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Saudi Arabia to join Miss Universe for the first time
27-year-old model, influencer, and beauty pageant veteran Rumy AlQahtani announced on Instagram that she will be representing Saudi Arabia in 72nd Miss Universe contest in Mexico later this year.
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Hyundai and Red Sea Global Agree to Test EVs and Air Mobility Systems
Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday it has agreed with Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored developer Red Sea Global (RSG) to cooperate in the Middle Eastern country’s push for electrification and other eco-friendly future mobility projects.
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Saudi Film Commission Reports Impressive 2023 Growth Statistics
Published in Screen Daily, the Saudi Film Commission reported on topline 2023 metrics for Saudi Arabia’s growing film industry. With more than 50% of the Saudi population under 25, there is a significant appetite for cinema, particularly for US action films, Egyptian comedies, and Saudi narratives.
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FIFA Series 2024 Friendly Matches Kick Off in Jeddah
The FIFA Series: Saudi Arabia A will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from March 21–26, 2024. The event will feature two groups, including Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, and Cape Verde. The series is designed to help national teams that do not often play teams from other confederations, and FIFA will cover the teams’ travel costs. There will be […]
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NYT Reports on Proposed $40B Saudi AI Investment
The New York Times’ Maureen Farrell and Rob Copeland report that Saudi Arabia is working with Wall Street banks to establish a $40 billion AI-focused investment fund.
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U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Visit Middle East this week Seeking Ceasefire Agreement
U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said, “The Secretary will discuss efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire agreement that secures the release of all remaining hostages, intensified international efforts to increase humanitarian assistance to Gaza, and coordination on post-conflict planning for Gaza, including ensuring Hamas can no longer govern or repeat the attacks of October 7.”
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OPEC and IEA Agree on Something
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), two of the leading global energy forecasters, have long disagreed on demand growth. They agree on this however.
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Saudi Non-Oil Activity reaches 50% of GDP as Economy Continues to Diversify
Non-oil economic activity in Saudi Arabia contributed 50 percent to the Kingdom’s gross domestic product in 2023, the highest level ever, the Ministry of Economy and Planning said on Thursday. The total non-oil economy was worth $453 billion at constant prices, driven by continued growth in investment, consumption and exports.
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Already a Riyadh Centerpiece, KAFD CEO Gautam Sashittal Discusses Future Plans
Gautam Sashittal, CEO of King Abdullah Financial District Development and Management Company (KAFD DMC), sits with Imogene Lillywhite of Zawya for an extensive interview outlining what is next for the exciting city hub.
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Al-Hilal’s Streak and Saudi Professional League Spending
Saudi Pro League league standings leader, Al-Hilal, just notched it’s 28th straight win to break the world record for most consecutive wins by a top-flight team.
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Saudi Arabia aims to double local honey production
Saudi Arabia has invested SAR140 million ($37 million) to support its nascent rural honey industry, the government said this week. The country has raised subsidised production by 41 percent since 2021 and wants to double output by 2026. The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program, known as Reef Saudi, said its funding supported over 10,500 people in the industry.
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Saudi Arabia issues weather warnings as country braces for heavy rainfall
Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Civil Defense has issued weather warnings and safety instructions as the country braces for heavy rainfall.
Several regions across the Kingdom will experience medium to heavy rainfall accompanied by torrential downpours and hail until Tuesday, according to the authority.
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How is fine dining thriving in Saudi Arabia’s F&B Industry?
Experiential Dining: these days, with the rising competition, the fine dining restaurants are focusing on offering unique dining experiences that go beyond food and that includes theme decorations per local, internal, and seasonal activities, entertainment, and personalised services. These experiences drive word-of-mouth and social media sharing leading to always attract more customers and footfalls.
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First Iran group in nine years heads to Saudi Arabia for umrah pilgrimage
The first group of Iranian pilgrims in nine years made its way to Saudi Arabia on Monday for the umrah, or minor pilgrimage, Iran's official news agency reported, as a result of improving ties between the two Middle Eastern powers.Iranian media had said in December that Saudi Arabia had lifted restrictions on Iranians wanting to perform umrah but flights were delayed until now due to what Tehran called "technical problems".
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67 Arab Universities Included in 2024 QS Rankings by Subject
The fourteenth edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, released today, features 67 universities from 12 Arab countries. These subject-specific rankings are a part of the annual QS World University Rankings series published by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a British higher-education analytics company. The 2024 subject listings analyse the performance of 16,400 individual academic programmes across 56 subjects at over 1,500 universities worldwide. Among these rankings are 477 programmes from the Arab region, with 56 of them ranking within the top 100 globally for their subject. Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) boasts two of the region’s top programmes, ranking fourth globally in petroleum engineering and ninth in mineral and mining engineering.
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The Urgent Need for Transparency Reform in Gulf Central Banks
The currencies of Gulf Arab states are pegged to the dollar, limiting in significant ways the room for maneuver in central banks’ decision making, as their interest rates need to follow the decisions of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Transparency remains important nonetheless to these banks’ broader governance and accountability framework as well as to their independence from political interference. And conversely, lack of transparency can lead to uncertainty about the ability of Gulf monetary authorities to continue defending the peg, which may encourage speculation and eventually the collapse of the fixed exchange rate regime.
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Saudi Arabia Interior Design Potential Unveiled in Milan
When French design collective Hall Haus traveled to Saudi Arabia to begin Haus Dari, a modern-Majlis-type seating system that mimics desert dunes, settling on the approach and seeing their creation come to fruition took a good six weeks. Started in 2020 by Zakari Boukhari, Sammy Bernoussi, Teddy Sanches and Abdoulaye Niang, the f ...
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White House Makes Fresh Push for Historic Deal to Forge Saudi-Israel Ties
As inducements to recognize Israel, the White House is offering Riyadh a more formal defense relationship with Washington, assistance in acquiring civil nuclear power and a renewed push for a Palestinian state—a package that U.S. officials say they are in the final stages of negotiating.
The U.S.-brokered effort offers Israel a prize it has long sought: a historic normalization deal with Riyadh, Israel’s most powerful Arab neighbor.
U.S. officials say the successful multicountry effort to shoot down Iranian missiles and drones on Saturday should make it clear to Israel that its security against threats from Tehran can be enhanced through closer integration with Saudi Arabia.
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EV maker Lucid beats first-quarter delivery estimates as price cuts boost demand
Lucid reported first-quarter deliveries above market expectations on Tuesday as price cuts helped boost demand for its luxury electric sedans, sending its shares up about 3%.The electric-vehicle startup handed over 1,967 vehicles in the first quarter, compared with estimates of 1,745, according to eight analysts polled by Visible Alpha.Lucid in February had cut prices of its flagship Air sedans by 1% to 10% to support demand at a time when consumers are rethinking EV purchases and turning to more affordable hybrid alternatives due to high interest rates.
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Morocco Among ‘Big 5’ Wealthiest Countries in Africa
Morocco has yet again locked a place in the “Big 5” wealth markets in Africa in 2023, according to an annual report from the consultancy firm Henley and Partners (H&P).
Released this week, the report ranks Morocco in fifth place, behind South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya. Together, these five countries are home to 56% of Africa’s high-net-worth individuals and over 90% of the continent’s billionaires.
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