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Saudi government approves cooperation agreement between the kingdom’s Ministry of Sports and the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.
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Saudi sovereign wealth fund takes control of augmented reality company Magic Leap.
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Snap to set up an office and content creator studio in Riyadh after signing a cooperation agreement with the Saudi Ministry of Culture. CEO Evan Spiegel traveled to the kingdom for the announcement.
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Saudi Arabia calls on Taliban to reverse decision banning women from higher education.
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One point worth noting on the armband controversy: Fifa updated its rules before the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan to mandate all national team captains to wear Fifa-provided armbands at the tournament.
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Saudi sovereign wealth fund acquires 9.5% stake in wind farm developer Skyborn Renewables.
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NYT obtains study that McKinsey conducted for Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund ahead of launching the LIV Golf tour.
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NSO Group’s claim of sovereign immunity in US courts likely to fail.
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Saudi Arabia is now the only candidate to host the 2027 Asian Cup after India’s football federation withdrew its bid. The kingdom also submitted a bid to host the women’s version of the competition in 2026.
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Al Saqi Books, Europe’s largest Middle Eastern specialist bookseller, is to close its shop in London after 44 years due to “difficult economic challenges”. Its publishing houses Saqi Books and Dar al Saqi will continue to operate.
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Saudi Arabia submits bid to host the Women’s Asian Cup in 2026.
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Jamie Zawinski: “Most social media services want to lock you in. They love their walled gardens and they think that so long as they tightly control their users and make it hard for them to escape, they will rule the world forever.”
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Chinese President Xi Jinping expected to arrive in Saudi Arabia December 7th and attend a Chinese-Arab summit in Riyadh two days later.
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Saudi energy minister announces discovery of two unconventional natural gas fields in the kingdom’s Eastern Province.
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Saudi food delivery app Jahez acquires rival The Chefz in $173 million cash and stock deal.
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This year’s World Cup match balls come with a sensor that collects spatial positioning data in real time. Combined with existing optical tracking tools, this makes VAR more accurate and streamlined.
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It’s been a month since Elon Musk took over Twitter.
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Saudi crown prince orders all government departments in the kingdom to provide all support and assistance to Qatar to help with hosting the World Cup —sports minister
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Saudi developer Dar Al Arkan discloses deal with the Trump Organization in stock market filing. The deal includes building residential villas, a hotel, and a golf course as part of a $1.6bn project in Oman.
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“[W]here there is an opportunity to lose money on tech these days, Masayoshi Son still seems one step ahead of the market at having found it ages ago.”
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Saudi Arabia set to host 70 works by Andy Warhol in al-Ula exhibition this winter.
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Trump family signs a deal with Saudi real estate developer Dar Al Arkan to put his name on a housing and golf complex in Oman.
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Saudi crown prince travels to Indonesia to attend G20 summit, will visit other Asian countries as part of the trip —royal court statement.
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4 Welsh football fans attempting to reach Qatar in electric car in time for Wales’ first game in the World Cup are stuck at Jordan-Saudi border because the kingdom’s laws ban right-hand drive vehicles.
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Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF and BlackRock sign MoU to explore opportunities of infrastructure projects in the kingdom and the wider Middle East. Industries to be targeted include energy, utilities, transport and telecoms.
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