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• What are the Saudi Festival Seasons?

  The Saudi Seasons, a series of festivals held at different locations in the Kingdom throughout the year, attracts visitors from all over the world to explore this dynamic country and experience the best of both Saudi and international arts, culture, sports and entertainment.

• Saudi Tadawul shareholders approve 23% dividend for 2023

  Saudi Tadawul Group’s shareholders approved the payment of a cash dividend at 23% of capital, or SAR 2.30 a share, for 2023, during the ordinary general meeting (OGM) held on April 25, according to a statement to Tadawul.

• Long-term plans of Saudi Vision 2030 support economic flexibility: Al-Jadaan

  “Saudi Vision 2030’s objectives are on track at 87%”, the Saudi minister assured, indicating that there is still a bundle of challenges that requires modifying some projects, accelerating a number of them, and reducing the size of other projects.

• Saudi Finance Minister Warns Geopolitics Is Top Economy Risk

  Jadaan also called on leaders to “do everything we can” to de-escalate, echoing comments more broadly made by Saudi government officials around Israel’s war against Hamas and tensions between Iran and Israel. The situation in the Middle East contributed to oil prices climbing above $90 a barrel earlier this month, keeping the pressure on inflation. Gold, a safe haven asset, also hit a record high in April.

• Host Saudi Tells Global Economic Summit The World Has Failed Gaza

  Saudi Arabia on Sunday said the international community has failed Gaza and reiterated its call for a Palestinian state at a global economic summit attended by a host of mediators.

  "The situation in Gaza obviously is a catastrophe by every measure –- humanitarian, but also a complete failing of the existing political system to deal with that crisis," Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said during the first day of a Saudi-hosted World Economic Forum special meeting. Only "a credible, irreversible path to a Palestinian state" will prevent the world from confronting "this same situation two, three, four years down the line," he said.

• World Economic Forum Convenes Special Meeting in Riyadh on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development

  With geopolitical upheavals and complex economic challenges destabilizing a fractured world, the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development will convene 1,000 global leaders from 92 countries on 28-29 April, to support global dialogue and find actionable, collaborative and sustainable solutions to shared global challenges.

• Saudi Arabia and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce Landmark Push to Eradicate Polio and Lift Millions out of Poverty

  Saudi Arabia and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today pledged to work together to help protect 370 million children annually from polio and lift millions out of poverty across 33 Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) member countries. To coordinate the implementation of the new partnership, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will open a regional office in Riyadh.

• Saudi FM: Commitment to two-state solution only way to prevent Gaza war reoccurring

  Only a real commitment to a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict can prevent the war in Gaza from reoccurring, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Sunday. “We in the region are not going to focus only on solving the crisis of the moment, we’re going to look at how we can solve the bigger problem in the context of Gaza. That is, a real commitment to a two-state solution, that is, a credible, irreversible path to a Palestinian state,” he told the World Economic Forum’s special meeting in Riyadh.

• Saudi, US top diplomats discuss Gaza crisis in Riyadh

  Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed on Monday the importance of reaching an “immediate ceasefire” in the ongoing Gaza conflict as the Israeli threat of an operation in Rafah remains imminent. Prince Faisal met with Blinken in the Saudi capital Riyadh on the sidelines of joint talks between the US official and GCC foreign ministers.

• US Secretary of State to travel to Jordan, Israel after Saudi Arabia visit

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and Jordan on a trip through Wednesday, the State Department announced, after the US and Israeli leaders discussed hostage-release talks.

  Blinken will travel to both countries, a State Department official confirmed as the top US diplomat refuelled Sunday in Ireland on his way to a previously announced stop in Saudi Arabia.

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