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  • Crypto Market Value Climbs Back Above $2 Trillion Amid (BTC) Bitcoin Rally

    Bitcoin hovered around $52,000 after a broad cryptocurrency rally that saw Ether, the second-biggest token, advance back to where it was before the TerraUSD stablecoin collapsed almost two years ago. Bitcoin’s almost 25% year-to-date gain has helped to lift the market capitalization of digital assets above $2 trillion for the first time since April 2022, data from CoinGecko show. Bitcoin and Ether were up more than 2% at one point on Thursday in New York, with the latter changing hands at $2,852 as of 9:59 a.m.

  • Inside Johnny Depp’s Epic Bromance With Saudi Crown Prince MBS

    Over the past year, Depp has spent more than seven weeks in Saudi Arabia, staying in royal palaces and camps, traversing the country by yacht and helicopter, and even flying to London and back on MBS’s personal 747 for a quick trip to attend the Jeff Beck Memorial Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. In that time, Depp and MBS have become real friends. “They made a genuine connection,” says a friend of Depp’s. “It’s a shock to many of the people who know [Depp], but it’s what happened.” Insiders say Depp is now weighing a seven-figure annual contract to promote Saudi Arabia’s cultural renaissance.

  • From robots to gliding bombs, Saudi Arabia showcases growing domestic defence trade

    “Even for college now we have new different streams for women, developing their talents and making them ready to work in the military industry,” Khawlah Alshmmari, vice president of human resources at the National Company for Mechanical Systems, told The National. NCMS has a large stand at the expo, showcasing everything from the high-tech weaponry – the unmanned armoured vehicle turret the Moreb 30, which can carry 30mm or 40mm canons that rapidly fire explosive shells – to less advanced but essential items including artillery shells currently in a large global demand.

  • Blinken meets MBS in Saudi Arabia as U.S. pushes for post-war deal

    During his previous visit to Israel last month, Blinken told Israeli leaders that Saudi Arabia wants to normalize relations with Israel after the Gaza war ends, but it won't agree to any deal if the Israeli government doesn't commit to the principle of a two-state solution.

  • Saudi Arabia’s MBS meets with chair, members of US Senate Intelligence Committee

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the Kingdom’s relations with the United States on Saturday during a meeting with members of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Saudi Press Agency reported. MBS welcomed the delegation, which was headed by committee chairman Senator Mark Warner, at the Winter Camp in AlUla, SPA added.

  • Saudi Arabia’s MBS meets with chair, members of US Senate Intelligence Committee

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the Kingdom’s relations with the United States on Saturday during a meeting with members of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Saudi Press Agency reported. MBS welcomed the delegation, which was headed by committee chairman Senator Mark Warner, at the Winter Camp in AlUla, SPA added.

  • US security official discusses Gaza war with Saudi’s MBS before Israel trip

    White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, met the crown prince of Saudi Arabia to discuss the war in Gaza and efforts towards creating sustainable peace between Israel and Palestine. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) hosted Sullivan on Wednesday during his tour of the Middle East to bolster the United States’s influence in the region.

  • Iran’s president meets MbS, Sisi for the first time

    Ebrahim Raisi has become the first Iranian president to visit Saudi Arabia in over a decade. Raisi traveled to the Kingdom over the weekend to attend a joint Arab-Islamic emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). He also seized on the gathering to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MbS) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for the first time.

  • Commentary: Amid Hamas-Israel War, MBS Holds the Key to Oil Prices

    The extra barrels from weak sanctions enforcement translated into a huge windfall for Tehran; the cash can be used without any restrictions. According to my calculations, Iran is making about $1.5 billion a month more at current oil prices than if its output remained capped at the October 2022 level. Over a year, that’s about $18 billion and makes the current debate in Washington about the $6 billion of South Korean money transferred to a bank in Qatar for Iran to buy food and medicines look like a distraction.

  • Saudi Arabia’s MBS calls PGA Tour deal ‘game-changer,’ doesn’t care about sportswashing accusations

    In an interview with FOX News, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he “doesn’t care” about sportswashing accusations regarding his kingdom’s sports investments, which include LIV Golf and a planned partnership with the PGA Tour. “Well if sportswashing is going to increase my GDP by one percent, then I will continue doing sportswashing,” bin Salman said in a clip aired Wednesday on "Special Report with Bret Baier."