Author: Editorial Team

 King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority announced a significant environmental achievement, represented in the rehabilitation of more than 614,000 hectares of reserve land, contributing to over 60% of the total national environmental accomplishment of rehabilitating the first one million hectares of vegetated land in the Kingdom, under Saudi Vision 2030, which aims to rehabilitate about 2.5 million hectares by 2030. This marks an important step reflecting the authority’s pivotal role in restoring ecosystems and enhancing their sustainability across the Kingdom. This achievement reflects the effectiveness of field efforts carried out by the authority, in cooperation with relevant entities and the local…

Benny Czarny, Founder and CEO of OPSWAT. Strategic collaboration expands operational technology (OT)‑safe patch management capabilities to Emerson’s Ovation Automation Platform customers worldwide.  Dubai —OPSWAT, a global leader in critical infrastructure cybersecurity, and Emerson, a global automation leader, have announced a global strategic reseller agreement that will bring OPSWAT’s industry-proven cybersecurity technologies to Emerson’s power and water industry customers. As the first initiative under this enterprise-wide agreement, Emerson will integrate OPSWAT’s scalable and safe operational technology (OT) patch management capabilities into its Ovation Automation Platform. The new OT patch management solution further builds on the collaboration to date by securing the Ovation Platform through OPSWAT’s…

AlUla Development Company (UDC), a Public Investment Fund (PIF) company, has announced the construction of an Autograph Collection hotel, marking a key milestone in the delivery of its development pipeline and AlUla’s continued transformation. The milestone was marked during a site visit attended by Managing Director of UDC John Pagano and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) Abeer AlAkel, as well as other senior leadership representatives. John Pagano said: “The hotel marks a clear step forward in our delivery agenda. As we move into construction, our focus is on executing high-quality, investment-ready developments that strengthen AlUla’s positioning, while…

Professor Souri Banerjee, Director BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. We often speak about the “skill gap” as though it were a distant, abstract challenge. In reality, it shows up in very practical ways across organisations. A graduate enters the workforce and needs time to become fully effective. Employers, in turn, spend months training new hires on tools and systems they had expected them to already know. What exists in between is not a gap of capability, but more often a gap of alignment.  At its core, the skill gap reflects the difference between academic preparation and industry expectations. In the technology…

JEDDAH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, who chaired the Cabinet session in Jeddah on Tuesday, has directed that all resources and capabilities shall be utilized to ensure the success of the organizational, security, and preventative plans adopted for this year’s Hajj. The Crown Prince, on behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, welcomed the pilgrims arriving from around the world to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. He emphasized the pride of this blessed land in serving the Grand Mosque of Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque of Madinah and in offeringthe best care for…

KUWAIT CITY — Hayat Al-Fahad, one of the most celebrated figures in Gulf drama and Arab television, died on Tuesday after a distinguished artistic career spanning more than six decades. Widely known as the “Lady of the Gulf Screen,” Al-Fahad was regarded as a pioneer of regional entertainment, leaving behind a legacy that helped shape the identity of Gulf television drama through generations. She began her career in the 1960s and went on to star in dozens of television series and theatrical productions that earned widespread popularity across the Gulf and the wider Arab world. Al-Fahad became known for portraying…

The Sony World Photography Awards announced today the 2026 overall winners at a gala ceremony in London, bringing together leading figures in the contemporary photography world to honour this year’s winners and their achievements. The prestigious Photographer of the Year 2026 title was awarded to Citlali Fabián for the series Bilha, Stories of my Sisters. Citlali Fabián is a visual artist from the Yalalteca Indigenous community in Mexico currently based in London, who uses photography to explore ways of addressing identity and its connections with territory, migration, and community bonds. Fabián receives a $25,000 (USD) cash prize, a range of…

Creative AI agents, secured by the NVIDIA OpenShell runtime, generate on-brand content, transforming how brands create, personalise, and activate content.  AI agents are transforming how work gets done across all industries, accelerating everything from content creation to decision-making.  NVIDIA’s expanded strategic collaborations with Adobe and WPP are bringing agentic AI to the center of enterprise marketing operations across creative production and customer experience orchestration.   As demand for personalised customer experiences surges, brands require intelligent systems that can plan, create, produce, and activate content continuously — without compromising control, governance, or brand integrity.  Consider a global retailer delivering the right offer, image, copy, and price,…

RIYADH — The Transport General Authority (TGA) reported that Saudi Arabia’s delivery sector witnessed significant growth during the first quarter of 2026, with the number of orders exceeding 118 million, marking a 49 percent increase compared to the same period last year. This growth is driven by the ongoing development of the delivery sector, supported by the increased use of technological solutions, the growth of e-commerce, and the adoption of more efficient operating models, all of which contribute to improving service quality and enhancing the customer experience. The TGA statistical report showed that the Riyadh region accounted for the largest…

RIYADH — The Saudi Heritage Commission announced the results of the 2025 archaeological excavation season of the Saudi-Chinese mission at Al-Serrain archaeological site in Allith governorate in the Makkah region. This is part of the commission’s efforts to document and study coastal archaeological sites and enhance understanding of the civilizational landscape of Islamic historical cities and ports along the Red Sea coast. Excavation works during the season revealed architectural extensions, including documentation of residential, service, and storage units, as well as pottery kilns reflecting daily life activities. The season documented diverse archaeological finds, including various types of pottery, ceramic incense…