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Kenyan single mothers ‘trapped’ in Saudi Arabia as exit visas denied to children born outside marriage

Domestic workers who fled abusive employers say their children are not eligible for birth certificates, medical care or education – yet cannot leave

The Guardian - UK

Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov: Odds and what to know ahead of UFC Saudi Arabia main event

Israel Adesanya is only moderately favored to rebound from a two-fight skid at UFC Saudi Arabia.

USA Today Sports Media Group

New stadiums, airports and oil links: the environmental cost of Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup

Fifa has confirmed Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 men’s World Cup, meaning the biggest football event on the planet will return to the Middle East.

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Fans to be banned from drinking alcohol in stadiums at Saudi World Cup

Football fans will be banned from drinking alcohol in stadiums at the 2034 World Cup after last week’s controversial award of the tournament to Saudi Arabia

The Guardian - UK

Riyadh Season Snooker Championship 2024: Final results, TV channel, prize money, golden ball explained

Mark Allen thrashed Luca Brecel in the final in Riyadh

Evening Standard

Will alcohol be on sale at the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia?

Alcohol sales were strictly limited to corporate areas at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

FourFourTwo

FIFA has a human rights policy, so how could it award Saudi Arabia the 2034 soccer World Cup?

Last week, FIFA officially awarded Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup.

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The fall of Afghanistan’s horse power is a lesson to today’s petrostates: Power based on a strategic commodity is fleeting

Not so long ago, Afghanistan was the Saudi Arabia of horses. But technological change led to its rapid decline.

Fortune

Israel Adesanya headlines UFC Saudi Arabia vs. Nassourdine Imavov

Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is back.

USA Today Sports Media Group

World Falls Short Of Drought Deal At Saudi-hosted Talks

Negotiators failed to produce an agreement on how to respond to drought at Saudi-hosted UN talks, participants said on Saturday, falling short of a hoped-for binding protocol addressing the scourge.

International Business Times

UN talks fail to reach agreement on dealing with rising risk of global drought

Despite two weeks of U.N.-sponsored talks in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, the participating 197 nations failed to agree on a plan to deal with global droughts, made longer and more severe by a warming climate

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia banned film for 35 years. The Red Sea festival is just one sign of the industry's rise

“My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia’s decades-long cinema ban

The Independent UK

MSP demands answers on 'shameful' Scottish FA backing for Saudi Arabia World Cup

Gillian Mackay MSP has written to the Scottish FA to demand a rethink on their support for the award of the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia.

The National (Scotland)

Saudi Arabia's plans to host the men's World Cup 2034 will be harmful for the climate, experts say

Saudi Arabia says that to host the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer, it will build or renovate 15 stadiums, create a futuristic city and expand airports and public transport in a massive buildout to accommodate millions of athletes, coaches and spectators

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2034 World Cup visitors will live in 'a bubble' and not see real life, Saudi rights activist says

A Saudi human rights activist says soccer fans visiting Saudi Arabia for the 2034 World Cup will live in a “bubble” that doesn't reflect real life there

The Conversation

Syria: fall of Assad a blow for Iran’s ‘Shia crescent’ – here are its foreign policy options in the new-look Middle East

When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant backlash. The Syrian Constitution stipulated that only Muslims could hold the presidency, and the Alawites were deemed non-Muslim by many Sunni groups.

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Saudi Arabia To Host 2034 FIFA World Cup

FIFA announces hosts for 2030 and 2034 World Cups, raising concerns over human rights issues in Saudi Arabia's bid.

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup. But when exactly?

Saudi Arabia scored a major win in its campaign to attract major sports events to the kingdom when it was formally appointed as the 2034 World Cup host on Wednesday

FourFourTwo

Why is Saudi Arabia hosting the 2034 World Cup?

The 2034 World Cup is going to Saudi Arabia, after the Gulf State submitted an uncontested bid for the tournament

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia confirmed as 2034 World Cup hosts at online FIFA Congress

Morocco, Portugal and Spain were rubberstamped as principal co-hosts of the 2030 tournament.

The Guardian - UK

Saudi Arabia’s World Cup: what will the 2034 tournament look like?

It will be in the winter again and many stadiums and hotels are yet to be built but there is a genuine local love for the sport

Sports Illustrated

Saudi Arabia to Host 2034 FIFA World Cup

FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed the 2034 FIFA World Cup will take place in Saudi Arabia.

Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia to host FIFA World Cup 2034: When and where will it be staged?

Months of speculation about the World Cup 2034 host were put to rest when FIFA awarded the tournament to Saudi Arabia.

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