KARTY LLC, Qatar’s leading digital wallet and payment startup, has received Visa’s FinTech Innovation Award, recognising its work to advance digital payments and money management services in Qatar. The award follows KARTY’s launch of Qatar’s first Visa card provided by a licensed fintech, marking an important step for the company as it moves from product development to serving the public. Licensed by the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) and registered with the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), KARTY has built its platform to make everyday money management simpler. KARTY’s VISA card is available through the KARTY app, where users can open an…
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s welcome of the announcement by the United States of America confirming the decision to remove the Syrian Arab Republic from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. The Kingdom extended its sincere congratulations to the government and people of the brotherly Syrian Arab Republic on this step, wishing Syria further security, stability, and prosperity, and continued progress in its reconstruction and development efforts in a manner that fulfills the aspirations of its people. The Kingdom reiterated its support for the positive steps taken by the Syrian government to reinforce Syria’s security…
TORONTO — Canada said it will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after relations deteriorated sharply Monday, with President Donald Trump telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” or face consequences “far worse” than existing tariffs. Trump also threatened new 50 percent tariffs on Canadian vehicles, auto parts and steel as of 1 January, while Prime Minister Mark Carney said US trade demands showed Washington wanted to “destroy our major industries,” including autos, steel and aluminum. Late on Monday, Canada officials announced a news conference on Tuesday where they would outline how the country would respond to…
RIYADH — More than 26.34 million passengers used public buses across Saudi Arabia’s cities and governorates during the second quarter of 2026, an increase of 23.2 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the Transport General Authority (TGA). The TGA said the 23.2 percent growth reflects increasing demand for bus transportation within cities, supported by technical equipment that meets the highest operational standards. According to the TGA’s quarterly bulletin, Riyadh recorded the highest number of passengers at 20.07 million, followed by Makkah with 2.97 million and Jeddah with 1.19 million. The Dammam metropolitan area and Qatif Governorate…
DeepSeek recently released a new experimental multimodal model, claiming it will bring performance close to Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 model on matters of agentic capabilities. DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp is available through the Chinese AI developer’s API, adding image interpretation abilities to its V4-Flash model. The system can process images alongside text, allowing it to interpret screenshots, charts and other visual information. DeepSeek said the model “matches DeepSeek-V4-Flash on text capabilities—including agents, reasoning, and world knowledge” and makes “a major leap” over V4-Flash on multimodal agent benchmarks. The company added its model’s multimodal agent performance is “close to Opus-4.8”. The new model supports JPEG,…
In the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and President Emmanuel Macron of the French Republic, the Saudi-French Investment Roundtable Meeting was held today in the French capital, Paris. The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Investment, with the participation of several senior officials, business leaders, and chief executives of major companies and institutions from both countries, to strengthen investment partnerships, explore joint opportunities in priority sectors, and expand cooperation between the business communities of the two countries. The meeting included a session titled “Discussing Future Prospects…
LOS ANGELES — The irrepressible country music singer, songwriter and actress whose charisma, heartfelt lyrics and business acumen captured the public’s imagination for nearly six decades, Dolly Parton, died on Tuesday aged 80, her family said in a statement. The American singer-songwriter-actress-philanthropist, best known for her hit songs ‘I Will Always Love You’, ‘Jolene’ and ‘9 to 5’, died in Nashville, Tennessee, after a “brief battle” with cancer. Her death comes just days after sharing a health update, following the cancellation of her Las Vegas residency and the death of her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, who died…
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received a written message from President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates. The message was pertaining to further enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Al-Khereiji received the message from UAE Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Matar Salem Al-Dhaheri during their meeting in Riyadh on Monday.They reviewed bilateral relations and ways to develop them across various fields. They also discussed issues of common interest. Source: Saudi Gazette
Murad Ali, Head of Middle East & Central Asia, Logitech for Business. Logitech recently announced its participation at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from August 31st to September 3rd, 2026. With a key focus on AI-Enabled Collaboration, Logitech will present its AI-powered, human-centric products aimed at improving productivity, fit for future-ready workplaces and contributing towards Saudi Vision 2030 goals. Murad Ali, Head of Middle East & Central Asia, Logitech for Business, said: “Logitech is proud to be part of LEAP, a platform where we can showcase our cutting-edge technologies that help advance Saudi Arabia’s goals outlined in Vision 2030.…
On the sidelines of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister’s state visit to the French Republic, Saudi Energy signed a cooperation agreement on Monday with the French public investment bank Bpifrance on project financing. The agreement, signed during the Saudi-French Investment Roundtable Meeting, focuses on financing Saudi Energy’s projects to develop and expand the power grid. It aims to provide competitive financing solutions for the company’s procurement activities and projects. The agreement builds on a memorandum of understanding signed by the two sides in November 2025, which established a framework…