Japanese pop stars JAM Project thrill fans at Anime Village as part of Jeddah Season JEDDAH: Popular Japanese pop band, JAM Project performed Saudi Arabia at the Jeddah Season on Friday, thrilling crowds of hardened fans. The concert was part of activities and special performances held at the Anime Village zone at City Walk in…
1981 cup hero Alan Kennedy urges Mohamed Salah to become an all-time Liverpool legend, stay at Anfield RIYADH: During his five years at Liverpool, Mohamed Salah has become revered and respected, but it will be longevity that makes him a legend at a club with such a storied history. That is the belief of Alan Kennedy,…
Saudis take a trip back to their childhood days at Jeddah Season’s Rasha Rizk concert JEDDAH: Rasha Rizk, the voice of childhood innocence, hopes, and dreams that lives in the memories of three generations, performed in Jeddah to celebrate the grand opening of Anime Village, one of the zones in this year’s Jeddah Season. Syrian…
Pure Hollywood ending to Premier League race as Manchester City are pushed to the limits by Liverpool When Manchester City won the Premier League title a decade ago in iconic fashion through Sergio Aguero’s injury-time winning goal against Queens Park Rangers, the saying “We’re Man City, we’ll fight ’til the end” was born — and…
Ukraine’s Zelensky tells Davos elite ‘no need for further meetings’ if brute force prevails LONDON: In a powerful speech during the opening session of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the lesson to be learned from the Russian invasion of Ukraine is that the global community must…
JADAA CAMP, Iraq: Awatef Massud is longing to reunite with her Iraqi family after years spent in Syria, but first she must do time in a vetting camp to ensure she has no links to Daesh. The 35-year-old mother of five fled to neighboring Syria in 2014 to escape violence at home after the Daesh…
JEDDAH: People who have received a vaccination against smallpox are “highly likely” to be safe from getting infected with monkeypox, a Saudi health specialist has said. Dr. Nizar Bahabri, an infectious disease consultant, said in a video on his Twitter account, that the disease has been a well-known virus since 1950 and added the first case outside Africa was registered in 1970.…
NEWCASTLE: With emotions high and Premier League survival, for some, at stake, Newcastle United’s game-changer Callum Wilson showed the coolest head at Turf Moor to consign Burnley to the Championship and continue the Magpies’ meteoric rise. A double either side of half time took the United striker’s personal tally to eight goals for the season,…
Lebanese government goes into caretaker mode amid calls to expedite economic recovery plan BEIRUT: The mandate of the newly elected Lebanese parliament begins on Sunday amid warnings that any delay in the country’s economic recovery plan would have a high cost. The term of the previous parliament expired on Saturday. Lebanese President Michel Aoun said…
LONDON: Saudi Arabia is stepping up its efforts to become the vanguard of a UN pledge to develop a sustainable model of tourism after the sector’s levels of resilience were pushed to breaking point by the pandemic and new dire warnings of tourism’s environmental footprint emerged. Addressing the UN General Assembly on May 6, Saudi…
