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Captain scored twice, France striker Kylian Mbappe hit hattrick as thrilling World Cup final finished 3-3

With that final match still days away, Tuesday turned into a day of joy as thousands of people descended on the capital’s iconic Obelisk

RIYADH: Oil prices hovered near two-month lows on Monday as supply fears receded while concerns over China’s fuel demand and rising interest rates weighed on prices.  Brent crude futures for January had slipped 90 cents, or 1.03 percent, to $86.72 a barrel by 07.45 a.m. Saudi time after settling at its lowest since Sept. 27. […]

City officials launched mandatory mass testing in nine districts last week

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia recorded the highest growth of real Gross Domestic Product among G20 countries in the third quarter of 2022, with a rate of 8.6 percent, official data showed.  This coincides with a moderate inflation rate at 2.9 percent, which is among the lowest rates among the G20 countries. According to a new report by the […]

ALGIERS: Arab leaders convened on Wednesday in Algeria for the second day of the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference, seeking common ground on several divisive issues in the region. The meeting comes against the backdrop of rising inflation, food and energy shortages, drought and soaring cost of living across the Middle East […]

Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef Al-Hajraf, yesterday expressed his support for Qatar as it prepares to host the World Cup. The six-member Gulf bloc backs Doha in “addressing any interference in its internal affairs by publishing allegations that do not serve the establishment of normal relations between the two countries,” a statement […]

On Saturday, Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said with assistance from Turkey, his country was ready to supplant Ukrainian grain

OPEC+ fell about 3.6 million bpd short of its output target in August