SUSTG.com / Research

Discover stories, topics, and more about Saudi Arebia faster.

Recent stories from sustg

MUST-READS

  • Iranian arms transfers through Beirut airport could ignite the Middle East

    On the ground, the most direct path from Iran to its Hezbollah and Syrian proxies is through the Iraq-Syria border near Al-Tanf, where a small American military presence monitors Islamic State activity and acts as a bulwark against Iranian weapons transfers. Iran is forced to take less direct routes to transfer its arms, including through the border town of Abu Kamel, which is monitored by Israeli intelligence in the deadly cat-and-mouse game between Iran and Israel.

  • Toyota to launch EV tailored to emerging markets around 2023

    Toyota Motor will add an electric vehicle for the first time to its lineup of strategic models geared toward emerging economies as early as next year in Thailand, where the automaker is defending its traditional stronghold from Chinese and South Korean rivals. The step is part of the Japanese company's multipronged approach to decarbonization.

  • Kuwait gets $100m back from Bahrain

    The Public Prosecutor in Kuwait tweeted: "This step was an implementation of the ruling against the suspects Fahad Meziad Al-Rajaan, former director of Social Insurance Corporation, and one of the prominent suspects of corruption in Kuwait, along with his wife Muna Mohammad Al-Wazzan."

  • Schools to remain shut in Makkah, Jeddah on Thursday amid rain forecast

    However, online classes will be conducted through the “Madrasati platform” for all students, male and female employees of schools and education offices, it said. Hussein Al-Qahtani, spokesman of NCM, said in a statement that weather indications show that the current rainy situation in Jeddah would not be at the rates of the torrential rain that hit Jeddah for several hours on Nov. 24.

  • Saudi Arabia, Britain Sign MoU to Develop Financial Services 

    They signed a memorandum of understanding that aims to highlight opportunities, exchange experiences, and enhance cooperation between the two countries in the fields of financial development and public finance services. Al-Jadaan was on a two-visit to the UK where he met with Minister of Investment Lord Johnson to discuss ways to bolster relations and cooperation in financial services between their countries

  • How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent Ukraine? Here Are Six Charts.

    In 2022, the Biden administration and the U.S. Congress have directed nearly $50 billion in assistance to Ukraine, which includes humanitarian, financial, and military support, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German research institute. The historic sums are helping a broad set of Ukrainian people and institutions, including refugees, law enforcement, and independent radio broadcasters, though most of the aid has been military-related. Dozens of other countries, including most members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union, are also providing large aid packages to Ukraine.

  • Inside story: Mixed messaging overshadows claimed Iran-Saudi encounter

    Speaking on condition that their names be withheld given the sensitivity of the topic, Arab and Iranian political sources told Amwaj.media that Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart likely exchanged greetings in connection with the gathering, rather than engaged in a substantive private conversation. Of note, among his regional counterparts, the Iranian foreign minister appears to only have separately sat down with Oman’s top diplomat.

  • Saudi Arabia Invests $2.4 Billion in Key Dubai Port Developments

    Saudi Arabia is buying stakes in three flagship DP World developments in the United Arab Emirates for $2.4 billion, in the latest sign that increasing competition between the two largest Gulf economies isn’t impacting deal flow.

  • After Raising $203M In Funding, Gaurav Biswas, Founder And CEO Of TruKKer, Is Planning To Go Public

    However, the Saudi-headquartered freight network may become a public company in the next 24 to 36 months. “We are already very well-structured again because of the involvement of the kind of investors who came in earlier in our business,” explains Biswas. “It gives us enough time right now to prepare the business from a public governance perspective, and that’s what we’ll be working on over the next few months.”

  • Signs of Salome, said to be nurse to baby Jesus, unearthed in Israel

    Also found were inscriptions - some in Arabic - and decorated oil lamps consistent with the site having served Christian pilgrims, including through to the ninth century after the Muslim conquest of the region, the IAA said.