Day: July 22, 2024

Ramallah - Ma'an - The activities of the World Nicotine Forum, which was hosted by the Polish capital Warsaw last month, concluded with several recommendations on reducing the risks of tobacco and the harms of traditional smoking, in the presence of a number of public health experts, policy analysts, parliamentarians, government officials, academics, researchers, product manufacturers, distributors, and consumer rights advocacy associations. Clive Bates, a tobacco industry policy expert, said that smoking must be tackled more seriously by using all possible means to help people quit smoking, including e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches, heated tobacco products, chewing tobacco, and other innovative alternatives to traditional cigarettes. Dr Colin Mendelson, Founding Chair of the Australian C...

Riyadh, His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, met yesterday in Riyadh with Karim Badawi, the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and Dr. Mahmoud Esmat, the Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy. During the meeting, the ministers discussed the means of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of oil, gas, electricity, renewable energy, and hydrogen, aiming to achieve their common aspirations in these fields in alignment. This cooperation aligns with the vision of the leadership of the two countries and the ambitions of their peoples. The meeting also reviewed the progress of joint projects, such as the electrical interconnection project between the Saudi and Egyptian power grids th...