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Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh chosen to host the 2030 World Expo
This photograph shiws the logo of "Riyadh Expo 2030" at the Palais des Congres in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris' suburb, on November 28, 2023, following the announcement of Saudi Arabia's Royal Commission for Riyadh City winning the host of the 2030 World Expo, the showpiece event held every five years. The World Expo, which traces its history back to the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, is a months-long mega event attracting millions of visitors that aims to respond to the specific challenges of the current time. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP) (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Saudi Arabia and Russia to continue additional voluntary oil output cuts
FILE PHOTO: An Aramco employee walks near an oil tank at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo
energy and resources
Oil climbs as Saudi Arabia and Russia stick to supply cuts
FILE PHOTO: Pumpjacks are seen against the setting sun at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang province, China December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
soccer
Saudi Arabia likely to host 2034 World Cup after Australia decides not to bid for soccer showcase
This handout picture provided by the Saudi press Agency (SPA) on October 23, 2023 shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman MBS (R) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino (C) attending the launch of the Esports World Cup in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia said on October 23 it would organise an eSports World Cup starting next year, the latest boost to a sector Riyadh hopes will create tens of thousands of local jobs. (Photo by SPA / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / SPA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS === (Photo by -/SPA/AFP via Getty Images)
investment ideas
As Israel-Hamas war rages, Wall Street’s top financiers sound gloomy note at ‘Davos in the Desert’
Attendees arrive for the yearly Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 24.
energy and resources
Russia and Saudi Arabia discuss oil market, prices amid Israel-Hamas war
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak attend a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
soccer
Saudi Arabia formally informs FIFA of its wish to host the 2034 World Cup as the favourite to win
Al Hilal's Neymar shoots the ball during warm up for the AFC Champions League soccer match between Iran's Nassaji and Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo)
canada
Saudi Arabia resumes flights to Canada as relations normalize after 2018 spat
Muslim pilgrims pray at the Grand Mosque, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on September 3, 2017. Members of Canada's Muslim community say recent tensions between Ottawa and Saudi Arabia are limiting some people's ability to perform what's seen in the faith as a fundamental religious right. They say many currently embarking on hajj, a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, are anxious about their travel arrangements in light of the simmering spat, which has seen the country's state airline cancel flights to and from Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Khalil Hamra
report on business
As oil prices skyrocket, US$100 a barrel would hurt less than it used to
Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from wellheads near Calgary on Friday, April 28, 2023. A growing number of forecasts are calling for the return of US$100 oil before the end of the year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Netanyahu tells UN that Israel is ‘at the cusp’ of a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
international business
Saudi Arabia reportedly in early talks with Tesla to set up EV manufacturing facility
FILE PHOTO: The company logo is pictured on a Tesla Model X electric car in Berlin, Germany, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
world
Ethiopian Facebook campaign for migrant workers enables human trafficking, forced labour in Saudia Arabia, advocates say
4.jpg. For Geoffrey York story. nw-wo-Saudi-Ethiopia-09XX 4. A recent graduate prepares to practice with a vacuum in the town of Tepi in Ethiopia's South West Regional State, 585 km south west of the capital. The image highlights something exhibited with MANY of the Facebook posts: the government has made a strenuous effort to convince college and university graduates to trade their careers at home for domestic work in Saudi Arabia. Photo credit: Sheka Zonal Government.
international business
Saudi Arabia may raise Arab Light price to 10-month high in October
FILE — An oil tank farm in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia on Jan. 11, 2018. Saudi Arabia is the BRICS club’s biggest trading partner in the Middle East. (Christophe Viseux/The New York Times)
sports
Women’s tennis players have mixed feelings about possibly staging the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia
FILE - Tunisia's Ons Jabeur returns to Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina in a women's singles match on day ten of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Jabeur is one of the women to watch at the U.S. Open, which begins at Flushing Meadows on Aug. 28. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
canada
Evening Update: Canada to attend conference on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia
Jody Thomas, National Security and Intelligence Advisor waits to appear as a witness before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) investigating intimidation campaigns against the Member for Wellington - Halton Hills and other Members on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, June 1, 2023. The Prime Minister's national security adviser says India is among the top sources of foreign interference in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
energy and resources
Saudi Arabia extends one million barrels per day oil cut, says it may deepen it in future
A Saudi Arabian flag flies over the consulate building in Istanbul on October 17, 2018. - Saudi Arabia's consul to Istanbul Mohammed al-Otaibion on October 16, 2018 left the Turkish city bound for Riyadh on a scheduled flight, reports said, as Turkey prepared to search his residence in the probe into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
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Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in August, officials say
People hold signs as they gather outside the Russian Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine on July 29 to mark one-year anniversary of the attack on a prison building in Olenivka, eastern Ukraine, that killed dozens of Ukrainian military prisoners.
world
Biden dispatches top adviser for talks with Saudi crown prince on normalizing relations with Israel
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, July 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
energy and resources
Russia, Saudi Arabia oppose G20 proposal to triple green energy capacity
FILE PHOTO - The national flags of Russia and Saudi Arabia are seen during a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producing countries in Vienna, Austria, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
energy and resources
Saudi output cuts help drive up one corner of global oil market
FILE - A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Under the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act, companies must start producing precise measurements of their methane emissions next year or face fines. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
international business
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia have ‘exclusive rights’ in Durra gas field, says Kuwait’s oil minister
FILE PHOTO: Gas flares from an oil production platform at the Soroush oilfields in the Persian Gulf, south of the capital Tehran, July 25, 2005. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/File Photo
energy and resources
Saudi Arabia and Russia deepen oil cuts, sending prices higher
FILE PHOTO: A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk/File Photo
energy and resources
Oil prices rise as market weighs supply cuts against economic outlook
FILE PHOTO: Pumpjacks are seen against the setting sun at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang province, China December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
energy and resources
White House focused on oil prices after OPEC+ move, official says
Austrian police officers stand in front of the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 3, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
politics
Saudi Arabia is top export destination for Canadian arms after United States in 2022
Saudi soldiers in armoured vehicles guard the entrance to the Diriya Palace in the Saudi capital Ryadh during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit on December 9, 2018. - Riyadh is hosting the annual gathering as crises brew over the 18-month-old dispute with Doha, the war in Yemen and the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images
world
Saudi Arabia, U.S. say Sudan factions posturing for escalation
Smoke billows behind buildings in southern Khartoum, on May 27, 2023, amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Canada, Saudi Arabia restore full diplomatic ties, appoint envoys after 2018 spat
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on May 19, 2023 shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman addressing the Arab League Summit in Jeddah. (Photo by SPA / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / SPA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS === (Photo by -/SPA/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Oil prices gain 2% on falling U.S. stockpiles, Saudi warning
An array of pumpjacks operate Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Odessa, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
energy and resources
Saudi Arabia warns speculators of more pain as OPEC+ meeting looms
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks at the Future Investment Initiative conference, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/ Ahmed Yosri/File Photo
world
Warring factions in Sudan agree to temporary ceasefire, U.S. and Saudi mediators say
Saudi soldiers who were on a humanitarian mission in Sudan prepare to board a plane to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at Port Sudan airport, Thursday, May 11, 2023. The conflict between the country's military and a rival paramilitary group has killed hundreds and displaced hundreds of thousands since it broke out in mid-April, creating a humanitarian crisis inside the country and at its borders. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Saudi surge of diplomacy brings Assad, Zelensky to Arab summit
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is greeted by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, ahead of the Arab League summit, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. SANA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
canada
Former Canadian envoy says consul set to be expelled from China faces challenging days
A Chinese flag is illuminated by sunshine in the Hall of Honour during an official visit on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. A former Canadian diplomat says that if the recent expulsion of a Canadian and Chinese diplomat from the other’s embassy is anything like his own, both are in for a discombobulating few days. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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As mediators seek end to Sudan conflict, fighting in Khartoum continues
Smoke billows in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals in Sudan on May 6, 2023. - Air strikes battered Sudan's capital on May 6, as fighting entered a fourth week only hours before the warring parties are to meet in Saudi Arabia for their first direct talks. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sudan envoys begin talks to firm up shaky ceasefire amid pressure to end conflict
FILE - Sudanese evacuees wait before boarding a Saudi military ship to Jeddah port, at Port Sudan, Sudan, late Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Sudan’s warring sides were beginning talks Saturday that aim to firm up a shaky cease-fire after three weeks of fierce fighting that has killed hundreds and pushed the African country to the brink of collapse, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia said. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
world
Biden dispatching top aide to meet with Saudi crown prince
FILE - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia takes his seat ahead of a working lunch at the G20 Summit, Nov. 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke by phone with the crown prince on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, amid signs that the Saudis and Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen are making “significant progress” toward finding a permanent end to the nine-year conflict, according to a senior administration official. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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PSG will not renew Messi’s contract after trip to Saudi Arabia
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Lorient - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - April 30, 2023 Paris St Germain's Lionel Messi reacts REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo