by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 21, 2016 | Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia will establish a national program to optimize water and energy consumption, it announced in a cabinet statement on Monday, further moves in areas where the government is seeking to cut back huge subsidies. The new program will review policy incentives...
by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Jun 18, 2016 | Business
Riyadh-Bolstering the efforts exerted for implementing the Saudi vision on diversifying power sources, recent annual statistics released by Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) exhibit a notable increase in the Kingdom’s natural gas reserve at a 1.4 percent rate in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 30, 2013 | World
Tokyo, AP—Tokyo governor Naoki Inose apologized on Tuesday for criticizing Istanbul, a rival candidate for the 2020 Olympics. Inose, also chairman of the bid committee, was quoted in the New York Times last weekend suggesting Istanbul was less developed and less...
by Barçin Yinanç | Apr 14, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
Imagine yourself catching a taxi in Paris or London. On discovering you are a tourist, the driver may—or likely will not—inquire after your opinion of the city. This is small talk, and the driver invests little in your response. The experience is rather different in...
