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  • Cybersecurity
    Women and children top Saudi cybersecurity agency’s list of priorities

    The National Cybersecurity Authority of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday launched two new initiatives. The first aims to improve the protections that safeguard children in the digital world, and the second is designed to boost the representation of women in cybersecurity jobs. They were unveiled by Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar on day one of the two-day Global Cybersecurity Forum.

  • Environment
    Golf Saudi puts environment at center of development strategy

    Golf Saudi has revealed its national strategy for the development of golf courses in Saudi Arabia, including a series of initiatives undertaken over the last twelve months aimed at improving the sustainability of golf in the country.

  • Economy
    Saudi inflation set to rise on higher consumer spending in 2020

    Inflation forecasts for Saudi Arabia in 2020 have been revised upwards to 1.7 percent to reflect expectations of a continued pick-up in non-oil activities, and an elevated level of consumer spending. A new research note from Jadwa Investment, analysing latest General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) data for December, showed that prices were up by 0.2 percent year-on-year, and by 0.1 percent month-on-month.

  • Media and Entertainment
    Alibaba-backed fund to build HQ in Saudi ‘media city’

    Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with a fund linked to China's Alibaba to build a new headquarters in a "media city" in the kingdom's capital, the Saudi minister of culture said on Tuesday. The minister, Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, said on Twitter that he signed the agreement with Jerry Li, founding partner of eWTP Capital, which is backed by Jack Ma, head of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.

  • Energy
    Saudi Bid to Cut Hits Russian Pushback as OPEC Experts Meet

    OPEC+ technical experts gathered to analyze the impact of the crisis on oil demand, and diplomatic efforts between Riyadh and Moscow continued in parallel. According to two delegates, Saudi Arabia is pushing for a production cut of at least 500,000 barrels a day -- and even up to twice that amount. But Russia, whose budget is more resilient to lower oil prices, continued to push back, according to several delegates.

  • Public Investment Fund
    Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund Sold Tesla Stock Before Rally

    Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund sold almost all of its Tesla Inc. shares last quarter, nearly exiting what had been one of the largest holdings in the electric-car maker. The Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund held just 39,151 shares at the end of the year, according to a regulatory filing. The fund previously had more than 8.2 million shares and ranked among the five biggest owners, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

  • EU-Iran
    EU top diplomat holds talks in Iran ‘to de-escalate tensions’

    Borrell’s trip, his first to Iran since taking office, follows a spike in tensions between Washington and Tehran after the January 3 assassination in Baghdad of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in a US drone strike.

  • Libya
    Libya envoy pushes for lasting ceasefire at Geneva talks

    The talks, likely to last all week, represent progress since for days Khalifa Haftar – the general who leads the self-styled Libyan National Army, based in the country’s east – had refused to attend.

  • Iraq
    Can Iraq’s new prime minister nominee navigate Baghdad’s political chaos?

    Salih named Mohammed Tawfik Allawi as his designee for the premiership. Salih has set a deadline for February 1 for Iraq’s parliament to elect a new prime minister, but the body has failed to do so. Allawi was a former communications minister under former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.

  • Saudi-Iran
    Iran wants to resolve issues with Saudi, UAE quickly: Iranian official

    Iran wants to resolve differences with its Gulf foes Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates “as quickly as possible”, Tehran’s ambassador to Iraq told the Iraqi state news agency in an interview published on Tuesday. Ambassador Iraj Masjedi said that top commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed at Baghdad airport by a U.S. drone strike last month, was carrying a message setting out Iran’s position on possible rapprochement with Saudi Arabia, the news agency reported.