MUST-READS

• Mining and Minerals
  A New Year in Saudi Mining

  Saudi Arabia’s mining and metal and mineral processing industry contributes about $17 billion to the kingdom’s gross domestic product per year and employs approximately 250,000 people. Mining activities comprise 15% of the sector’s contribution while the remaining 85% is linked to the value created by the midstream and downstream processes that follow extraction.

• Jamal Khashoggi
  Saudi FM: The killing of Khashoggi was a terrible crime: Video

  Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud discusses the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with CNN's International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson.

• Netanyahu
  Netanyahu pulls request for immunity on corruption charges

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, hours before parliamentary proceedings on the subject were set to begin.

• Young Footballers
  Saudi school football league kicks off 

  The prince added: “The School League project is the most important for us in the GSA towards building a promising generation capable of creating a better future for our sport. All sports fans, me included, were delighted with what was achieved in the first version of this project.”

• China Virus
  Saudi Arabia ‘Closely Monitoring’ Virus Impact on Oil Market

  Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, plunged nearly 4% on Monday, dropping below $60 a barrel, as investors fretted about the impact of the outbreak on the Chinese economy. Brent tumbled more than 6% last week — the largest decline in more than a year as fears grew over how the virus may curb demand.

• Saudi SMEs
  Monsha’at announces collaborative agreement with job platform Bidayati

  The Saudi Arabian General Authority for SMEs, known as Monsha’at, has recently announced its new partnership with online job platform for Saudi youth, Bidayati, a mobile-based jobs platform for young Saudis aged 16-30 who seek work. Employers can use it to find workers for full-time jobs, part-time jobs and internships. The platform is unique in that it does not require jobseekers to have a CV and uses a simple questionnaire and AI technology to recommend the right candidates for each job.

• Oil and Gas
  Samsung signs $1.85bn deal for Saudi Aramco gas project

  Samsung Engineering, the engineering, procurement, construction and project management company, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a $1.85 billion contract in Saudi Arabia. The Aramco HUGRS (Hawiyah Unayzah Gas Reservoir Storage) project is located 260km east of Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, and includes gas injection facility of 1,500 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) and a gas reprocessing facility of 2,000 MMSCFD.

• Sports
  Saudi International: Tee times for first round at Royal Greens G&CC

  Tee times for the opening round of the Saudi International Powered by SBIA at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club.

• Afghanistan
  Taliban repel Afghan forces’ bid to reach U.S. plane crash site

  Speaking on condition of anonymity, U.S. officials said the plane was carrying fewer than five when it crashed, with one official saying initial information showed there were at least two.

• Coronavirus
  China sure of slaying ‘devil’ virus, Hong Kong to cut links; death toll passes 100

  President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday China was sure of defeating a “devil” coronavirus that has killed 106 people, spread across the world and rattled financial markets.

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