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Saudi Aramco, Partners Launch Offshore Focused Shipyard at Ras Al-Khair Industrial City
Saudi Aramco and partners announced a joint venture to build a shipyard on the kingdom’s east coast, part of the Saudi Arabian government’s drive to diversify the economy beyond oil. Along with UAE-based Lamprell, the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), and South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries, Saudi Aramco says the shipyard will be focused on […]
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Omar Bahlaiwa Honored at Johns Hopkins Forum Alongside U.S. Congress Leaders
Omar Bahlaiwa, Saudi businessman, member of the board of directors of the Saudi-US Trade Group (SUSTG), member of the Saudi Committee for International Trade (CIT) and previously Secretary General of CIT as well as acting Secretary General for the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce was honored at the Annual Transatlantic Economic Forum held at the Johns […]
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Trump Administration, Saudi Government at Odds over Yemen Blockade, Jerusalem Decision
In an unusual public demand of Saudi Arabia, President Trump has called on Saudi leaders to ease the blockade of Yemen to allow for humanitarian aid to assist the war-torn and decimated country. “I have directed officials in my administration to call the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to request that they completely […]
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry Meets with Top Saudi Leaders; Photos from Visit Go Viral
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visited Saudi Arabia over the weekend as part of a tour of three Gulf states, his first trip to the region since becoming the top U.S. energy official. Secretary Perry’s tour of Saudi Arabia was packed with events and visits with key Saudi officials as well as energy institutions in the […]
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UAE, Saudi Arabia to form new ‘Joint Cooperation Committee’
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced it has formed “a new economic and partnership group” that is a “joint cooperation committee” with Saudi Arabia, separate from the Gulf Cooperation Council, in a move that further emphasizes Saudi-UAE alignment amid a diplomatic crisis with member state Qatar. The Emirati Foreign Ministry announcement was made just hours ahead of a […]
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Citigroup Saudi Arabia to be ‘Fully Operational’ in 1Q 2018
Citigroup will be “fully operational” in Saudi Arabia in the first quarter of 2018 after an absence of more than a decade, according to reports, as it seeks to capitalize on opportunities in debt and equity capital markets. The new business will be branded as Citigroup Saudi Arabia and will offer a full range of investment banking, debt […]
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Markets Rattled by Saudi Shake-Up, Rising Regional Tensions
Rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, as well as the kingdom’s crackdown on corruption last week that has seen over 200 jailed and $100b in assets frozen, have rattled markets in the region and kicked off efforts for wealthy Saudis to move money abroad, according to reports. In Lebanon, where tensions are escalating between the two […]
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Al-Jubeir: ‘There Is No Doubt’ Iranian-Built Missile Shot from Yemen ‘Act of Aggression’
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said that Saudi Arabia had the right to defend itself against Iran and would take “appropriate” actions to counter Iranian aggression against the Kingdom, according to an interview the foreign minister gave to CNN. On Saturday, Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a missile shot from Yemen that nearly reached Riyadh’s […]
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Saudi Arabia Takes Significant Step Toward Formal Tender for Peaceful Nuclear Power Plants
Saudi Arabia has sent a request for information (RFI) to international suppliers to build two nuclear power plants, a first step towards a formal tender, three sources told Reuters. Saudi Arabia has announced plans to extract uranium domestically as part of its nuclear power program and will start building its first nuclear reactors next year. Extracting […]
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Makes Rare Public Speaking Appearance at Conference in Riyadh, Announces New Megacity
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made a rare public speaking appearance today at the Future Investment Initiative conference, organized by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). The Forum in Riyadh, with attendance by chief executives of BlackRock Inc. and Blackstone Group LP and leaders from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase […]
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HRS to open first hydrogen station in Saudi Arabia
Hydrogen Refueling Solutions (HRS), European designer and manufacturer of hydrogen refueling stations, has announced the first order of a hydrogen station outside of Europe, from a Saudi Arabian developer. The site was ordered by a local national energy company and is set to supply a planned fleet of 20 buses and light vehicles, with construction starting in July. As its first station to be sold outside Europe, this marks a decisive step in HRS's strategy of international development.
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Saudi Wants Family Offices to Help Build Americas Investment
That figure jumped sevenfold to $4 billion through 2023, and should keep growing, said Abdulrahman Bakir, managing director of the Americas for the Saudi Investment Ministry. Key to increasing the two-way flows of money between Brazil and Saudi Arabia — as well as with the rest of Latin America — is connecting institutional investors, private companies and especially family offices, which are multiplying globally and becoming a bigger source of capital, Bakir said.
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Hajj comes to an end officially as pilgrims leave Mina after 4th day’s stoning
Pilgrims who stayed back in Mina on Tuesday night to perform the stoning ritual for the fourth consecutive day, threw pebbles at three Jamarat on Wednesday afternoon. Pilgrims hurled seven pebbles each, first at Jamarat Al-Sugra, then at Jamarat Al-Wusta, and finally at Jamarat Al-Aqaba in a calm and peaceful atmosphere inside the sprawling Jamarat Complex manned by a contingent of security forces, health workers and volunteers.
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Saudi Arabia Inaugurates its Pavilion at Beijing International Book Fair
The Saudi delegation, led by the Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission, includes representatives from various cultural entities, such as the Heritage Commission, the Culinary Arts Commission, the Ministry of Investment, the King Abdulaziz Foundation, the King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language, the King Abdulaziz Public Library, and the Saudi Publishers Association.
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Saudi Arabia: footballer Paul Pogba performs Hajj
French footballer Paul Pogba has performed the Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia, accompanied by his wife, Bolivian model Maria Zulay Salaues, who posted pictures of the couple on Instagram “A very emotional and magical place,” wrote Salaues. “Eid Mubarak to all my brothers and sisters, and we ask God to bless us with peace and tranquillity.”
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The US does security and China does the economy: another narrative that needs to go
I know it’s counter-intuitive because we all see stories about China’s significance as an economic actor and this is always paired with the idea that the US only thinks about geopolitical competition. And of course I think that’s a misperception that has taken root in so many of the narratives about China in the Middle East. But if I were a US official working in the region, I’d be pushing back on this every chance I got.
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Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023, report says
Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Thursday. Growing demand for fossil fuel despite the scaling up of renewables could be a sticking point for the transition to lower carbon energy as global temperature increases reach 1.5C (2.7F), the threshold beyond which scientists say impacts such as temperature rise, drought and flooding will become more extreme.
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Climate change threat hangs over haj pilgrimage as hundreds perish in heat
Nearly 2 million Muslims will reach the end of the haj pilgrimage this week, but extreme heat has proved fatal for hundreds who began the journey last Friday to the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. At least 562 people have died during the haj, according to a Reuters tally based on foreign ministry statements and sources. Egypt alone has registered 307 deaths and another 118 missing, medical and security sources told Reuters, as temperatures at times soared past 51 degrees Celsius (124 Fahrenheit).
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Sudan’s cemeteries swell with fresh graves as hunger and disease spread
Reuters identified 14 graveyards that are expanding fast in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region. The analysis shows how starvation and disease are taking a mounting toll as combatants block food and medical aid. The cemeteries are “canaries in the coal mine” of a looming famine.
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A US aircraft carrier and its crew have fought Houthi attacks for months. How long can it last?
At the Pentagon, leaders are wrestling with what has become a thorny but familiar debate. Do they bow to Navy pressure to bring the Eisenhower and the other three warships in its strike group home or heed U.S. Central Command’s plea to keep them there longer? And if they bring them home — what can replace them?
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