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Saudi Arabia Raises Minimum Limit for Entities Reporting Economic Concentration

The Saudi government has raised the minimum limit of annual sales at which entities should notify the authority of economic concentration transactions to SAR 200 million ($53.3 million) from SAR 100 million ($26.6 million). The decision was based on the annual review made by the General Authority for Competition (GAC),…

Asharq Al-Awsat

22 Local Startups Nominated for Saudi Entertainment Industry

The General Entertainment Authority has nominated 22 startups for the first Entertainment Business Accelerator, which aims to provide support for entrepreneurs interested in the sector. The authority launched the business accelerator on Feb.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Council publishes update on progress following controversial match day car parks reports

A series of recommendations were made in an internal report for 2018/19

Liverpool Echo

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Tories claim their radical plan would save £100m for Salford City Council

Authority urged to sell off under-used buildings and scrap plans to buy Salford City Reds' stadium

Manchester Evening News

Train Employees Go on Strike in Tunisia over Unmet Govt Pledges

Employees of state-owned National Society of Tunisian Railways went on strike on Thursday over unmet government pledges. The one-day strike included the freight transport, commuter, long-distance and suburb lines. The employees were demanding the implementation of a previous agreement signed with the government years ago and the settlement of professional…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Significant costs' for Liverpool City Region in contract dispute

The issue could place pressure on the combined authority finances if drawn out

Liverpool Echo

Saudi Entertainment Authority Announces 1st Entertainment Business Accelerator

The Saudi General Entertainment Authority launched the Entertainment Business Accelerator program to encourage entrepreneurs interested in the rapidly growing sector. Experts told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Kingdom is experiencing an unprecedented leap in entertainment, which requires qualifying the most significant number of enterprises to cope with the high demand in…

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MODON Signs Food and Beverage Agreements Worth $285 Million

The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) signed a number of agreements to localize the food and beverage industry in the Kingdom, with total investments amounting to 1.07 billion riyals ($285 million). The announcement was made on the sidelines of MODON’s participation in the Gulfood exhibition in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian Authority Stops Contacts with Tel Aviv After Nablus Operation

The Palestinian Authority (PA) stopped all contact with Tel Aviv in response to the Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, which killed 11 Palestinians. Palestinian sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Authority was dealt a treacherous blow two days after it withdrew the Security Council draft…

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Saudi Cabinet Approves Incentive Framework for Localization of Priority Goods, Services

The Saudi Cabinet, chaired by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, approved the framework for granting incentives for the localization of priority goods and services under the Vision 2030’s national localization strategy. Saudi Arabia’s Local Content and Government Procurement Authority had recently reduced the value of high-value contracts from SAR…

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China to Invest $5 Bn in Egypt

Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone is in negotiations with Chinese companies to implement investment projects worth $5 billion, according to an official statement from the Suez Canal Authority. The deputy chairman of the southern part of the Zone, Walid Youssef, visited the Chinese industrial zone TEDA in Ain Sukhna on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Special thanks': how comic book writers and artists are forgotten during the superhero film boom

When the new creative head of DC Studios, James Gunn, announced their upcoming slate of films and TV, it included many names you might expect: Superman, Batman, maybe even Swamp Thing.

The Conversation

Increase of 12% in South Wales Fire Service budget agreed

The fire authority's treasurer said that like for like it's around 8.2% when you take into account the reductions in Welsh Government grant money

Wales Online

PTA Signs Saudi Arabia’s Largest Intercity Bus Transport Project Contract

The Public Transport Authority (PTA) has announced the largest project for transporting passengers by buses connecting the Saudi cities, through a transportation network that covers more than 200 cities and governorates. The network is expected to serve more than 6 million passengers annually, through 76 routes, and with a new…

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GCCIA Signs Contracts for Iraq Interconnection Project

The Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) signed five contracts worth $220 million with the companies implementing the electricity interconnection project between the Gulf states and Iraq. The Authority will construct lines of 295 km from the al-Wafra station in Kuwait to the al-Faw station in southern Iraq to transfer…

The Street

James Gunn Seemingly Confirms The DCU Will Finally Have Gay Superheroes

A long overdue change may be coming to the world of comic book movies.

Manchester Evening News

James Gunn reveals new DC slate amid studio reboot including new Superman and Batman films

Green Lantern, Supergirl and Swamp Thing are also coming to the screen as part of the franchise shake-up

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Grants 90,000 Licenses as Real Estate Brokerage Law Comes into Force

Saudi Real Estate Authority said that it had received, through its electronic services, over 89,000 requests for real estate licenses in just two days after the real estate brokerage law came into force. The Authority issued over 72,000 licenses to individual practitioners and 17,100 licenses to establishments. Spokesman Tayseer al-Mufarrej…

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Creepy Welsh mansion where Owain Glyndwr buried a rival is falling apart

“Seeing this makes me just want to cry. How can something this beautiful be allowed to come to such disrepair?”

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shtayyeh Warns of Palestinian Authority’s Collapse

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warned Monday that Israeli sanctions on the Palestinian Authority “will promptly lead to its collapse.” Speaking to Haaretz, Shtayyeh was referring to the retaliatory sanctions the Israeli cabinet imposed over the weekend on the PA, including seizing 140 million shekels ($39 million) in tax revenues.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sisi Stresses Availability of US Dollar in Egypt

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed that foreign currency is available to release imported goods in ports, assuring that the government has dollars. During the inauguration of two medical and industrial gas plants and a tri-generation plant in the chemical industries complex in Abu Rawash, Giza, Sisi said state was…

The Guardian - UK

His Dark Materials series three review – Ruth Wilson is as seductive as Satan

The BBC’s singular adaptation of Philip Pullman’s trilogy concludes with astonishing CGI and fantastic performances – particularly the deliciously evil Wilson

The Guardian - UK

Talking Horses: BHA will consider backtrack on whip rule changes

Authority may be ready to make adjustments to proposed regulations after recent lobbying from jockeys

Asharq Al-Awsat

Green Spaces in Saudi Arabia Increase by 9%

In line with the Green Saudi Arabia and Green Middle East initiatives launched by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, official statistics revealed on Thursday that the areas of green spaces, parks and gardens in the municipal sector have expanded by 9% during 2021 compared to the same…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Industry Investments Exceed $346 Billion

The value of investments in the Saudi industrial sector amounted to 1.3 trillion riyals ($346.6 billion), with the imminent activation of the Kingdom’s National Strategy for Industry by the beginning of 2023. Eng. Ahmed Al-Ohali, Governor of the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI), pointed to the rapid and qualitative…

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