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IMF Sees OPEC+ Turn on Oil Production as Boon for Saudi Economy in 2025 – Report
The International Monetary Fund said it expects OPEC and its partners to start increasing oil output gradually from July, “a transition that’s set to catapult Saudi Arabia back into the ranks of the world’s fastest-growing economies next year,” according to a report in Bloomberg. “We are assuming the full reversal of cuts is happening at the beginning of 2025,” […]
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Prospects for Saudi Arabia hitting 2030 Renewable Energy Targets
In 2016 Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 had an initial target of deploying 9.5GW of green energy by 2030. The latest revision made in 2023 targets 130GW of renewable power capacity by 2030. GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, says the Kingdom can come close to that target.
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Saudi Arabia Moves Closer to $1 Billion stake in a Pakistani mine – Report
Saudi Arabia is moving closer to a potential deal to acquire a minority stake in a Pakistan mine controlled by Barrick Gold Corp., people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.
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Saudi Arabia Fares Well in 2024 Kearney FDI Confidence Index
Ongoing economic and business-related reforms helped the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia post the biggest jumps in Kearney’s 2024 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index. The countries climbed ten spots from 2023, to eighth for the UAE and 14th for Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi defense minister receives phone call from US counterpart; Kingdom denies role in shooting down Iranian attack
Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman received on Sunday a phone call from U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, according to reports.
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Dr. William Greene, CIO of the Hevolution Foundation, joins The 966 to talk latest investments, strategy for Hevolution
William Greene, MD, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Hevolution Foundation, joins The 966 to talk about Hevolution’s investment strategy and role as an investor in the emerging field of Healthspan Science. As CIO, Dr. Greene oversees all aspects of Hevolution Foundation’s investment strategy, planning, analysis, and execution.
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Halo Space to test Balloon Flight from Saudi
Spanish company Halo Space is in talks with Saudi regulators to set up a base in the kingdom for balloon flights into space. Ongoing tests are planned for Saudi Arabia this summer.
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Saudi Arabia Gets First Cannes Official Selection Slot With Drama ‘Norah’
Saudi Arabia has landed its first film in the Cannes Film Festival official selection with “Norah,” a drama by pioneering director Tawfik Alzaidi set in 1990s Saudi, according to reports.
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MBS’ True Legacy
Writing in Al-Arabiya, Richard Wilson, SUSTG president and The 966 Co-host, points out the fundamental (rather than flashy) changes that represent Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s true legacy.
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U.S. Ambassador Michael Ratney joins The 966 for a truly informative Episode #127
U.S. Ambassador Michael Ratney shares his insights with The 966 in a wide-ranging conversation with Richard Wilson. Just over one year in his position, Amb. Ratney offers his perspective on change in Saudi Arabia and an evolving U.S.-Saudi relationship.
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Saudi anti-corruption authority reveals details of recent cases
In one case, two Central Bank employees were arrested for receiving sums of money from a resident, who was also arrested, in exchange for depositing more than SR7.3 million ($1.95 million), without verifying the source, into bank accounts belonging to commercial entities over a two-year period. In another case, a security officer working at the General Department of Traffic was arrested for receiving SR387,000 from the owner of a public services office, who was also arrested, in exchange for illegally amending the essential data of a group of vehicles.
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Photos: Highlights of WTT Saudi Smash 2024-Xinhua
Fan Zhendong of China returns a shot during the men's singles round of 64 match against Nicolas Burgos of Chile at WTT Saudi Smash 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 5, 2024
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Saudi Arabia Posts Budget Deficit as Capex Spending Climbs
Saudi Arabia recorded a sixth straight quarterly budget deficit as increased spending on capital expenditure and other areas outpaced growth in revenue. The shortfall stood at 12.4 billion riyals ($3.3 billion) in the first quarter, more than four times higher than a year ago, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance on Sunday. On a quarterly basis, the deficit eased from about 37 billion riyals at the end of 2023.
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Turkey halts all trade with Israel, cites worsening Palestinian situation
Turkey stopped all exports and imports to and from Israel as of Thursday, the Turkish trade ministry said, citing "worsening humanitarian tragedy" in the Palestinian territories."Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products," Turkey's trade ministry said in a statement."Turkey will strictly and decisively implement these new measures until the Israeli Government allows an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza."
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Greece and Saudi Arabia to launch studies for potential electricity interconnector
Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or Admie) and Saudi Arabia’s National Grid Saudi Electricity Company have decided to kick off technical and economic studies for an electricity interconnector between the two countries.
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Opinion: Unable to ‘win’ in Gaza, Israel sets its sights elsewhere
For the meanwhile, it appears that neither Israel nor Iran wants a direct war with each other, and both appear ready to consider the recent exchange of attacks, although not their underlying causes, resolved. It certainly helps that no one appears to have been killed in either country, and that was undoubtedly intentional, since both sides have the clear ability to inflict far more destruction and deaths in each other’s territories if that was what they wanted.
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Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners
A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago. The mistrial came in the jury’s eighth day of deliberations. The deliberations went far longer than the trial itself.
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Secondary school graduates can get enrolled in universities across all Saudi regions
The Saudi Council of Universities Affairs issued a decision to open admission for government secondary school graduates in universities across all regions of Saudi Arabia, effective from the next academic year 1446.
The council stated that the prerequisite to limit the admission to students from the administrative region to which the university is affiliated will no longer be applicable. The council’s decision aims to enable male and female students to search for the appropriate academic paths for them, and to provide opportunities for fair competition for university seats in all government universities throughout Saudi Arabia. -
Saudi Arabia launches Nusuk pilgrim card for the Hajj of 2024
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has launched the Nusuk pilgrim card, which will be in use for the forthcoming annual pilgrimage of Hajj 2024.
Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah released the Nusuk card by presenting its copy to Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas in Jakarta on Tuesday, April 30, during his official visit to Indonesia. -
Axis of Resistance Continues its Battle
or the six months following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the region appeared to settle into a predictable, if volatile, pattern in which Iran acted indirectly, through its so-called “Axis of Resistance” partners, to strike against Israel, Israel’s main backer, the United States, and global commerce transiting the Red Sea, as a means of exerting pressure on Israel to end its offensive against Hamas.
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