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Kingdom Aims for 70 Million Tourist Visits This Year; Visits Soar in 1Q 2022
- May 10,2022
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- SUSTG Team
Visits to Saudi Arabia soared in the first quarter of this year as the Kingdom eyes ambitious growth in the previously nascent sector, targeting over 70 million tourist visits this year, Saudi Tourism Authority CEO Fahd Hamidaddin told Reuters in an interview.
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Jon Alterman from the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins The 966 to talk about the Middle East in an evolving global order, U.S.-Saudi relations
- May 6,2022
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- SUSTG Team
In Episode 42, the ever-insightful Dr. Jon Alterman from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), one of the leading think tanks in Washington, joins The 966 to talk about a changing global order and the Middle East’s role in it. The hosts ask Jon about his work to-date, including building the fascinating and […]
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Report: Saudi to Add Over $10b in Mining, Mineral Opportunities
- May 5,2022
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia is planning to offer several projects to the private sector to tap its massive mineral wealth with a value of more than 40 billion Saudi riyals ($10.6 billion), Zawya reports, citing a local newspaper.
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Dr. Mohammed Alhajji, Director of Behavioral Insights with Saudi Ministry of Health Joins The 966 to talk about his career and journey as a Saudi student in the USA
- May 3,2022
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- SUSTG Team
The 966 welcomes onto the show Dr. Mohammed Alhajji, Director of the Behavioral Insights and Nudge Unit at Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia, and co-founder of SaudiGenome, onto the program to discuss his journey as a Saudi student in the United States for 15 years and his work now in Saudi Arabia for the ministry.
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Dr. Fatimah Alhamlan from KFSHRC and founder of Rofaida joins The 966, Biden’s pick for Ambassador to Saudi, and more…
- April 29,2022
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- SUSTG Team
In Episode 40, Dr. Fatimah Alhamlan from King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) and founder of Rofaida, a Women’s Health Organization, joins The 966 to talk about her life’s journey that took her as a young woman from Medina to becoming an American-educated PHD researcher, Eisenhower fellow, and now as a leader at […]
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King & Spalding Paper Examines Impact of New Privatization Law in Saudi Arabia
- April 28,2022
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- SUSTG Team
A new paper from law firm King & Spalding summarizes the new Privatization Law in Saudi and seeks to assess its impact in its first twelve months, “including the extent to which it has achieved its stated objectives, as well as to highlight key takeaways for industry participants and lessons learned from our experience in procurement […]
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Saudi Arabia Will Purchase Up to 100,000 Lucid Vehicles, Company Says
- April 27,2022
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- SUSTG Team
Electric carmaker Lucid Group Inc., which is owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Tuesday said it has signed an agreement with the government of Saudi Arabia for the purchase of up to 100,000 of its vehicles over the next 10 years, according to Reuters.
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UK PM Boris Johnson Speaks with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman after March Visit
- April 26,2022
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- SUSTG Team
Just weeks after visiting Saudi Arabia and the UAE as part of a diplomatic push to align Western interests with that of Gulf allies, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held talks via telephone on Monday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss the dire situation in Ukraine and other matters.
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Oil Drops Below $100 as Higher Oil Prices Seen as Boon for Saudi Economy
- April 25,2022
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- SUSTG Team
Oil dropped at the start of the week below $100 as worry over a spreading Covid-19 outbreak in China might impact consumption even further, according to Bloomberg.
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Scratching the surface on the issues affecting U.S.-Saudi relations today + much more – The 966 Episode 36
- April 22,2022
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- SUSTG Team
Episode 36! The hosts scratch the surface on some issues affecting U.S.-Saudi relations – both now and in the past – and talk about the status of the U.S.-Saudi relationship today. First, the hosts talk about a recent op-ed by Prince Turki al-Faisal, ‘America should laugh with the Kingdom, not scowl’, amid U.S. media criticism […]
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Yemen Civil WarYemen’s government starts indirect talks with southern separatists in Saudi Arabia – officials
“Indirect talks have started between the government and the STC (Southern Transitional Council separatists) via the Saudi side,” a senior Yemeni official, who declined to be named, told Reuters. “The situation is very difficult and complicated but we hope to achieve some progress.”
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U.S.-IranU.S. will aggressively enforce sanctions over Iran tanker: State Department official
The United States will aggressively enforce its sanctions to prevent the private sector from assisting an Iranian oil tanker that is traveling through the Mediterranean and that Washington wants seized, a State Department official said on Thursday.
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Saudi WomenCleared for takeoff: Saudi women start exercising their newest right
Saudi Arabia’s international airports are the scene of the latest “first” for women citizens, who can now leave the country without permission from a male relative as the kingdom chips away at its heavily criticized guardianship system.
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U.S.-AfghanistanCommentary: Afghanistan Endgame Part One – Is Sirajuddin Haqqani Ready for Peace?
In peace talks with the Afghan Taliban, the United States should not fail to address the evolution of the Haqqani-al-Qaeda nexus.
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Yemen Civil WarYemeni Foreign Ministry Partially Suspends Activities at its Aden Offices
A joint Saudi-UAE military delegation arrived in Aden on Thursday to discuss the withdrawal of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and Security Belt forces from government headquarters and positions they seized in Yemen’s interim capital last week. The Yemeni government considered the interim capital to be under an armed insurgency, and therefore it is difficult for any official party to perform its tasks routinely, revealed government spokesman Rajeh Badi to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper in a phone-call on Thursday.
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Yemen Civil War‘Scores’ killed in Yemen as UAE-backed fighters seize parts of Aden
“Movement was almost impossible with shooting on going in many parts of town – with all calibres of weapons – and ambulances could not move. Because of that, the hospitals did not get an influx until the fighting started to die down.”
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SudanSudan parties meet in Egypt to develop political process
Egypt today announced that a two-day meeting between Sudan’s Freedom and Change forces and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front had come to a close yesterday without revealing details of any agreements made.
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Gulf ShippingAnalysis: Party of One? Maritime Coalition Challenges in the Gulf
Narrow seas, rugged coastlines, and scattered islands are conducive to disruption activities by the low-signature, fast-moving boats of the IRGC. Small populations and manpower shortages in the Gulf Arab states limit the number of ships that can be manned.
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WomenSaudi Arabia women’s rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom
Thousands of Saudi women took to social media to celebrate royal decrees on Friday that allow women above 21 to travel without permission as of the end of August. Women also now have the right to register births, marriages and divorces, to be issued official family documents and be guardians to minors. Experts, however, say male relatives can still obstruct women defying their wishes through legal avenues or informal routes in the ultra-conservative kingdom, where it will take time to change views on gender and social customs.
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HealthcareSaudi Arabia backs $550 million investment in health startup Babylon
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, German reinsurer Munich Re and an undisclosed U.S. health insurer backed the round, Babylon says.
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