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“We love this partnership here. You know, when we first started here, I think fans were excited, but they didn’t know what to necessarily expect. And over that time, I’ve seen that change exponentially. We had the first women’s match here in Saudi Arabia. It went from us asking, “Can we bring women here” to them being on billboards all over the city, to the GEA [General Entertainment Authority] and His Excellency calling us and saying, “I don’t feel like there’s enough women on this show. Can we have more women put into the show?” WWE wrestler, Triple H, Saudi Arabia Demanded WWE Add More Women To Show [TJR Wrestling]

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Largest Red Sea sea turtle nesting site discovered

The Saudi General Organization for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Marine Turtles, Shams, sea turtle

The General Organization for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Marine Turtles in the Red Sea (SHAMS), has announced the discovery of the largest sea turtle nesting site in Saudi waters, located at the Four Sisters Islands. [more]

 

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Saudi Arabia’s workforce hits 16.8M by Q2-end

in argaam.com: The number of workers in Saudi Arabia reached 16.8 million by the end of Q2 2024, labor market statistics from the General Authority for Statistics showed. The total number of workers in Saudi Arabia includes those subject to social insurance and civil service regulations and policies. According to the authoritys data, the number of foreign workers in Saudi Arabia reached about 12.93 million, representing 76.6% of the total workers, while the number of Saudi workers reached 3.93 million, or 23.3% of the total.

WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia can help open doors, says Gauff

Via Aadi Nair in reuters.com: I would be lying to you if I said I had no reservations. You guys know who I am and the things I speak about. I was pretty much on every player call I could make with WTA, Gauff said. One of the things I said: If we come here, we cant just come here and play our tournament and leave. We have to have a real program, a real plan in place. We spoke with a lot of women here in Saudi, and one of them was Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud [the first female Saudi ambassador to the U.S.]. … One of the questions that I brought up was about LGBTQ issues and womens rights issues and how we can help with that. The world No. 3 said she wanted to see for herself if progress had been made, adding: If I felt uncomfortable or it felt like nothings happening, then maybe, I probably wouldnt come back.

Middle East’s Top Broadcaster Jumps 10% as PIF Buys Stake

Via Fahad Abuljadayel in yahoo.com: The PIF, as the fund is known, is set to acquire 54% of MBC Group from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Finance, represented by Istedamah Holding Company, according to a statement on Sunday. The finance ministry will transfer the entirety of its stake to the PIF at Thursday’s closing share price of 41.60 riyals ($11) per share, subject to certain approvals and non-objections that may be required from relevant entities. The move follows a flurry of activity for MBC, which started trading earlier this year in Riyadh after a $222 million listing. In October, the broadcaster sold a stake in advertising subsidiary Arabian Contracting Services and paid off a loan of almost 500 million riyals to Istedamah Holding.

 

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Saudi Arabia’s Neo Space Group to Acquire UP42 from Airbus

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France targets Saudi PIF’s ‘colossal’ investment power

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