting with a delegation from the Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Charitable Foundation. Gokhool commended the Kingdom's "Arabic for Non-Arabic…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago  (251+ words) LONDON: Snapchat has launched a new advertising format that delivers sponsored chatbots powered by artificial intelligence into users" inboxes, allowing them to chat directly with brand bots within the app. The feature, "AI Sponsored Snaps," is an extension of the…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago  (460+ words) ISLAMABAD: Commodity price shocks from the Iran war have exposed Pakistan's external vulnerabilities and can even derail the country's $7 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan program, global economic advisory firm Oxford Economics said in a report this week." Pakistan depends…...

15+ hour, 52+ min ago  (397+ words) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan pitched its economic recovery and reform agenda to European businesses and investors on Tuesday, with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb saying the country's foreign exchange reserves were expected to rise to $18 billion by June as macroeconomic stability improves. Speaking…...

8+ hour ago  (401+ words) KARACHI: Consumer spending in Pakistan during Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr rose sharply this year, driven by higher retail purchases, food spending and increased travel activity, according to a new report released by global payments company Visa on Wednesday. The findings…...

8+ hour, 25+ min ago  (198+ words) RIYADH: Manga Productions, a subsidiary of the Misk Foundation, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Cultural House, an initiative of the Libraries Commission under the Ministry of Culture, to strengthen collaboration in creative content and talent development. The partnership…...

7+ hour, 33+ min ago  (713+ words) PARIS: France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrives today in Riyadh as part of a regional tour that will take him to Doha, Abu Dhabi, and then Muscat, where he will conclude his trip on Friday. This visit comes at a…...

9+ hour, 1+ min ago  (162+ words) RIYADH: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Group CEO Dr. Majid Alfayyadh recently inaugurated the facility's new library on campus, expanding annual access to trusted medical and scientific resources for nearly 15, 000 clinicians and researchers. The library is designed as…...

8+ hour, 31+ min ago  (619+ words) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has allowed Iran to import goods from third countries via new routes through its territory so that it can clear a backlog of thousands of Iran-bound containers that remain stranded at Pakistani ports, officials said this week, as…...