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A Special Edition of The 966: Reviewing President Biden’s Visit to Saudi Arabia with Jon Alterman, David Des Roches, and Hussein Ibish
- July 19,2022
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- SUSTG Team
A very special edition of The 966 for Episode 53: The 966 has lined up three experts to discuss their reactions to President Biden’s visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia and a renewed U.S. focus on the Middle East region. Hussein Ibish, columnist for Bloomberg, Dr. Jon Alterman from the Center for Strategic and International […]
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President Biden Concludes Trip to Saudi Arabia with Agreements to Cooperate on Range of Issues
- July 18,2022
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- SUSTG Team
President Biden concluded his trip to Saudi Arabia with a renewed partnership with the Kingdom, pledging to work together with Saudi leadership to achieve shared goals on a number of diplomatic, energy, and trade issues.
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Dr. Sean Foley joins The 966 to talk about a changing Saudi culture, art in the Kingdom and more, and looking ahead to Biden’s visit
- July 15,2022
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- SUSTG Team
In Episode 52, Dr. Sean Foley, professor at MTSU and author of the book Changing Saudi Arabia: Art, Culture, and Society in the Kingdom, joins The 966. Dr. Foley specializes in Middle East history and the cultural, political, and religious trends in the wider Islamic World.
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Report: U.S. Justice Department Investigating PGA Tour in Fight With Saudi-Backed LIV Golf
- July 12,2022
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- SUSTG Team
The Department of Justice is investigating whether the PGA Tour engaged in anticompetitive behavior as it battles the upstart, Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit, the PGA Tour confirmed to The Wall Street Journal.
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Ahead of President Biden’s Visit, Administration Said to Mull Resumption of Offensive Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
- July 11,2022
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- SUSTG Team
Ahead of President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week, the Biden administration is discussing the possible lifting of its ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, four sources told Reuters in an exclusive item.
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The 966 Episode 51 with economist and longtime observer of Saudi Arabia, Dr. John Sfakianakis
- July 8,2022
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- SUSTG Team
In episode 51, The 966 chats with our long-time friend and longtime economist and observer of the Kingdom, Dr. John Sfakianakis. John is the chief economist and head of research of the Gulf Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is a professorial fellow at Cambridge. He’s also an associate fellow with the Middle East […]
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Oil Continues Drop on Global Indices as Recession, Demand Destruction Fears Weigh on Prices
- July 6,2022
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- SUSTG Team
Oil plummeted about 9% on Tuesday in the biggest daily drop since March, and failed to regain ground on Wednesday, as growing fears of a global recession and lockdowns in China that could slash demand weighed on prices.
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Saudi Arabia Welcomes Largest Pilgrimage Since Pandemic’s Start
- July 5,2022
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- SUSTG Team
Up to one million people, including 850,000 from abroad, are visiting Saudi Arabia for the Hajj Pilgrimage, in what is the largest gathering of pilgrims since the start of the pandemic curbed the ability for Saudi Arabia to host.
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Raghad Fathaddin joins The 966; Oil’s price and Saudi spare production capacity, the new ‘Motawif’ app, and more…
- July 1,2022
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- SUSTG Team
In episode 50, The 966 talks with Raghad Fathaddin, communications analyst for PepsiCo based in Riyadh, an entrepreneur and founder of Sangha “Estidama Hub”, a Y20 delegate and also a WIn fellow. Before that conversation, the hosts discuss a new app from Saudi Arabia that is changing the way people register for the Hajj pilgrimage, […]
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Saudi-led OPEC+ Group Sticks to Oil Output Policy, Delaying Debate before Biden’s Visit to Kingdom
- June 30,2022
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- SUSTG Team
The Saudi-led OPEC+ group of oil producers, which includes Russia, said on Thursday it would stick to its planned oil output hikes in August, pushing off a debate on policy from September onwards as prices have risen on tight global supplies and worries that the group has little ability to pump more crude, Reuters reports.
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Yemen’s warring parties accuse each other of attacking pipeline
Yemen’s warring factions have accused each other of attacking an oil pipeline pumping station in the central province of Marib, where clashes have raged for weeks and displaced tens of thousands of civilians.
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Saudi Arabia’s Mawid smartphone app offers coronavirus self-assessment
The Saudi Health Ministry has introduced a self-assessment feature on its Mawid smartphone app amid the global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), offering a consultation window for the public.
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Top five MENA VC deals in the first quarter of 2020
The first quarter is usually an active one for venture capital (VC) investments in the Middle East and with the top five closed before the Coronavirus pandemic. The top five investments amounted to $173 million with the UAE once again accounting for most of that. Food technology garnered the most amount of funding, a trend that is likely to continue given the rise in demand for e-groceries at the moment. It remains to be seen how active the investment community will be in the second quarter of this year, but we are expecting an overall slowdown.
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Saudi Arabia Records 3rd Virus Death, 3 Cities Implement Curfew Starting 3 p.m.
The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia reached 1,012 on Thursday after authorities announced 112 new infections, most of them in the capital Riyadh and Makkah.
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Yemen’s warring parties back U.N. call for truce
Yemen’s warring parties welcomed a United Nations call for an immediate truce on Thursday as the country entered its sixth year of a conflict that has unleashed a humanitarian crisis, rendering it more vulnerable to any coronavirus outbreak. A Saudi-led military coalition said late on Wednesday that it backed the Yemeni government’s acceptance of the U.N. appeal. Their foe, the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, welcomed that stance but said it wants to see implementation on the ground.
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U.S.-Saudi Oil Cartel Not a Good Idea, API CEO Mike Sommers Says: Video
Mike Sommers, American Petroleum Institute chief executive officer, says he'd be against the U.S. and Saudi Arabia forming a new oil cartel.
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Saudi Social Development Bank launches $3.2bn fund to support start-ups and SMEs
The Saudi Social Development Bank, with the support of the National Development Fund, has launched a program to support owners of small and emerging enterprises in promising and priority sectors, as well as low-income families, the Saudi Press Agency reported. It is doing so by allocating an additional budget of SR12 billion ($3.19 billion) to help mitigate the expected financial and economic impacts of the fight against coronavirus.
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How Putin spurned the Saudis to start a war on America’s shale oil industry
After five hours of polite but fruitless negotiation, in which Russia clearly laid out its strategy, the talks broke down Friday. It wasn’t just traders who were caught out: Ministers were so shocked, they didn’t know what to say, according to a person in the room. The gathering suddenly had the atmosphere of a wake, said another.
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Work begins on project to document all aspects of Saudi art and culture across the Kingdom
Work has started on an ambitious initiative to document all aspects of Saudi culture across the Kingdom’s 13 regions. With its “13/16” project, the Ministry of Culture aims to highlight the nation’s cultural diversity and rich heritage by constructing a record of all forms of local art and culture. The project, which includes the establishment of a visual library of cultural activity recorded in photographs and videos, is believed to be the first of its kind in the Kingdom in terms of exhaustiveness and diversity.
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MBC Group is Red Sea Film Festival’s main media partner
Red Sea International Film Festival has announced its principal partnership with MBC Group, the largest and leading multi-media company in the Middle East and North Africa region. The Red Sea International Film Festival’s opening ceremony on March 12 will be broadcasted on MBC TV.
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