Author: Editorial Team

For more than 25 years, Shawarma House has established itself as one of the most prominent and well-known shawarma restaurants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. By offering an experience that combines quality, variety, and exceptional service, it has become a preferred destination for families, individuals, and tourists alike. Today, Shawarma House has branches spread across different areas of Riyadh, making it easily accessible to customers wherever they are. Its strategically located branches provide convenient access and a comfortable experience for all visitors. A Wide Network of Branches Shawarma House has 13 branches across Riyadh, allowing customers to easily reach…

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,…

PARIS — Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Alibrahim, on behalf of Minister of Health Fahad AlJalajel, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the French Ministry of Health, Families, Autonomy and Persons with Disabilities on Monday. The signing ceremony was held on the sidelines of the visit of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman to the French Republic. The MoU aims to enhance health cooperation between Saudi Arabia and France in several priority areas, most notably public health and health security, governance of health systems, quality of care, patient safety, preparedness and response to health emergencies,…

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…

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced a €6 billion Saudi-backed investment to develop three theme parks in Cergy-Pontoise, northwest of Paris, describing the project as unprecedented and the biggest development of its kind in France since Disneyland Paris. Macron on Monday said the project, backed by Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya, is expected to create 22,000 jobs and establish a new global entertainment destination in France. “An extraordinary announcement,” Macron said in a post on X. “With Saudi Arabia, we are making an unprecedented announcement.” The French president said three theme parks would be developed in Cergy-Pontoise under the €6 billion…

As global food systems face mounting pressure from supply chain volatility, food security concerns, localisation, and the need for greater manufacturing resilience, Saudi Arabia is accelerating efforts to build a connected and self-sufficient food ecosystem. Against this backdrop, The Saudifood Show and Saudifood Manufacturing, in strategic partnership with the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON), will unite for the first time in Jeddah from September 27 to 29, 2026, convening commercial and industrial sides of the Kingdom’s food and beverage industry on a single integrated platform. First Mills and Durrah Advanced have been confirmed as Gold Sponsors…

According to a recent report from Bloomberg, Nvidia is in discussions with South Korean AI chip designer Rebellions about possible collaborations, including a technical partnership, investment or a potential acquisition. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently met with Rebellions co-founder and CEO Sunghyun Park at Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, to discuss a potential tie-up, according to the news agency. Bloomberg noted talks between Nvidia and the six-year-old startup are preliminary and may not result in a transaction. Huang has led an extensive investment push in recent years as Nvidia works to maintain its central position in the AI industry.…

RIYADH — Saudi Attorney General and Chairman of the Public Prosecution Council Dr. Khalid Al-Yousef received Ambassador of Georgia to Saudi Arabia Nikoloz Revazishvili in Riyadh on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed several issues of mutual interest. They reviewed existing areas of cooperation and ways to further enhance them in fields related to prosecutorial work. The meeting also addressed the outcomes of the recent visit by the Georgian prosecution delegation to Saudi Arabia and its contribution to strengthening areas of joint cooperation. Source: Saudi Gazette

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has announced the nomination of Dr. Hanan Hassan Balkhy for the position of Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the 2027–2032 term. Dr. Balkhy has extensive scientific and leadership experience in public health, infectious diseases, infection prevention and control, health security, health systems and international health. She has substantial leadership experience within the WHO at all three levels—country, regional and global. Most notably she has been elected as Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Eastern Mediterranean and was the first Assistant Director General for Antimicrobial Resistance. Throughout her career, she…

 The National Center for Environmental Compliance (NCEC) announced the completion of field surveys across 11 sites covering more than 23 million square meters in areas surrounding Wadi Hanifah in Riyadh. The surveys are part of a nationwide environmental monitoring campaign targeting more than 35 valleys across all regions of the Kingdom, with the aim of protecting aquatic environments and enhancing the effectiveness of environmental oversight of valleys. Executive Director of Regional Operations Adel Al-Ghamdi stated that the surveys identified several environmentally degraded sites, including illegal dumping areas, degraded water outfalls, and water collection and drainage sites. Municipal waste, construction waste, and…