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Saudi Arabia's acquisition of Electronic Arts faces pushback from game developers, petition calls on FTC to 'scrutinize this deal closely'
The $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and private equity firms is facing more pushback, as the United Videogame Workers-CWA union has put out a statement calling on regulators and lawmakers to...
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US Intimidation Leaves Future of Shipping Uncertain But Appetite for Green Future Remains
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Vote to adopt the Net-Zero Framework postponed for one year. Negotiations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have ended in the postponement of the vote to...
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CleanSpark shares soar as Bitcoin miner announces AI expansion
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark's shares soared over 13% on Monday, after the company announced a strategic expansion into artificial intelligence. CleanSpark, the fifth-largest Bitcoin (BTC) mining company by market...
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Saudi Arabia Announces Major Project At Mecca With 900,000 Extra Praying Spaces, Others
Saudi Arabia has announced a major new project flanking Mecca’s Grand Mosque, providing 900,000 extra praying spaces together with residential and hospitality services for the millions of pilgrims who visit each year. King Salman’s Gate, which...
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Smuggler jailed for 40 years after shipping ballistic missile parts from Iran
Ashitha Nagesh, Sajid Iqbal and Kirstie Brewer ShareSave Prosecutors said the weapons found on board Pahlawan's boat were "some of the most sophisticated" arms Iran produces A weapons smuggler who used a fishing boat to ship ballistic missile...
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Pharmaceutical Press to showcase their essential drug interactions resource at Global Health Exhibition 2025
Pharmaceutical Press, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s knowledge business, will showcase Stockley’s Drug Interactions, practical evidence-based information to manage drug interactions safely and effectively, at this year’s Global Health...
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Global Shipping Emissions Deal Sinks After Last-Minute Collapse
A decade-long effort to make the shipping industry the first to adopt binding international emissions targets has fallen apart—this time not over science or technology, but timing and cost. The breakdown leaves oil demand from marine fuels largely...
Owner: James Stafford
Saudi, Russian Officials Discuss Strengthening Economic, Investment Ties
Türkiye is set to maintain its imports of Russian Urals crude oil in October at around 280,000 barrels per day (bpd), unchanged from September, according to LSEG shipping data and market sources. October exports to Türkiye may even surpass...
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TRIUMPH: Team Trump Tramples UN Carbon Tax on Shipping
What a bunch of BAD ASSES. There. I said it. Yesterday I told y'all about the ee-ville intentions of an auxiliary arm of the United Nations that regulates international shipping, formulating regulations and rules, the International Maritime...
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Ryan Seacrest under fire for taking job as keynote speaker at a Saudi Arabian festival as fans brand him a ‘sell-out’
RYAN Seacrest is facing backlash after agreeing to serve as keynote speaker at a Saudi Arabian entertainment event linked to the country’s controversial government. The American Idol host sparked outrage online after appearing at the Joy Forum...
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Saudi Energy Minister Announces Joint Business Forum with Russia
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, announced that the Kingdom and Russia are preparing to host a joint business forum, which will bring together approximately 100 Russian companies and business leaders alongside...
Owner: Saudi Government
London Police Chief Plans Saudi Partnership to Fight Fraud, Cybercrime
Pro-Government
Asharq Al-Awsat
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City of London Police Commissioner Peter O’Doherty has outlined plans for a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia aimed at strengthening centralized reporting of fraud and cybercrime. He also noted that British authorities have approved a new...
Owner: Saudi Government
US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions
The United States has succeeded in blocking a global fee on shipping emissions, as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. The world's largest maritime nations had been deliberating and...
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Saudi Communications Minister Holds Talks in US on Accelerating Growth of Kingdom’s AI Ecosystem
Pro-Government
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha held talks in the United States on Tuesday with Founder, President, and CEO of Supermicro Charles Liang to discuss ways to accelerate the growth of the Kingdom’s...
Owner: Saudi Government
'We stand with Syria,' Saudi Finance Minister says
Pro-Government
The National News
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Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan on Friday said many investments were being finalised for Syria, as Damascus seeks to reconnect with the global financial system following the toppling of the Assad regime last December. “We stand with...
Owner: United Arab Emirates Government
A war on reconstruction: Israel's new frontline in south Lebanon
Under the pretext that Hezbollah is attempting to rebuild its capabilities, Israel is carrying out a new military campaign in southern Lebanon, killing workers on construction sites, destroying machinery, and threatening engineers advocating for...
Owner: Maayed Ahmed Saleem Dib & Mohammad Muhddin Suleiman Almasri
Saudi Arabia and the Tired ‘Whitewashing’ Trope
The internet brigades and media commentators found ample reason to be concerned about Saudi Arabia and its growing influence earlier this month. Instead of the anodyne concerns of yesteryear about madrassas influenced by fundamentalist clerics,...
Owner: New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy
Saudi to offer steel projects worth $16bln
Indeterminate
Zawya
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Saudi Arabia has completed a study about the optimal options to address the supply shortage in the domestic steel market, the Kingdom’s Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef has said. Options involve manufacturing 7 steel...
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US scuppers carbon pricing deal to cut shipping emissions
Pro-Government
The National News
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A majority of countries at the International Maritime Organisation voted on Friday to postpone by a year a decision to adopt a global carbon price for shipping, after negotiations collapsed under US pressure. More than 100 member states of the...
Owner: United Arab Emirates Government