RIYADH — The authorities in New Zealand, Georgia and the Comoros have announced that they have abolished the requirement of a negative PCR test for Saudi citizens to enter their territories.
The Saudi Embassy in New Zealand indicated that the (...)
Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on how sharply to raise interest rates to cool U.S. inflation, the Associated Press reported.
Shanghai and Hong Kong advanced. Tokyo and Sydney declined. Oil prices edged (...)
A webinar has been recently hosted to promote the second licensing round at Umm Ad Damar site for investors from New Zealand.
During the webinar, the investors learned about Saudi Arabia's geological and minerals database, as well as the success (...)
A webinar has recently been hosted to promote the second licensing round at Umm Ad Damar site for investors from New Zealand.
During the webinar, the investors learned about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's geological and minerals database, as well as (...)
Fiji has told an Asian security summit that climate change is a bigger threat to the Pacific than military tensions.
"Machine guns, fighter jets... are not our primary security concern. The single greatest threat to our very existence is climate (...)
New Zealand has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps in a bid to tackle one of the country's biggest sources of greenhouse gases.
It would make it the first nation to charge farmers for the methane emissions from the animals they keep.
New (...)
Scientists have for the first time found microplastics in freshly fallen Antarctic snow.
Researchers from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand collected samples from 19 sites in Antarctica and each contained tiny plastic (...)
Major Asian stock markets advanced Monday after Wall Street declined and a survey showed the downturn in Chinese service activity eased in May as anti-virus controls on Shanghai and other major cities were lifted, the Associated Press (...)
Horse-loving Queen Elizabeth was thanked for being "in the saddle" for 70 years as head of state at a service on Friday to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, an event she missed due to ongoing mobility issues.
Other senior members of the royal family (...)
Asian stocks rose Monday after Wall Street rebounded from a seven-week string of declines and China eased anti-virus curbs on business activity in Shanghai and Beijing, the Associated Press reported.
Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. (...)
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday, the Associated Press reported.
Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney fell while Shanghai and Southeast Asian markets gained. Oil prices rose.
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.6% to 3,125.40 while the Nikkei (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Human Rights Commission President Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad received Jonathan Kerr, director general of the Middle East and Africa Department at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, at the HRC headquarters here on (...)
The President of the Human Rights Commission (HRC), Dr. Awwad bin Saleh Al-Awwad, received here today Director-General of the Middle East and Africa Department at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Jonathan Kerr, in the presence (...)
The Tonga underwater volcano that produced a spectacular eruption in January remains astonishingly intact.
A New Zealand-led team has just finished mapping the flanks of the seamount, which many people thought might have been torn apart in the (...)
Marking the next chapter in tourism marketing, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RATKDA) unveiled an all-new brand campaign at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2022.
Building on the successful launch of its new vision and brand identity (...)
The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men's and women's teams equally, making the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching money.
The federation on Wednesday announced (...)
Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.
Shanghai and Hong Kong declined. Tokyo and Seoul advanced. Oil prices rose to stay above $110 per barrel.
The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.4% to 3,082.12 and the Hang Seng (...)
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has tested positive for COVID-19 but said she still plans to travel to the US later this month for a trade trip and to give the commencement speech at Harvard University.
Ardern on Saturday posted a photo of (...)
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday the country will fully reopen its international borders from 11:59 p.m. on July 31, with cruise ships also welcome back to local ports on the same day.
The end-July opening of the border is (...)
Actor Dennis Waterman, known for his roles in TV shows including Minder, The Sweeney and New Tricks, has died, his family have said. He was 74.
A statement said: "We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Dennis passed away very peacefully (...)
New Zealand welcomed tourists from the US, Canada, Britain, Japan and more than 50 other countries for the first time in more than two years Monday after dropping most of its remaining pandemic border restrictions.
The country has long been renowned (...)
New Zealand has been aware for some time now of a "growing assertiveness" and a "growing interest" in its region — explicitly from China, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
But Ardern also spoke of the need to work together with China, on (...)
Australia, New Zealand and the US have raised concerns on security in the Pacific, after China signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands.
The deal was signed this week, fuelling fears China may seek to build a naval base in the Pacific (...)
New Zealand's top court has ruled that a man can be extradited to China to face a murder charge, in what activists have called a "deeply disturbing precedent".
Kyung Yup Kim, a New Zealand permanent resident, is accused of murdering a young woman in (...)
There've been calls for an international probe into alleged Russian atrocities against civilians as Vladimir Putin's forces retreated from the Kiev region.
Moscow is concentrating its offensive on eastern and southern Ukraine. Thousands have died (...)