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‘I like you too much’: Trump and Saudi Crown Prince bask in their friendship during Riyadh visit
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‘I like you too much’: Trump and Saudi Crown Prince bask in their friendship during Riyadh visit

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacts next to U.S. President Donald Trump during the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters The plenary room of the Ritz Carlton Riyadh was packed to the brim on Tuesday as guests awaited the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump and […]

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Trump meets Syrian leader in Saudi Arabia the day after announcing end of U.S. sanctions
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Trump meets Syrian leader in Saudi Arabia the day after announcing end of U.S. sanctions

The leader of Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, addresses a crowd at the capital’s landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024. Abdulaziz Ketaz | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Tame inflation in April banishes stagflation threat for now
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CNBC Daily Open: Tame inflation in April banishes stagflation threat for now

People shop at a grocery store in Brooklyn on May 13, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. Federal Reserve at its May 7 meeting warned that America is facing an increased risk of stagflation — a scenario in which the economy slows or contracts while inflation shoots up — […]

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Trump says U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria
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Trump says U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters The U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday. “I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” Trump […]

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Nvidia sending 18,000 of its top AI chips to Saudi Arabia
Technology

Nvidia sending 18,000 of its top AI chips to Saudi Arabia

Tareq Amin, CEO of Humain, and Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, attend the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Nvidia will sell more than 18,000 of its latest artificial intelligence chips to Saudi company Humain, CEO Jensen Huang announced Tuesday. The announcement was made as part […]

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Saudi oil giant Aramco posts 5% dip in first-quarter profit on weaker crude prices
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Saudi oil giant Aramco posts 5% dip in first-quarter profit on weaker crude prices

Members of media chat before the start of a press conference by Aramco at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019.  Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Saudi Aramco’s first-quarter net profit fell 5% year-on-year amid lower oil prices and production. Net income for the three months to March 31 came in […]

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Trump heads to the Middle East with oil, trade and nuclear ambitions on the table
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Trump heads to the Middle East with oil, trade and nuclear ambitions on the table

US President Donald Trump (R) and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump will touch down in the Persian Gulf region – or […]

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Saudi sovereign wealth fund deepens investment in women’s professional golf
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Saudi sovereign wealth fund deepens investment in women’s professional golf

PIF will become the title sponsor of revamped golf series. Severn Images Saudi Arabia is deepening its investment in women’s professional golf. The Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, announced on Wednesday that it will become the title partner of five events that will take place on the the Ladies European […]

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Trump administration to announce U.S. will call Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf during Middle East visit: Report
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Trump administration to announce U.S. will call Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf during Middle East visit: Report

Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. Stocktrek | Photodisc | Getty Images DUBAI, Unites Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump’s administration reportedly plans to announce that the U.S. will officially call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf or Gulf of Arabia, a move that would be welcomed by Arab Gulf leaders and likely draw […]

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OPEC+ agrees another accelerated oil output hike for June, sources say
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OPEC+ agrees another accelerated oil output hike for June, sources say

FILE PHOTO: People walk past an installation depicting barrel of oil with the logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024.  Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Eight OPEC+ countries meeting on Saturday have agreed to a further accelerated oil output hike […]

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