Saudi Arabia becomes world leader in charitable work with over $141 billion in aid
- 07-Sep-2025
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has provided over SR528 billion (aid $141 billion) , funding 8,134 projects in 174 countries during the last five decades since 1975. The International Day of Charity, which falls on September 5 each year, represents an opportunity to highlight Saudi Arabia’s pioneering role in the field of humanitarian, relief work . According […]
Child obesity grows tenfold since 1975: study
- 11-Oct-2017
PARIS: The world had 10 times as many obese children and teenagers last year than in 1975, but underweight kids still outnumbered them, a study said Wednesday. Warning of a “double burden” of malnutrition, researchers said the rate of increase in obesity far outstripped the decline in under-nutrition. “If post-2000 trends continue, child and adolescent […]