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MAKKAH: Arora Akanksha, an audit coordinator at the UN Development Project, faces a tough challenge as the first female millennial candidate running for the role of UN secretary-general. For years, the selection process at the UN has been a closed-door process; candidates are appointed by the UN General Assembly on the recommendation of the UN …

DUBAI: Getting into a prestigious Ivy League university is no easy task. According to the latest figures, California’s Stanford University was especially picky, with a 2019 acceptance rate of just 4 percent. Columbia and Harvard followed with 5 percent, while Princeton and Yale were slightly easier with 6 percent of applicants getting offers.The race to get …

Saudi university ranks fourth on international list of educational establishments DHAHRAN: Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals has been ranked fourth on a global list of 100 universities granted utility patents in the United States in 2019.The annual list is compiled by the American organizations the National Academy of Inventors and the …

JEDDAH: Many special Eid-related traditions have been broken this year as families are forced to stay home because of coronavirus restrictions. But technology has come to the rescue with many relying on video calls to bring family members and loved ones closer.  Eid Al-Fitr is the occasion Saudis look forward to most — attending Eid …

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is to cut SAR50 billion ($13.32 billion) from this year’s budget in light of the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on public finances in the Kingdom.The cut is worth less than 5 percent of the 2020 budget and will be in areas that have the least social and economic impact, Finance …

Another achievement in Saudi Arabia communications and technology Since the launch of Vision 2030, the Kingdom’s digital transformation has improved significantly. The information and communications technology sector is valued at $28.7 billion, making it the largest in the Arab world. The Kingdom has an internet penetration rate of 93 percent versus the global average of …

DUBAI: Urgent steps must be taken if the fight to curb climate change is to have any chance of success, according to growing global scientific consensus. Climate scientists say the situation has become untenable because current global carbon emissions — estimated to be 45 percent above pre-industrial levels — exceed the amount that nature can …

RIYADH: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), represented by the Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, has organized a graduation ceremony in Riyadh to celebrate 20 technological innovations produced by the second inventions transfer accelerator for 2019. The accelerator aims to activate patents across a variety of services aimed at speed up …

JEDDAH: The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has started implementing technical solutions at Jeddah’s King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA) and Madinah’s Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz International Airport (PMIA) to reduce pilgrim congestion during this year’s Hajj.The GACA has merged terminal hall paths into single directions to ensure the smooth flow of …