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Saudi Arabia to Grant Citizenship to ‘Scientists, Intellectuals and Innovators’ From Around the World
In a bid to attract top talent and spark innovation in the Kingdom, Saudi Arabia has announced that it would grant full citizenship to “scientists, intellectuals, and innovators” from key sectors and focuses, according to reports.
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Saudi Tourism Officials Eye $20b Investment for Al-Ula, with Roadshow Planned for This Year – Report
A recent report in Reuters revealed Saudi Arabia’s big ambitions for Al-Ula, in the northwestern corner of the kingdom that was a key site for an ancient civilization and is near to the future planned city NEOM. Saudi Arabia is targeting up to $20 billion of investments through 2035 for a planned landmark tourism destination and will hold a global investor […]
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Arrives in India for Next Stop of Asia Tour
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in India for the second stop on a three-country tour of Asian nations as the Kingdom looks to boost relationships and trade opportunities in the East. India “rolled out the red carpet for the crown prince,” Reuters reports, amid simmering tensions with neighboring Pakistan following a militant attack in […]
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Contributes $100 Million for Syria’s Stabilization Efforts: Raqqa and Areas of Northeast Syria Liberated from ISIS
Saudi Arabia has announced that it has contributed $100 million for Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS-supported stabilization projects in areas liberated from ISIS in northeast Syria, the largest Coalition contribution to date for these liberated areas. “This substantial contribution will play a critical role in the Coalition’s efforts to revitalize communities, such as Raqqa, that […]
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Saudi Arabia’s Grain Organization will Privatize Four Mills as Reforms Reach More Sectors
Saudi Arabia’s state grain buyer, the Saudi Arabian Grains Organization (SAGO), said on Thursday it would start accepting applications for qualification of potential investors interested in the sale of its four mills on Aug. 26 as the push toward privatization across several sectors in the Kingdom continues. Reuters reports that the agency “will also make […]
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Saudi Arabia Announces 9 New Desalination Plants in 18 Months
Saudi Arabia said it would build 9 new desalination plants in the next 18 months on the Red Sea coast, according to an announcement by the Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Eng. Abdulrahman al-Fadhli. The new plants will cost SAR 2 billion ($533 million). The minister said the plants would be built “using modern techniques” […]
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New Saudi City Aims for Nearly 1m New Housing Units Near Mecca and Jeddah
Details have emerged on plans for a “giant extension” to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia that could add up to one million housing units by 2050, according to reports. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz is governor of the Mecca Region. In a press conference, the Prince told reporters that the Al-Faisaliah project […]
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U.S., Saudi Arabian Agribusiness Majors May Partner to Bid on Saudi Grains Milling Privatization
Saudi Arabia’s largest private agriculture company, Almarai, and U.S. agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland Co. are reportedly among companies eying Saudi Grains Organization’s (SAGO) milling operations, the kingdom’s sole supplier, according to an exclusive report by Reuters. The state-owned SAGO handles the Kingdom’s grains purchases, and is one of the world’s largest wheat and barley buyers. The company […]
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Seven Saudi Soldiers Killed on Yemen’s Border Last Week
At least seven Saudi soldiers have been killed in the past week in clashes with Yemeni rebels, Al Jazeera reports, citing the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Mohammed al-Manjahi was the latest soldier to be killed on the kingdom’s southern borders in the fight against Houthi rebels. According to an AFP news agency tally compiling reports by the Saudi […]
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Saudi Arabia Approves $24.5b for Water, Agriculture, and Environment Spending to Meet Vision 2030 Goals
Saudi Arabia has approved $24.5b for water, agriculture, and environment spending to allow government leaders to meet 16 goals set as part of its Vision 2030 development plan, Reuters reports. The figure was stated by Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli, Saudi Arabia’s minister for environment, water and agriculture at a speech at an industry conference in Riyadh. Reuters reports that […]
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Geothermal – Saudi Arabia’s Next Energy Vector?
For decades, Saudi Arabia’s power sector has heavily relied on hydrocarbons for electricity generation. Their abundant supply, affordability, and differential performance have made them a top choice. A significant portion of this electricity provides power for air conditioning systems and water desalination plants.
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Food-poisoning patients released from intensive care, 25 discharged from Riyadh hospital
More than half of the patients who contracted food poisoning caused by the clostridium botulinum bacteria last Thursday were released from intensive care and 25 discharged from a local hospital, the Ministry of Health reported on X. The ministry’s spokesperson Dr. Mohammed Khalid Alabdulaali confirmed that the only source of the contaminated food was from the local Hamburgini fast-food restaurant chain.
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Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University
New York City police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators holed-up in an academic building on Columbia University campus late on Tuesday and removed a protest encampment the Ivy League school had sought to dismantle for nearly two weeks.Shortly after police moved in, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik released a letter in which she requested police stay on campus until at least May 17 - two days after graduation - "to maintain order and ensure that encampments are not re-established."
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In Israel, Blinken set to push Netanyahu for sustained aid into Gaza
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, pushing to get more aid into Gaza, while urging Hamas to accept a deal that would halt fighting in the enclave and bring Israeli hostages home.Following visits to Riyadh and Amman earlier this week, the top U.S. diplomat is now in Israel for a series of meetings on the final stop of his Middle East tour.
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As famine looms in Sudan, the hungry eat soil and leaves
Nearly five million people are close to famine as the country’s civil war passes the one-year mark. Aid officials say the warring parties – the army and the Rapid Support Forces – are looting aid or blocking it from reaching areas where starvation is taking hold. But ‘the world’s largest hunger crisis’ is drawing little global attention.
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Biden is facing political pressure to make gas more expensive
Cheap gas is becoming politically expensive for President Joe Biden during a challenging election year. Pressure is building on Biden to ramp up sanctions enforcement against Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, Bloomberg reports — three major oil producers whose supplies have tamped down rising crude prices despite OPEC production cuts and a U.S. production glut.
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SecDef: I haven’t seen a full Israeli plan to protect civilians in Rafah
U.S. officials have “not seen a number of things that we believe that will have to happen” for the operation to proceed, Secretary Lloyd Austin told a House Armed Services Committee hearing. There are “some signs" of such preparations, Austin said, but he wants more assurances and planning, such as “making provisions for the civilians [so that] wherever you direct them to, you have sustainment in that area…so, you know, that the housing, the medical care, all that stuff that, that needs to be in place.”
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Arctech to build 3 GW factory in Saudi Arabia
Arctech Solar has launched a new partnership with the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) to set up a production facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The factory will cover an area of approximately 97,000 square meters and will have a production capacity of 3 GW, with the potential to reach up to 10 GW through localized production. It will focus on PV-supporting tracker products for local customers.
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US, Britain urge Hamas to accept Israeli truce proposal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Hamas to swiftly accept an Israeli proposal for a truce in the Gaza war and the release of Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian militant group.Hamas negotiators were expected to meet Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Cairo on Monday to deliver a response to the phased truce proposal which Israel presented at the weekend."Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of Israel," Blinken said at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
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‘Let’s help Yemen regain ability to chart its own future,’ US envoy Tim Lenderking tells Arab News
“The onus (is) on the Houthis to stop the Red Sea attacks,” he said. “That can prompt us all to begin to dial back, to de-escalate, to return the situation in Yemen to where it was on Oct. 6, which had considerably more promise and possibility than what exists now, and that’s where we want to return the focus.”
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