Saudi Reef Highlights 750 Million Taif Roses Produced in 2024

Saudi Reef Highlights 750 Million Taif Roses Produced in 2024
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Saudi Reef Highlights 750 Million Taif Roses Produced in 2024

Saudi Reef Highlights 750 Million Taif Roses Produced in 2024

The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program (Saudi Reef) has launched a week-long media campaign highlighting Taif roses as one of the Kingdom's most important agricultural and heritage products with significant economic value.
Saudi Reef Assistant Secretary-General for Media and Communication Majed Al-Buraikan noted that the Taif rose is one of the world's most prominent aromatic roses and is classified among the top three types in terms of quality and fragrance, SPA reported.

He emphasized that Taif rose production exceeded 750 million roses in 2024, with the program aiming to increase production to 2 billion by 2026.
He said that Saudi Reef has allocated SAR135 million in direct investments over three years to implement 14 development projects.

These projects cover various stages of production and support, including nurseries, laboratories, and agri-clinics, to support value chains and achieve sustainable rural development in line with the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030.



Sunken WWII Japanese Warship Found Off Solomon Islands

A team from the US non-profit Ocean Exploration Trust discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki. Photo: Ocean Exploration Trust
A team from the US non-profit Ocean Exploration Trust discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki. Photo: Ocean Exploration Trust
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Sunken WWII Japanese Warship Found Off Solomon Islands

A team from the US non-profit Ocean Exploration Trust discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki. Photo: Ocean Exploration Trust
A team from the US non-profit Ocean Exploration Trust discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki. Photo: Ocean Exploration Trust

An international research team has located a Japanese World War II destroyer on the deep seabed off Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.

A team from the US non-profit Ocean Exploration Trust discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki at a depth of more than 800 meters (2,625 feet) off the small island nation northeast of Australia, AFP reported.

A video image of the wreck shows parts of the 134-meter (440-foot) Teruzuki, which was torpedoed by the US military in 1942, illuminated by lights from the research team's underwater drones.

The footage shows red paint on the hull, corroded gun barrels and the warship's massive stern.

Commissioned in 1942, the Teruzuki was designed for screening aircraft carriers from aerial attacks, the exploration group said.

However, the Teruzuki, which means "Shining Moon" in Japanese, was hit by US torpedoes just months into its service.

Nine sailors were killed but most of the crew members survived, the Ocean Exploration Trust said.

Teruzuki's stern was found more than 200 meters (660 feet) from the hull and was located by high-resolution sonar scans, it said.

The discovery was made while the team used drones to survey the area in the hope of finding unidentified shipwrecks or other items.