Saudi Arabia
Iran’s pivot to China and Russia implies a nuclear offer would now glance really various, professor claims
A new variation of the Iran nuclear offer, also known as the Joint Extensive Strategy of Motion, would be incredibly diverse from the unique, reported Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, an economics professor at Virginia Tech. “JCPOA version two is really unique from version one. Version 1 was staying carried out by a moderate authorities that was on […]
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EV maker Lucid again cuts production targets as logistics challenges cripple output
Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson poses at the Nasdaq MarketSite as Lucid Motors (Nasdaq: LCID) begins trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange after completing its business combination with Churchill Capital Corp IV in New York City, New York, July 26, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Electric vehicle maker Lucid Group again cut its production targets […]
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Inside the PGA Tour’s Washington lobbying effort against the Saudi-funded LIV golf league
(L-R) Majed Al Sorour, CEO of Saudi Golf Federation, and Greg Norman, CEO and commissioner of LIV Golf, clap during the trophy ceremony during day three of the LIV Golf Invitational – Portland at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club on July 2, 2022 in North Plains, Oregon. Jonathan Ferrey | LIV Golf | Getty Images Since […]
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Biden fist bumps Saudi Prince MBS after condemning Jamal Khashoggi killing
President Joe Biden gave a friendly fist bump Friday to Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom the CIA has said likely ordered the brutal 2018 slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey. Biden’s warm gesture to Bin Salman as the president exited a limousine came ahead of their […]
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Saudi crown prince’s visit to Turkey signals an ‘utterly remarkable’ posture change for Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan R welcomes Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Ankara, Turkey, on June 22, 2022. Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua via Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has visited Turkey for the first time in years, marking a rapprochement between two of […]
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House Oversight investigating $2 billion Saudi investment in Jared Kushner’s firm
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner stands among Saudi officials as President Donald Trump talks with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty […]
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Russia takes majority control of key Ukrainian city; Moscow calls U.S. weapons package ‘direct confrontation.’ Follow our live updates
Russian forces in control of most of Sieverodonetsk: U.K. Russia has made significant gains in a strategic city in Ukraine’s Donbas, the eastern-most city that was still under Ukrainian control and a last Ukrainian holdout in the Luhansk region. “Russia has taken control of most of Sieverodonetsk. The main road into the Sieverodonetsk pocket likely […]
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Thousands of people are leaving Hong Kong — and now it’s clear where they’re going
They stuck it out during the political protests of 2019. Then they lasted through nearly two years of pandemic. But this year, they say they’ve had enough. Residents of Hong Kong are leaving the city in droves in 2022 — not because they want to, several told CNBC, but because Covid restrictions and what they see […]
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Saudi fund in early talks to potentially buy Carnival’s ultra-luxury Seabourn brand
An aerial view of Seabourn Encore cruise ship docked at Bodrum Cruise Port on April 27, 2022, in Mugla, Turkey. Ali Balli | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Carnival is in preliminary discussions to sell its Seabourn ultra-luxury cruise brand to the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, people familiar with the situation told CNBC. Talks between […]
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Saudi foreign minister says the kingdom’s hands are ‘stretched out’ to Iran
Saudi Arabia is seeing some progress on dialogue with its longtime adversary Iran, but not enough, the kingdom’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud told CNBC on Tuesday. In the meantime, the minister says it is eager to improve the two countries’ relationship. “In Saudi Arabia, and I think it’s the same in the […]
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