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King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival 2024 Concludes
- December 23,2024
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- SUSTG Team
The 2024 King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival, which featured a prize pool of more than $9.6 million, the largest in the history of the event, concluded on Thursday.
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Cruise Saudi Launches Inaugural Ship
- December 20,2024
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- SUSTG Team
AROYA Cruises’ flagship vessel, AROYA, has embarked on its inaugural journey across the Red Sea, marking a significant milestone for Cruise Saudi, a Public Investment Fund company, as it expands Saudi Arabia’s cruise tourism sector.
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World Arabic Language Day celebrated
- December 19,2024
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- SUSTG Team
World Arabic Language Day has been celebrated every year on 18 December since 2012. The date coincides with the day in 1973 that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted Arabic as the sixth official language of the Organization.
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Noor Riyadh, world’s largest light festival, attracts 3 million
- December 18,2024
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- SUSTG Team
Noor Riyadh, the world’s largest light art festival and a flagship program of Riyadh Art, concluded its successful fourth edition, welcoming over 3 million spectators and bringing together over 60 artworks by more than 60 artists from 18 countries.
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Riyadh AI Declaration announced
- December 17,2024
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- SUSTG Team
At the open of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024, hosted by the United Nations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia announced the Riyadh Declaration emphasizing inclusive, innovative, and impactful artificial intelligence.
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4th Red Sea Film Festival wraps; awards
- December 16,2024
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- SUSTG Team
Two juries led by Jury President Spike Lee deliberated to select winners across 14 categories. 16 feature films in competition as well as 48 films selected across New Saudi, New Cinema, Arab Shorts and International Shorts programs, were in the running for awards.
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Saudi Arabia celebrates milestone FIFA World Cup 2034 win
- December 13,2024
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Saudi Arabia and its citizens and residents came out for football-themed festivities including fireworks and drone shows that will run through December 14.
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FIFA confirms Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host nation
- December 11,2024
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia has been confirmed in a virtual meeting of 200 FIFA member federations as the host of the 2034 World Cup.
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Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption campaign matures
- December 11,2024
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With ‘International Anti-Corruption Day’ just observed on December 9th, Oumeyma Chelbi and Robert P. Beschel Jr. examine Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption drive for the Middle East Council on Global Affairs.
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Apple to expand retail presence in KSA
- December 10,2024
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- SUSTG Team
Apple Store online will now be available in summer 2025 and Apple will begin opening the first of several flagship Apple Store locations in Saudi Arabia in 2026.
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Saudi Arabia sells $7 billion in three-part bonds as oil squeezes budget
Riyadh last month increased its debt ceiling to 50% of GDP from a previous 30% in March as it plans to increase borrowing amid the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
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Qatar Sells $10 Billion in Bonds in Test of Persian Gulf Demand
Qatar sold $10 billion in U.S. dollar-denominated bonds on Tuesday, the first Persian Gulf state to tap the debt markets since the headwinds of the coronavirus pandemic and a collapse in oil prices tightened budgets across the region. The sale, a test of demand among investors for further bonds from other oil-exporting Gulf countries, came after Saudi Arabia last month launched an oil-price war with Russia, causing a collapse in prices and driving up the cost of borrowing.
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Saudi-Russia price war puts $110bn of US energy bonds on the brink
Almost 12 per cent of the $936bn of bonds issued by US oil and gas companies are were trading on Monday with a yield more than 10 percentage points above Treasuries — a commonly used definition of distress — according to indices run by Ice Data Services. Yields rise as prices fall.
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Banking and FinanceSaudi Arabia’s Riyad Bank sells $1.5 billion 10-yr Islamic bonds
Saudi Arabia’s Riyad Bank has sold $1.5 billion in 10-year dollar sukuk, callable after five years, at 180 basis points (bps) over five-year mid-swaps, a document showed on Tuesday. The bank garnered more than $7.8 billion in orders for the sukuk, or Islamic bonds, the document said. It tightened the spreads after it had initially started marketing the bonds at around 225 bps over mid-swaps earlier on Tuesday.
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LebanonDistressed-Debt Funds Team Up as Lebanon Bonds Plunge to Records
Investors are pondering what shape a default might take, with the crisis-ridden nation’s government wrangling over whether to continue servicing its liabilities.
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Saudi BondsSaudi Arabia Issues $5 Billion of Bonds as Gulf Tensions Ease
The kingdom issued $5 billion of debt, taking advantage of low borrowing costs globally. It’s seeking to plug part of its growing budget deficit by selling about $32 billion of local currency and international debt over the course of the year. Investors placed more than $23 billion of orders for the debt, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement.
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SambaSaudi lender Samba to raise $500 mln in bonds
The bank, which ranks behind National Commercial Bank and Al Rajhi Bank, among the biggest Saudi lenders by total assets, has hired Citigroup and Standard Chartered to arrange the debt sale, which is expected to close later on Wednesday.
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InvestmentSaudi banks increase investments in government bonds
Banks operating in Saudi Arabia increased its investments in government-issued bonds during November by 25.2% on an annual basis, equivalent to SAR 76.56 billion. The banking sector investments in bonds reached SAR 379.95 billion by the end of last November, compared with SAR 303.39 billion in the same period in 2018, as shown by the monthly bulletin of the Saudi General Authority for Statistics (GaStat).
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EgyptGood Value in Egypt Government Bonds, says Fadh Iqbal, head of MENA research at Credit Suisse
Fadh Iqbal, head of MENA research at Credit Suisse, discusses Saudi Arabian, Qatar, Egypt markets and economies. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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Saudi Stock MarketIHS Markit and Tadawul Plan Partnership to Develop Data Services and Indices for Saudi’s Sukuk and Bonds Market
Through the partnership, market data from Tadawul will be connected with the bond pricing expertise at IHS Markit and, in turn, construct and administer benchmark indices, beginning with Government Sukuk.
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