Title:Saudi students triumph at US science fair

JEDDAH: Eighteen Saudi students represented the Kingdom at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in US city of Pittsburgh from May 8-13.

JEDDAH：18名沙特学生代表沙特王国参加了5月8日至13日在美国城市匹兹堡举行的英特尔国际科学和工程博览会。

Intel ISEF, the world's largest pre-college science competition, allows students to compete and showcase their independent research work to a panel of experts.

全球最大的大学前科学竞赛Intel ISEF让学生竞争并向一个专家组展示自己的独立研究工作。

This year, about 1,800 finalists from more than 75 countries competed to win awards and prizes totaling more than $3 million for innovative research.

今年，来自超过75个国家的大约1800名入围选手竞相赢得奖项，并获得总额超过300万美元的创新研究奖。

The Saudi students delivered projects in fields such as engineering, animal sciences, social science, biochemistry, chemistry, molecular biology, medicine and health, mathematical science, physics, astronomy and plant science.

沙特学生实施了工程、动物科学、社会科学、生物化学、化学、分子生物学、医学和保健、数学科学、物理学、天文学和植物科学等领域的项目。

Winners of this year's fair were: Faisal bin Adel Al-Dousari, who won second place for his botany project; and Hisham Mohammed Al-Mutairi, who won third place for his project involving artificial intelligence.

今年的展会获奖者是：Faisal bin Adel Al-Dousari，他赢得了植物学项目第二名；Hisham Mohammed Al-Mutairi，他赢得了关于人工智能项目的第三名。

Al-Mutairi also received a special prize offered by King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba).

Al-Mutairi还获得了阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹国王及其礼品和创造之友基金会(Mahifuba)颁发的特别奖。

Saud bin Saeed Al-Mathami, Mawhiba secretary general, expressed his thanks to King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for supporting gifted and creative students.

马呼巴秘书长Saud bin Saeed Al-Mathami表示感谢萨勒曼国王和王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼支持天才和创造性的学生。

He also congratulated the students, their parents, and the schools and teachers.

他还向学生、家长、学校和教师表示祝贺。

"This is the result of good cooperation between Mawhiba and the Ministry of Education, which plays a significant role in developing capabilities of talented Saudi children,"  he said.

他说：“这是马菲巴和教育部之间良好合作的成果，这对于沙特天才儿童的能力发展发挥了重要作用。”

ADDIS ABABA: Saudi Arabia has agreed to release 1,000 Ethiopian nationals who have been in prison in the Gulf state for a variety of offenses, Ethiopian state-affiliated media said on Saturday.

The decision was made following a request by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was in Riyadh on an official visit this week, Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported.

The agency said among the detainees were 100 women. It did not disclose what the charges were. Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian nationals live in the Gulf region, mostly in Saudi Arabia.

Officials in Riyadh are in the process of deporting more than 500,000 undocumented Ethiopian migrants.

So far, 160,000 have arrived back in the Horn of Africa country.

During his recent visit to Riyadh, Ahmed met with leaders of Ethiopian community and discussed setting up a strong partnership between the government and the community to address challenges they are facing.

The trip is his first outside Africa after three visits to neighbouring countries. The East African nation secured thousands of exit visas for its nationals and flew them back home.

Established diplomatic relations in 1948, Saudi Arabia is among the first Arab countries to open embassy in Addis Ababa.