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    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      Saudi Arabia seeks place on tourist map with ambitious foreign visitor push

      Kingdom hopes to welcome 100mn visitors a year as it seeks to diversify economy away from oil revenues

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      OutlookSamer Al-Atrush
      Ronaldo’s debut makes for a delicate balancing act in Riyadh

      The Portuguese player has received a hero’s welcome, but human rights groups cry foul over ‘sportswashing’

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Golf
      Saudi-backed LIV Golf to air on CW Network

      Breakaway tour had struggled to find a home on channels with existing commitments to PGA

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      The Big Read
      Saudi Aramco bets on being the last oil major standing

      While some western energy companies prepare for a future less reliant on fossil fuels, the world’s biggest supplier is doubling down

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Mining
      Saudi Arabia launches mining fund in effort to reduce oil dependency

      Investments up to $15bn aim to secure access to minerals used in solar panels, electric cars and other industries

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Opec: the Mark Twain of cartels

      Rumours of OPEC’s death have been greatly exaggerated

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Olam International Ltd
      Olam explores listing agricultural arm in Singapore and Saudi Arabia

      Dual initial public offering expected to raise as much as $1bn as interest grows in food security investment

    • Saturday, 31 December, 2022
      Cristiano Ronaldo
      Ronaldo quits top-level football with move to Saudi Arabia

      Portuguese star signs for Al Nassr FC after airing dissatisfaction with Manchester United

    • Monday, 26 December, 2022
      Saudi Arabia celebrates step change in Christmas festivities

      Conservative kingdom opens up to the Christian holiday as it pushes through a series of modernising reforms

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      News in-depthSaudi National Bank
      ‘Just another cheque’: Saudi National Bank’s move into Credit Suisse

      A month on from the deal, SNB chair Ammar Alkhudairy is nonplussed by the attention the investment has drawn

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      Xi hails ‘new era’ in China-Saudi Arabia relations

      President pledges to strengthen ties with Gulf as visit coincides with low point between Riyadh and Washington

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      China’s Xi arrives in Saudi Arabia

      Beijing foreign ministry hails presidential visit as ‘epoch-making milestone’ in relationship with region

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      China steps on Washington’s toes as Xi heads to Saudi Arabia

      Trip aims to boost Gulf relations five months after US warned Beijing it would not cede Middle East

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Sovereign wealth funds
      Saudi Arabia wealth fund secures $17bn loan for megaproject push

      Public Investment Fund strikes seven-year deal with 25 institutions

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Turkish economy
      Saudi Arabia in talks to deposit $5bn into Turkey’s central bank

      Transaction would follow diplomatic push by Erdoğan to attract Saudi cash to crisis-hit economy

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      The Big Read
      Saudi Arabia’s green agenda: renewables at home, oil abroad

      Investment in solar and wind might help the kingdom meet emissions targets — and also pump more crude to sell others

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      Saudi Aramco leads Riyadh’s $30bn investment push into South Korea

      Deals announced by Saudi Arabia as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Seoul

    • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
      COP27
      Saudi Arabia emboldened at COP27 as energy demand ‘exposes hypocrisies’

      Ukraine war leaves EU rushing to replace Russian fossil fuels while Washington and Riyadh clash over oil output targets

    • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
      Saudi Arabia targets phosphates growth

      Oil-rich kingdom looks to mining sector as it steps up diversification plans

    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
      News in-depthSport2 min
      LIV Golf is shaking up the sport | FT Scoreboard

      It’s captured some star names, but the PGA is fighting back, says Josh Noble

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Telecoms
      Saudi Arabia bankrolls KKR-led bid for €15bn Vodafone towers business

      Consortium on course to seal deal this week after beating competition from Spain’s Cellnex

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Saudi Arabia agrees electric vehicle partnership with Foxconn

      Deal comes as kingdom seeks to diversify its oil-dependent economy

    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
      Oil & Gas industry
      Bumper profits raise pressure on oil majors

      Saudi Aramco makes $42.4bn quarterly profits as BP steps up share buybacks

    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
      Middle Eastern economy
      Saudi Arabia opens economic zone in push for foreign investment

      Apple to set up Middle East distribution in Riyadh hub that aims to lure multinationals from UAE

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      Saudi wealth fund targets $24bn investment in Arab states

      Kingdom’s sovereign fund to set up companies in Middle East and north Africa in attempt to shore up soft power

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