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Riyadh-- King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language , under the patronage of Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, Minister of Culture and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the academy, will hold on Saturday, June 18th, the closing ceremony of the “Arabic Hackathon”, the most prominent challenge internationally in processing the Arabic language automatically, which was launched by the academy to invent technical solutions and digital platforms, and the provision of specialized tools that serve the Arabic language and enhance its status among the world's living languages ​. A total of 151 projects submitted by more than 1,030 participants from 40 countries around the world compete to win the Arabic Hackathon awards totaling more than SR1 million, distributed over (22) prizes, of w...

Riyadh-- The Saudi Organization for Chartered and Professional Accountants (SOCPA) has realized a positive progress in the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) for 2022 published by the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD), in the index of auditing and accounting in commercial activities, advancing from the 32nd rank to 17th, up 15 ranks, where the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia also advanced 8 ranks compared with last year to the 24th among 63 countries that are the most competitive in the world. SOCPA CEO Dr. Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Meghames expressed pride in what the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has realized of progress in several indexes, which highlights the keenness of the wise leadership to enhance progress and competitiveness globally, where Saudi Arabi...

Geneva-- Head of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Presidency team to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Donor Support Group and Assistant Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) for Planning and Development Dr. Aqeel Al-Ghamdi yesterday participated in OCHA Donor Support Group meeting in Geneva. The meeting reviewed and discussed the final report of the Presidency of Netherlands of the donor group and preparations to hold the high-level meeting in The Hague to deliver the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the presidency of the group in late June, 2022. The Netherlands is the current president of the donor group whose terms ends in late June before the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia assumes the presidency between June 2022 and July 2...

Marib, Yemen-- King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) yesterday distributed 963 food baskets in Alwady District of Marib Governorate, Yemen, benefiting 6,741 individuals. This aid comes within KSrelief’s 2022 project to support food security in Yemen. The project aims to distribute more than 192,000 food baskets weighing more than 20,000 tons to needy and affected families in 15 Yemeni governorates. Source: Saudi Press Agency

Aden-- The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) has started implementing Adequate Housing Project in Aden in partnership with the Alwaleed Philanthropies and United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN-HABITAT), where the first phase includes delivering 80 locations for housing at Al-Mualla District out of 600 housing units that will be rehabilitated in Aden. The first phase of the project is part of the Adequate Housing Project that aims at providing proper living conditions for Yemeni families and covering minor to medium damages of houses and their sewage facilities, in a bid to provide safe living conditions and create a better civil future. The project includes a special program to train Yemeni personnel in the housing sector to contribute to building ...

Jeddah-- President of the United Republic of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan left Jeddah today after she perform Umrah. At King Abdulaziz International Airport, the president was seen off by Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi, Governor of Jeddah, and a number of senior officials. Source: Saudi Press Agency