Saudi Arabia is grappling with rising borrowing costs as it embarks on massive spending plans

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Saudi soccer club Al Nassr agreed to sign Cristiano Ronaldo at the start of 2023.

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Oil is on course for its best month since Russia invaded Ukraine as recession fears die down and Saudi Arabia cuts supply

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OIl refinery
Oil is on pace for its best month since January 2022.

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Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there

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Saudis walk next to a portrait of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Riyadh Season Boulevard in the Saudi capital.

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Is BlackRock still woke?

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink gestures while sitting in front of a blue screen.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.

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While Western states fight tooth-and-nail over the shrinking the Colorado River, Arizona has let water flow freely — in part to feed cows in Saudi Arabia

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Colorado River. Low water level strip on cliff at lake Mead, taken from the Hoover Dam at Nevada and Arizona border.
Colorado River. Low water level strip on cliff at lake Mead, taken from the Hoover Dam at Nevada and Arizona border.

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Biden is trying to lure Saudi Arabia's crown prince away from China with lucrative promises, despite once threatening to make him a 'pariah'

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Biden and Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) fist bumping.
US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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Saudi Arabia is planning to execute three local tribe members who opposed its futuristic NEOM megacity project, UN experts warn

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Neom in Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2021.
Neom in Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2021.

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The Saudi crown prince wants to build a trillion-dollar utopia in the desert. His deals with China reveal a darker vision.

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NEOM, MBS
This image shows the design plans for 'The Line,' a part of the Saudi Arabian megacity of NEOM, and a portrait of its mastermind, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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China and India 'launder' Russian oil and resell it to Western nations that sanctioned Moscow, study says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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China is succeeding in the Middle East because it learned from watching the US fail there for 20 years

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shake hands during a meeting in Beijing, China, April 6, 2023
Iranian, Saudi, and Chinese foreign ministers during a meeting in Beijing on April 6.

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