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Saudi Arabia to Serve as Launch Point for Major Cruise Line for First Time in 2021
- May 5,2021
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Saudi Arabia will become the launch point for a major cruise line for the first time later this year, CNN reports, with MSC Cruises operating a new series of voyages exploring the Red Sea coast of the Kingdom.
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KAPSARC Commentary Paper Explores the Potential Effect of Parking Fees on Metro Ridership
- April 8,2021
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- SUSTG Team
As Saudi Arabia’s sprawling capital city Riyadh prepares to begin operation of the first lines of its long-awaited metro system, authorities and researchers are now faced with the task of getting the Kingdom’s citizens used to riding it.
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Announces Significant New Reforms to Judicial System, Push Toward Codified Law
- February 9,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced on Monday plans to approve a set of new draft laws designed to enhance the efficiency and integrity of the kingdom’s judicial system, a step that would eventually lead to an entirely codified law.
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Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Minister: Kingdom Needs to Inject $200 Billion into Industry — Report
- December 22,2020
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s tourism minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb dismissed naysayers of the Kingdom’s ambitious tourism plans, telling Arab News‘ Frank Kane in an exclusive interview that the Kingdom’s target of obtaining 100 million visits by 2030 is not overambitious with big investments in the industry.
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Road to the G20: G20 Leader’s Summit Publication Released Ahead of Virtual 2020 Summit
- November 20,2020
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- SUSTG Team
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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Road to the G20: B20, T20 Meetings Conclude Ahead of Main G20 Event
- November 2,2020
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- SUSTG Team
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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Road to the G20: Two-Day Virtual B20 Begins Today
- October 26,2020
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- SUSTG Team
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. This week, Saudi Arabia will host the B20 business-focused group, as well as the T20 meetings later this week.
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Saudi Arabia Launches National Strategy for Data and Artificial Intelligence at Global AI Summit
- October 21,2020
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Saudi Arabia on Wednesday launched a National Strategy for Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and will announce several AI-related partnerships, Reuters reports, citing Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi, the head of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA).
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G20 Saudi Secretariat Announces Digital Summit to Discuss Inclusive Growth in Aftermath of Covid-19
- October 20,2020
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- SUSTG Team
The G20 Saudi Secretariat as part of the International Conference program announces a four-day digital event series to explore how businesses, governments, and citizens can drive opportunities for inclusive growth through regulation, new technologies, and long-term strategic approaches in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Road to the G20: This Week’s Meetings Include Youth-Focused Y20, Finance Meetings
- October 12,2020
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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. This week, Saudi Arabia will host the Y20 youth-focused group, as well as finance-focused meetings.
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14-yr-old Saudi novelist Ritaj Al-Hazmi keeps record as world’s ‘Youngest Series Writer’
She was first named in 2020 by the Guinness Book of Records for this achievement. Al-Hazmi began writing short stories at the age of six with the support of her family, who sent her on special creative writing courses. She published her first two English-language novels “Treasure of the Lost Sea” and “Portal of the Hidden World” in 2019 when she was 10. In 2021, she published her third novel “Beyond the Future World.”
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Saudi Arabian girl is youngest ever to publish a book series aged 12
Treasure of the Lost Sea, Portal of the Hidden World, and Beyond the Future World are all titles of novels written by the world’s youngest person to publish a book series (female). Ritaj Hussain Alhazmi (Saudi Arabia) was aged 12 years 295 days at the time of her record being verified.
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British Open Allows Golfers From Saudi-backed Series to Play
Players who have joined the new Saudi Arabia-funded league will still be allowed to compete at the British Open next month, organizers said on Wednesday. The U.S. Open had allowed players who were banned by the PGA Tour for signing up to the LIV Golf series to play at last week's tournament. “Players who are exempt or have earned a place through qualifying for the 150th Open in accordance with the entry terms and conditions will be able to compete in the Championship at St. Andrews,” R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said in a statement.
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Brooks Koepka becomes latest star golfer to leave PGA Tour for LIV Golf Series, sources confirm
Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka is the latest golfer to defect from the PGA Tour to the LIV Golf Invitational Series, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Koepka, 32, is one of the highest-profile players to join the breakaway circuit, which is being funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and is fronted by two-time Open winner Greg Norman. LIV Golf is expected to announce the addition of Koepka in the coming days, sources have confirmed. Koepka, who is ranked 19th in the Official World Golf Ranking, is expected to compete in the first LIV Golf event in the United States, at Pumpkin Ridge in Portland, Oregon, starting June 30.
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Saudi Aramco leads $50 million Series B round Wahed
Wahed Inc. (Wahed), a New York based global Islamic fintech company, today announced that Wa’ed Ventures, the venture capital arm at Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa’ed), is leading their $50 million Series B funding round. Other investors in this round include footballer Paul Pogba, who has also joined Wahed as their latest brand ambassador, and strategic family offices and institutions.
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Charl Schwartzel wins LIV Golf Invitational Series’ first event, pockets $4.75M
Schwartzel held on for a 1-shot victory at the inaugural LIV Golf event outside London to secure the $4 million prize for the individual victory -- along with another $750,000 from his share of the $3 million purse earned by his four-man Stinger team for topping the team rankings.
- LIV Golf – all you need to know about Saudi-funded series
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Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf Series Upends Genteel World of Golf
The golf champions were settled in their chairs at a news conference to promote their new Saudi-financed tournament when a reporter raised the uncomfortable question of the oil-rich kingdom’s human rights record. The 2010 U.S. Open champion, Graeme McDowell, to the obvious relief of the players sitting alongside him, took it on. “If Saudi Arabia want to use the game of golf as a way for them to get to where they want to be, and they have the resources to accelerate that experience,” McDowell said, “I think we’re proud to help them on that journey.”
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Johnson excited to see what LIV Series has to offer golf
Dustin Johnson's loyalty is currently with the PGA Tour but the twice major winner said on Wednesday that he is excited to see what the upstart LIV World Golf Invitational Series could do for the sport. For the moment the Saudi-backed venture has proven only disruptive as it attempts to poach players from the established PGA and DP (European) Tours, tempting defectors with massive prize purses like the $25 million up for grabs at next month's series opener in the Centurion Club outside London.
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No TV network deal yet for Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf Invitational series, but report says production deal could irk PGA Tour
NEP already works with the PGA Tour, doing all the behind-the-scenes work that creates the live product that fans watching at home see on CBS, NBC or ESPN. As Ourand reports, the PGA Tour “has been dissuading its corporate partners from working with the Saudi-backed upstart league.” NEP reportedly beat out a few others for the LIV deal, should it actually pan out, and they’d be one of the only companies working with both the PGA Tour and the breakaway LIV series. Ourand writes that most companies that have contracts with the PGA Tour are steering clear of LIV.
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