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Saudi Arabia Raises Minimum Limit for Entities Reporting Economic Concentration

The Saudi government has raised the minimum limit of annual sales at which entities should notify the authority of economic concentration transactions to SAR 200 million ($53.3 million) from SAR 100 million ($26.6 million). The decision was based on the annual review made by the General Authority for Competition (GAC),…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Martin Whitaker: From working with Senna to running the Saudi Arabian GP

The man who heads race promoter Saudi Motorsport Company, and who is largely responsible for the success of the event, is Briton Martin Whitaker.

Autosport

Karun Chandhok "concerned" for Lewis Hamilton as ex-F1 star makes George Russell point

Russell beat his Mercedes team-mate Hamilton last time out at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and, on the eve of the race weekend in Australia, Chandhok thinks a repeat could be on the cards

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2023 F1 Australian Grand Prix session timings and preview

Red Bull heads to Melbourne as the favourite following dominant performances in both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, but the team has only once managed to score a race win at Albert Park during its near-two decade stint in F1.

Motorsport

Lavrov, Abdollahian Assert Need to Revive Nuclear Deal, Unite against Western Policies

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks on Wednesday with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, during which they discussed bilateral, regional, and international issues. The talks focused on reviving the negotiations on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as well as the situation in Ukraine and the "strategic partnership"…

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Verstappen still feeling effects of Saudi illness

Melbourne (AFP) - Double world champion Max Verstappen admitted Thursday he still wasn't fully over a stomach bug that hit him hard in Saudi Arabia, but is confident Red Bull will get a result in Australia this weekend.

AFP

Saudi Arabia Boosts Ties with China, Eurasian Countries

Saudi Arabia has approved a memorandum on granting the kingdom the status of a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), state news agency SPA said. The SCO is a political and security union of countries spanning much of Eurasia, including China, India and Russia. Formed in 2001 by…

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Hill: Piastri will avoid Mick Schumacher F1 snowball

Unreliability and damage for both Piastri and team-mate Lando Norris in the opening two races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have left McLaren bottom of the constructors’ championship and without a point.

Motorsport

Hill: Piastri will avoid snowball effect that hit Mick Schumacher in F1

Autosport

Herve Renard will manage France at Women's World Cup after resigning from Saudi Arabia

"I think I did the maximum with the team," Renard said after losing 2-1 to Bolivia in a friendly earlier this week

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SALIC Supplies 1.2 Million Tons of Strategic Commodities in 2022

The Saudi Agricultural Investment and Livestock Production Company (SALIC), which is fully owned by the Public Investment Fund, announced on Tuesday that it has completed the supply of more than 1.2 million tons of strategic commodities in 2022. According to a statement, SALIC said it directly supplied 720,000 tons of…

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Renard resigns as Saudi Arabia boss with France women's team on the horizon

French football chiefs were poised on Wednesday to anoint Hervé Renard as the new head coach of the France women's football squad.

Radio France Internationale

Herve Renard quits Saudi Arabia and set to become France women's manager for World Cup

Renard will be appointed as the French Football Federation looks to bring harmony to the squad after Corinne Diarce's reign ended with senior players stepping away from the national team

Daily Mirror

Saudi Arabia Ranks First in Arab World, 20th Globally, in Emissions Reduction

Two years after the launch of the Saudi Green Initiative, Saudi Arabia reached the top position among Arab countries and the twentieth globally, in carbon dioxide emissions reduction. In March 2021, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the Saudi Arabia Green and Green Middle East initiatives, which he said will…

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Saudi Arabia Launches Campaign to Reduce Food Waste

Saudi Arabia launched an awareness campaign to encourage people to be more frugal during the holy month of Ramadan and reduce wastefulness. The National Program to Reduce Food Loss and Waste launched the "With Frugality, It lasts" campaign to raise awareness about the importance of limiting food waste and extravagance…

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Hervé Renard Quits as Saudi Arabia’s Head Coach

Hervé Renard has quit as coach of Saudi Arabia's national team amid reports he is set to take over France's women's team. The Saudi national team on Tuesday said it had agreed to terminate Renard's contract, ending a four-year spell in charge that was highlighted by a historic win over…

Al Jazeera

Ramadan 2023: Where do your dates come from?

Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran produce half of the world’s dates.

Reuters

Riyadh joins Shanghai Cooperation Organization as ties with Beijing grow

Saudi Arabia's cabinet approved on Wednesday a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as Riyadh builds a long-term partnership with China despite U.S. security concerns.

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Saudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Settlers’ Storming of Al-Aqsa Courtyard

Saudi Arabia condemned on Tuesday the storming of the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem by extremist Israeli settlers. The settlers stormed the area while being protected by Israeli forces. The Saudi Foreign Ministry said such practices undermine peace efforts and violate international principles and norms on respecting religious sanctities.

AFP

Room for one more? Saudi moves in on Gulf aviation market

Riyadh (AFP) - Undeterred by a crowded Gulf market, Saudi Arabia is going all in on an aggressive aviation expansion, with a massive jet order and the launch of a new national carrier.

AFP

Billion-dollar facelift as Bahrain bids to join Gulf boom

Manama (AFP) - With a multi-billion dollar economic revamp in full swing, tiny Bahrain is vying to keep pace with its Gulf neighbours after more than a decade beset by political unrest.

AFP

Renard set for France women's job after Saudi Arabia resignation

Paris (AFP) - Herve Renard has resigned as Saudi Arabia coach, the country's football federation announced on Tuesday, and is likely to take over as boss of the France women's team.

The Guardian - UK

Premier League offers no comment on whether Newcastle face investigation

The chief executive of the Premier League has told MPs he cannot comment on whether Newcastle’s links with Saudi Arabia are being reinvestigated in light of a recent US court case

Autosport

Equal-gender racing team plots F1 entry in 2026

Named Formula Equal, the proposed team is expecting to operate with 50/50 percent split between men and women working at the outfit, and is planning to work out of an unspecified "Gulf area country" - with Saudi Arabia believed to be among the key underwriters of the project.

The Guardian - US

My family was massacred on my wedding day. I hold the US in part responsible

Until Biden fulfills his promise to end arm sales to the Saudis, the US and its largest defense contractors are complicit in war crimes

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