One of us, Angela, grew up hearing stories of Saudi Arabia from her father, an electrical engineer who helped set up telecommunications in the desert in the 1970s. For Curtis, the connection came in the 1980s at the start of his career when he was assigned to a team supporting a long-standing client,
With a map of China on the wall behind him, 14-year-old Yasser al-Shaalan studied the names of professions in a Chinese textbook, one of thousands of Saudi children now learning the language at school.
Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, US-Saudi relations have started getting back on track. Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, has confirmed that Saudi Arabia will host a high-level meeting next week between U.S. and Ukrainian officials to discuss the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
As if that weren’t enough, two center backs responsible for China’s defense have been injured. National team defenders Zhu Chenjie and Zhang Shenglong from Shanghai Shenhua suffered facial injuries in the Asian Champions League. In particular, Zhu Chenjie has a facial fracture and is expected to be unavailable for 6 to 8 weeks.
The facility is equipped with an independently developed production management system and advanced robotics, enabling a fully digitalised workflow covering design, production, and storage.
Mandarin, spoken by over a billion people, was increasingly recognised as a global language of significance. Following Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to China in 2019, he had announced the plan to introduce the language into schools across the nation.
Germany's Agit Kabayel captured the WBC interim heavyweight title with a sixth-round TKO victory over China's Zhang Zhilei on Friday night, as part of the Riyadh Season boxing event themed "The Last Crescendo".
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that expert level talks between the United States and Russia were being prepared following a high-level meeting between the two sides in Riyadh on February 18.
Riyadh has been emerging as a neutral ground for mediating geopolitical issues in recent years and Trump’s return to the White House has opened other opportunities as a player in global diplomacy, though its broader strategy is still firmly rooted in the Gulf,
On the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin spoke to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping via a phone call. Chinese state media and the Kremlin revealed details of the duo's 'warm and friendly' conversation.