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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Says Kingdom Offering $6 Trillion in Investment Opportunities Over Next Decade
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the Kingdom offers investment opportunities worth $6 trillion over the next decade, with new projects representing half of this value, he said in a speech at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
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After Summit Agreement, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Extends Saudi Hospitality to Visiting Qatari Emir
This week, Saudi Arabia and other GCC nations buried the hatchet with neighboring Qatar after a diplomatic standoff that lasted over three years. The two sides, working toward a fresh start in recent weeks, finalized the end of the feud at Tuesday’s 42nd GCC Summit in Saudi Arabia, reuniting to once again reinvigorate trade between […]
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Trump Administration Approves Nearly $300 Million in Bomb Sales to Saudi Arabia
The Trump Administration’s State Department has approved a possible the sale of nearly $300 million in GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) Munitions and related equipment to Saudi Arabia, the latest large U.S.-Saudi security deal to be approved in recent years. The principal contractor will be U.S.-based Boeing, St. Louis, MO.
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Saudi Arabia Joins Dozens of Nations in Blocking International Travel as Mutant Coronavirus Strain Alarms Authorities
Saudi Arabia suspended late on Sunday all international commercial flights for a renewable week except for the foreign flights already in the kingdom which will be allowed to leave, according to reports. The variant, detected in England, is up to 70 percent more transmissible than earlier versions, officials said. People in southeast England, where the […]
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Oil Approaches Prices Not Seen Since Start of Pandemic as Optimism on Vaccines, U.S. Stimulus Drives Prices
Oil reached its highest close in almost 10 months as U.S. lawmakers worked toward finalizing a stimulus deal that may boost near-term demand ahead of a broad roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine. Futures in New York were near $48.50, headed for a seventh weekly gain, Bloomberg reports.
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Saudi Arabia’s Economy Still Shrank in 3Q Despite Rebound Trend
Saudi Arabia’s economy shrank more slowly in the third quarter of this year as the government relaxed some measures put in place to curb the spread of the Coronavirus but the oil sector continued to weigh on the Kingdom’s overall economic outlook, according to reports.
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Saudi Arabia Registers Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Import, Distribution in Kingdom
Health authorities in Saudi Arabia have registered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for import and use in the country, state news agency SPA said on Thursday. Saudi Arabia’s Food and Drug Agency registered the vaccine. Procedures necessary for its import and use will begin, the statement said.
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Road to the G20: G20 Leader’s Summit Publication Released Ahead of Virtual 2020 Summit
Organizers of the G20 in Riyadh released the summit’s Annual Publication ahead of the G20 leadership summit, beginning tomorrow and taking place virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Saudi Arabia as host has prioritized empowering people, safeguarding the planet and shaping new frontiers as themes for this year’s event, the first G20 to be chaired by a nation […]
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Rising Coronavirus Cases, Lockdowns Globally Will Hurt Oil Demand More than Previously Thought in 2021, OPEC Says
A global surge in Coronavirus cases and resulting lockdowns in late 2020 will cause oil demand to rebound more slowly in 2021 than previously thought, OPEC said on Wednesday. The surge in Coronavirus cases will hamper efforts by OPEC and its allies to support the market, Reuters reports.
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Road to the G20: B20, T20 Meetings Conclude Ahead of Main G20 Event
SUSTG is covering the events and meetings taking place in the run up to the G20 in November as part of our “Road to the G20” series of posts and featured items. Saudi Arabia just wrapped up the hosting of the B20 business-focused group, as well as the T20 meetings last week. The Business 20 […]
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Grab the popcorn: Cinema Nights is back
Film enthusiasts, you’ll be happy to know the star-studded Red Sea International Film Festival has partnered with the Diriyah Biennale Foundation to bring the popular cinematic event to our capital’s doorstep –yes we’re talking about Saudi Cinema Nights. Inching its way towards becoming a hotspot for the film industry, with stunning locations like the Red Sea and UNESCO World Heritage sites like Turaif and Al Balad, it’s an obvious pick.
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Saudi Arabia now hiring female domestic workers from 33 countries
The number of countries from which female domestic workers can now be recruited in Saudi Arabia has surged to 33 after several countries have recently been added to the hire list in the kingdom, thus expanding options for employers.The latest additions included Ethiopia, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Gambia.
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Saudi Arabia’s air transport sector sees 26 percent passenger growth, exceeding 112 million in 2023
The air transport sector in Saudi Arabia achieved in 2023 remarkable growth, as announced by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). Passenger traffic reached a record-breaking 112 million, reflecting a significant 26 percent increase compared to 2022 and exceeding pre-pandemic levels (2019) by more than 8 percent. This robust performance underscores the successful recovery of the transportation sector from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sand to Sky Episode 1: Inside the exciting future of Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah
The first episode of Sand to Sky puts the spotlight on the City of Earth’s experiential development journey -
$410 billion in investments propel Saudi Arabia’s mining sector growth
Saudi Arabia’s mining sector is undergoing a significant transformation and is gearing up to become one of the key pillars of economic diversification efforts outlined in Vision 2030. The latest report from the National Industrial and Mining Information Center reveals that Saudi Arabia issued 152 industrial licenses in January alone, bringing the total number of operating and under-construction factories in the Kingdom to 11,672. These factories represent a combined investment of SAR1.539 trillion ($410.4 billion).
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Saudi Arabia plans to tap Islamic bond market to raise funding for Neom
Saudi Arabia is looking to raise over a billion dollars for the Neom megacity project from the sale of Islamic bonds, following reports that ambitions for the desert project have been scaled back. Neom is looking into a plan to raise as much as $1.3 billion from Islamic bonds, or sukuk, as it looks to shore up funding for the $1.5 trillion megacity project, according to a Bloomberg report.
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Saudi Arabia’s private sector workers grow to 11.2M in March
The total number of workers in the Saudi private sector reached 11.24 million in March 2024, the National Labor Observatory said. The total number of nationals working in private-sector entities stood at 2.37 million in the same month, of which male and female workers accounted for 1.39 million and 975,700, respectively. Meanwhile, the number of expats working in the private sector reached 8.87 million.
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Saudi Arabia’s Barn’s reaches 700 stores ahead of planned global expansion
Alongside further expansion in Saudi Arabia – the largest branded coffee shop market in the Middle East – Barn’s is also expected to open its first international store this year. In December 2023, a Barn’s official told World Coffee Portal that the chain would make its overseas debut in Bahrain during the first quarter of 2024.
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This Lava Tube in Saudi Arabia Has Been a Human Refuge for 7,000 Years
When ancient humans pushed into the Arabian Peninsula, they found a world marked by magma. Swaths of it once erupted from volcanoes, leaving a landscape of craters and frozen lava flows. Many of these seemingly otherworldly volcanic fields are adorned with archaeological remains — from small dwellings to colossal animal-corralling structures called kites — that date back millenniums. Little is known about the identities and lives of those humans. But a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One has revealed that their occupation of this volcanic realm extended underground. Archaeologists at a site in northwestern Saudi Arabia have excavated a lava tube — the naturally hollowed-out subterranean remnant of a lava flow.
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An uneasy alliance of Arab states helped defend Israel from Iran. Their resolve may soon be tested.
“Those Arab countries are in a very critical situation,” said Oraib Al Rantawi, director of the Al Quds Center for Political Studies, a think tank based in Jordan’s capital, Amman. “There is no easy position to take for all of them, especially Jordan, which for geopolitical reasons has found itself trapped between two troublemakers — Iran and Israel.”
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