Tag: #MohammadbinSalman
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Football Association for girls launched in KSA
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s dispatch of its first ladies’ football association on Monday will make room for young ladies who fantasy about turning proficient – and perhaps playing in a World Cup. Since a long time ago denounced for unforgiving limitations on ladies, Saudi Arabia lifted a decades-old prohibition on female footballers a couple of…
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Saudi Crown Prince Buys World’s Most Expensive Football Club
This report is by Ghazi Ahmad. Football club Newcastle United has become the richest club in the Premier League after being bought by the Saudi Public Investment Fund for 300 million GBP. According to the Daily Star, under the agreement, the Saudi Public Investment Fund has acquired ownership of the club. Prince Muhammad bin Salman…
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Saudi court sentences five to death over Khashoggi murder
Riyadh, Dec 23 (AFP/APP): Five people have been sentenced to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but two top figures investigated over the killing have been exonerated, Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said Monday. Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor, was murdered in October last year in what Riyadh called a “rogue” operation, tipping the…
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Saudi Aramco hits crown prince’s $2 trillion goal as shares soar
Riyadh, Dec 12 (AFP/APP): Saudi Aramco soared on Thursday above the $2 trillion valuation target sought by the kingdom’s de facto ruler as the energy giant’s share price surged on its second day of trading. The valuation milestone, which defies widespread skepticism from investors, was coveted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ever since he…
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Yemen government, southern separatists sign power-sharing deal
Riyadh, Nov 6 (AFP/APP): Yemen’s internationally recognised government signed a power-sharing deal with southern separatists Tuesday, to end a conflict simmering within the country’s civil war. Unrest in the south, which saw secessionist forces seize control of Yemen’s interim capital Aden, distracted the coalition from its battle against rebels and raised fears the country could…
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Saudi Aramco heads for possible record-setting market debut
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Nov 4 (AFP/APP): Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the stock market debut of energy giant Aramco, in what could be the world’s biggest IPO, underpinning Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitions to overhaul the kingdom’s oil-reliant economy. After years of delay, Aramco said it plans to sell an unspecified number of shares…