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  • Saudi Arabia makes more than 900 sponsor deals in 2034 World Cup plan

    Saudi Arabia has struck more than 900 sponsorship deals across the sporting landscape and made dozens of formalised agreements with football federations as it prepares for a controversial coronation to host the 2034 World Cup. Over the past two and a half years, Saudi Arabia has sealed more than 35 memorandums of understanding with different countries’ federations, most recently with the Football Association of Ukraine in October. In total it has 48 with individual nations and further agreements with the Oceania Football Confederation and the Confederation of African Football. All bar the Ukraine deal and additional accords with France and Croatia involve countries from outside Europe.

  • Saudi Arabia Regains Some Oil Market Share From Russia in Asia

    Saudi Arabia’s oil exports to Asia rose in November, while Russia’s crude sales in the world’s most important oil-importing region fell amid lower purchases by Moscow’s two key markets, China and India. Recovering Asian refining margins, a decline in the premium of the Dubai benchmark to Russia’s Urals, and rising shipping costs for Russia’s crude helped Saudi Arabia boost its crude oil supply to Asia by 550,000 barrels per day (bpd) in November, according to data from LSEG Oil Research cited by Reuters’s columnist Clyde Russell. Saudi crude oil exports to Asia jumped to 5.83 million bpd last month, up from an estimated 5.28 million bpd in October.

  • Mapping Saudi Arabia’s low emissions transition path by 2060: An input-output analysis

    This study analyzes Saudi Arabia's strategy to reduce emissions by 2060, as outlined in the Saudi Green Initiative framework (SGI). Using a two-stage Leontief input-output model, we analyze economic criteria for meeting the low emissions target and identify potential green project financing sources. The analysis focuses on Saudi Vision 2030's economic diversification initiatives and the transition to a net-zero carbon economy.

  • Saudi Arabia to abandon US defence treaty for more modest alternative

    A full-blown US-Saudi treaty would need to pass the US Senate with a two-thirds majority and this would be a non-starter unless Riyadh recognises Israel, the sources said. The pact now under discussion would involve expanding joint military exercises and drills to address regional threats, mainly from Iran. It would foster partnerships between US and Saudi defence firms, with safeguards to prevent collaboration with China, the sources said. The agreement would promote Saudi investment in advanced technologies, especially drone defence. The US would increase its presence in Riyadh through training, logistics and cyber security support, and might deploy a Patriot missile battalion to enhance missile defence and integrated deterrence. “Saudi Arabia will get a security deal which will allow more military cooperation and sales of US weapons, but not a defence treaty similar to that of Japan or South Korea as initially sought,” said Abdelaziz al-Sagher, head of the Gulf Research Institute think-tank in Saudi Arabia.

  • Dubois to defend world heavyweight title against Parker in Saudi Arabia

    The International Boxing Federation’s (IBF) world heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois will defend his title against Joseph Parker on February 22 in Riyadh, event organisers in Saudi Arabia have confirmed. The fight, announced Tuesday, will be the co-main event for the undisputed world light heavyweight title rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in a seven-bout card announced by Turki Alalshikh, the head of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority

  • Introduction of Electric Vehicles in Saudi Arabia: Impacts on Oil Consumption, CO2 Emissions, and Electricity Demand

    In this study, we project the number of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in Saudi Arabia up to 2050. The projected number of vehicles is then used to project the oil demand and CO2 emissions associated with the road transport sector by 2050. On the basis of the projected number of ICE vehicles, we design three scenarios for developing electric vehicles (EVs) (high-, moderate-, and low-growth scenarios) to determine the impact of the expansion of EVs on future oil demand, CO2emissions, and electricity demand.

  • Saudi Arabia’s network of spending and influence detailed before getting 2034 World Cup from FIFA

    Saudi Arabia’s growing influence and massive spending in global sports ahead of being confirmed by FIFA as the 2034 World Cup host was detailed on Monday in a report that cited risks to good governance off the field. More than 900 sponsor deals — more than one-third traced to the $925 billion Saudi sovereign wealth fund — and a network of officials with overlapping state, business and sports roles were cited by Play The Game, a publicly funded sports ethics institute in Denmark. The oil-rich kingdom’s investment of tens of billions of dollars in soccer, golf, boxing, tennis, the Esports Olympics and a yet-to-be-built ski resort will get its most coveted prize next week from FIFA, the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer.

  • Opinion: He who believed in Saudi Arabia and he who did not

    Everyone knows about economic and military cooperation, but now it is cultural cooperation that bears the French label at the magnificent site of AlUla. Ambition and quality are necessary to strengthen our relations with the Kingdom, but we also need an understanding of the challenges of this modernization. There are still important aspects of cooperation to be developed, such as intelligence and the fight against terrorism. You may not be aware that Riyadh is home to a particularly impressive center for combating cyberterrorism, the Etidal Center, which monitors social networks and websites.

  • Persian onager returns to Saudi Arabia after over a century of absence

    In April 2024, seven Persian onagers were translocated from the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature’s (RSCN) Shaumari Reserve in Jordan to the Reserve, establishing the first wild population in the Kingdom in over a century. The onagers, following their 935-kilometer journey, have adapted well to their new habitat, celebrated by the birth of the first foal in the Reserve — a pivotal milestone in Saudi Arabia’s rewilding efforts.

  • Saudi Arabia opens world’s longest driverless transit system

    The Riyadh Metro began operation on December 1, with the opening of three of its lines (another line is opening in January with two more to follow soon after). It has a total length of 176 km (109 miles) and connects key districts, business centers, and cultural landmarks throughout Saudi Arabia's capital city.With an eventual capacity of 3.6 million daily passengers once fully complete, the train network is expected to reduce road traffic significantly throughout Riyadh and correspondingly reduce CO2 by some 12.5 million tons (roughly 10.8 million tonnes), annually.