For the last 15 years the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report has been warning the world about the dangers of pandemics. In 2020, we saw the effects of ignoring preparation and ignoring long-term risks. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only (...)
A team from Singapore's Transport Safety Investigation Bureau is assisting with the probe into the Sriwijaya Air plane crash, said Singapore's Ministry of Transport on Sunday.
The two investigators arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday after Indonesia's (...)
A global team of scientists led by the World Health Organization arrived in China's central city of Wuhan, where COVID-19 first surfaced in late 2019, to investigate the origins of the pandemic, state television said on Thursday, according to (...)
The Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world's first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence university, has officially welcomed its first student cohort at an event with students from across the (...)
Asian stock markets rose Monday on 2021's first trading day, boosted by optimism about coronavirus vaccines after Wall Street ended the year on a new high.
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.8% to 3,499.02 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong rose 0.5% (...)
Singapore and Malaysia have scrapped their plan for a high-speed rail line between the two countries after negotiations to resume the twice-delayed project collapsed, Kyodo, Japan's leading news agency, reported on Friday.
The two sides had been (...)
Singapore and Malaysia announced today, on Friday their decision to scrap their plan for a high-speed rail line between the two countries after negotiations to resume the twice-delayed project collapsed, Kyodo reported.
The two sides had been (...)
The Philippines will bar the entry of travellers from Japan and 19 other countries and territories, Kyodo cited the country's transport ministry as saying Tuesday.
This came as the Southeast Asian nation tries to keep out a new, possibly more (...)
Prince Dr. Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Qassim region, has received here the Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Wong Chow Ming.
During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and (...)
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has started trials on a new digital health verification app certificate developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The app helps validate a passenger's COVID-19 test results and vaccination (...)
RIYADH — Singapore's President Halima Yaqoub extended her country's support for the transformation plans under Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and hailed the Kingdom's bold initiatives for the empowerment of women. She expressed hope that Custodian of (...)
Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom, Reuters quoted the city-state as saying, while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new (...)
Almost one year after the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the deep economic recession it has triggered continues to have profound economic and social consequences. While no nation has emerged unscathed, this year's Global Competitiveness Report finds (...)
Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance Sheikh Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh received at his office here today the Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Wong Chow Ming.
During the meeting, the two (...)
The World Economic Forum (WEF) will convene the Special Annual Meeting 2021 in Singapore from May 13-16. It will return to Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, for the Annual Meeting 2022.
The Special Annual Meeting 2021 in Singapore will be the first (...)
More than 63 million (63,126,674) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,466,049 have died with total recoveries reaching 43,587,601, according to a global tally published on Monday.
Infections have been (...)
The 6th annual She Loves Tech Global Startup Competition and Conference successfully concluded recently. As the world's largest startup competition for women and technology, She Loves Tech held competitions in 30+ countries and 6 continents around (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has ranked 6th among the world safest travel destinations, in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the only one in the Middle East.
This came according to an article published on the Wego Travel Blog (...)
Abdulhamid M. Saeed Alahmadi, governor of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) Wednesday inaugurated the Government FinTech Forum which took place as part of the FinTech Abu Dhabi Festival 2020, held under the patronage of Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al (...)
Singapore's economy contracted less than initially estimated in the third quarter due to the gradual easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures and authorities expect the city-state to bounce back to growth next year from its worst recession, Reuters (...)
The President of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al-Faisal affirmed the Kingdom's belief in the power of sport by holding a conference of the National Olympic Committees of the G20 countries.
The conference was (...)
The Group of Twenty (G20), brings together some of the largest economies, amounting to around 85 percent of global GDP, to discuss the most challenging socio-economic global issues. The group's presidency rotates between the member countries, with (...)
Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al-Faisal, president of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC), will chair the "Conference of National Olympic Committees of the G20 Countries" organized by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in partnership between the Saudi (...)
China and 14 other countries agreed Sunday to set up the world's largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a recovery from the shocks of the pandemic.
The Regional (...)
The Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee and G20 Saudi Secretariat are delighted to announce the NOCs Conference that will be held on Tuesday (Nov. 17), discussing ‘The Olympic Movement during and after COVID-19'.
Honoring G20 Saudi Presidency year 2020, (...)
