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Saudi Arabia Launches Major Partnerships, Agreements to Boost Tourism

Several global partnerships and agreements enhancing the tourism sector in Saudi Arabia were accomplished at the Future Hospitality Summit, which concluded Wednesday. Saudi Arabia hosted the second edition of the Future Hospitality Summit under the theme "Reimagined Horizons" on the 24th and 25th of May at Riyadh Airport Marriott Hotel.…

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Saudi Arabia buys 5% of Nintendo, because why not

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which has purchased small and large stakes in a number of tech companies, has purchase 1/20th of Nintendo.

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Iran says minimal but good progress made in relations with Saudi

Iran has made "minimal but good progress" in relations with Saudi Arabia, Iran foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Thursday, adding that he may meet his Saudi counterpart soon in a third country.

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Biden officials in Saudi Arabia for talks on oil, planned visit

The president is considering visiting Saudi Arabia as part of his planned trip to the Middle East next month.

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Saudi Arabia doubled executions in 2021 amid ‘worrying rise’ in death sentences worldwide

At least 2,052 execution orders were passed in 56 countries, report says

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia, UN Sign 5-Year Environmental Development Cooperation Framework

In view of the contributions and efforts made by Saudi Arabia to preserve the marine environment at the national, regional, and global levels, a five-year development agreement was signed between Saudi Arabia and the United Nations to preserve the planet. The signing of the agreement took place during the Riyadh…

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Saudi Arabia, WEF Sign Two MoUs for Boosting Cooperation

The Saudi delegation participating at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos 2022 met with the founder and CEO of the Forum Klaus Schwab and the President of WEF Borge Brende. During the meeting, opportunities to strengthen the partnership between the Kingdom and the Forum were…

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Google to Open Two New HQs in Saudi Arabia

American multinational technology company Google is preparing for launching two new headquarter offices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The planned offices will open in the cities of Riyadh and al-Dammam. Google also is building a data partnership with Saudi oil giant, Aramco. Google drove about SR12.2 billion ($3.25 billion)…

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stc Group and Alibaba Establish Alibaba Cloud for Cloud Computing in Saudi Arabia

stc Group, the leading national digital enabler announced the establishment of "Alibaba Cloud” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for high-capacity cloud services in partnership with the Chinese technology giant, "Alibaba Group”, eWTP Arabia for Technical Innovation Ltd., the Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI), and the Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE).…

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Saudi EV plant likely to be one of three in kingdom, says minister

An electric vehicle (EV) assembly plant to be built in Saudi Arabia is likely to be one of three in the kingdom, investment minister Khalid Al-Falih said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Google Pumped GBP11.2 Billion in Egyptian Economy in 2021

Google directed an estimated 11.2 billion pounds ($61 million) in economic activity in Egypt in 2021, according to the Google Impact Report. The report is conducted by Public First research agency that looks at how Google products (Search, Play, Maps,YouTube and Google Ads) help people, local businesses, content creators and…

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Saudi Arabia Approves Financial Technology Strategy

The Saudi Cabinet approved on Tuesday the Kingdom’s financial technology strategy, a move that experts say would enable and activate modern means in the financial sector and attract local and foreign companies to work in an equipped infrastructure in the Kingdom. Specialists explained that the strategy will organize the sector…

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BOI DSG leads team to “Saudi - Thai Investment Forum”

Mr. Chanin Khaochan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), on 16 May 2022, led a team from the BOI’s Thai Enterprise Development Division to participate in the “Saudi - Thai Investment Forum” held at the Movenpick Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The forum was one of the activities…

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Saudi FM Says 'Not Enough Progress' Made at Talks with Iran

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah revealed on Tuesday that "some" progress has been made in talks with Iran, but it was "not enough." "Our hands are stretched out," he told a World Economic Forum panel on security in the Middle East. Joining Prince Faisal on the…

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Revealed: government did encourage Premier League to approve Newcastle takeover

Boris Johnson’s government worked for months to encourage the Premier League to approve the controversial Saudi Arabia-backed takeover of Newcastle

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Saudi Crown Prince Meets with US Congress Delegation

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, received in Jeddah on Tuesday a delegation from the US Congress, reported the Saudi Press Agency. here today a delegation of the members of the United States (U.S.) Congress, The delegation included Republican Representative of Utah…

Reuters

Saudi Arabia finalising extension of $3 billion deposit to Pakistan -Finance Minister

Saudi Arabia is finalising the extension of the kingdom's $3 billion deposit to Pakistan, Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaan told Reuters.

Reuters

Saudi foreign minister says some progress in talks with Iran

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Tuesday that there had been some progress in talks with Iran but "not enough" and that the kingdom's hands remain outstretched to Tehran.

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Saudi Arabia to Import Agricultural Products to Boost Strategic Stocks

Saudi Arabia's Agricultural Development Fund signed a number of financing contracts to import agricultural products worth SAR 367 million riyals ($ 97 million) in a move aimed to promote the Kigdom's food security initiative and strengthen the strategic stock, The Saudi Food Abundance Committee, emanating from the Food Security Committee,…

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People Flock to Saudi Arabia's First Int'l Tea Exhibition

Tea is one of the most consumed drinks globally after water, and it is one of the essential traditional drinks in many countries, including Saudi Arabia. Saudis consider tea a part of their long-standing heritage after it was introduced into the Kingdom nearly a hundred years ago. Alongside Saudi coffee,…

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Drones, Technology Localization Top ‘AI’ Discussions in Riyadh

Experts at the International Exhibition and Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing, held in Riyadh, discussed enhancing AI for the drone sector in smart cities and the possibility of localizing the technology in the Kingdom. They also tackled mapping cloud digital transformation and the role of AI in the…

The Independent UK

Flights disrupted and people urged to stay home as sandstorms hit Middle East

Sandstorms are typical during summers but in recent months, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia have been battered by an unprecedented number

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Saudi Ambassador: Mufti Khaled's Assassination Was Prelude to Assassination of Whole of Lebanon

Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Lebanon, Waleed Bukhari said on Monday that the 1989 assassination of Grand Mufti Sheikh Hassan Khaled was a prelude to the assassination of all of Lebanon, while describing the results of the recent parliamentary elections as "honorable". The ambassador was speaking at the fifth Saudi-Lebanese Cultural…

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Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Meets with CENTCOM Chief

Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held talks in Tampa on Monday with US Central Command chief Commander General Michael Kurilla. "We discussed our joint defense coordination, addressing regional challenges, and stressed the need to work together on preserving regional and global stability," tweeted Prince Khalid. They also…

Axios

U.S. quietly negotiating among Saudis, Israelis and Egyptians on Red Sea islands transfer

A deal could be a first step on the road to the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

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