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China Ready To Boost Belt And Road, Energy And Investment Ties With Saudi Arabia, Vice President Says
China’s Vice President Han Zheng said Beijing is ready to deepen cooperation with Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East across energy, investment and innovation, while advancing its Belt and Road Initiative to support shared development. Speaking...
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L&T lands $569mln Saudi grid infrastructure orders
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Zawya
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India’s top engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced that its Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) vertical has secured a batch of grid infrastructure orders - valued between Rs25 billion and Rs50 billion...
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Real estate CEO says the luxury industry is all about one thing: a ‘return on ego’
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Fortune
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For Ziad El Chaar, CEO of luxury developer DarGlobal, the future of the luxury industry isn’t measured purely in financial returns—it’s about emotional capital. While ROI is a return on investment, he said at the Fortune Global Forum in Riyadh on...
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Smith in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates to attend international petroleum conference
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 29, 2025. newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Premier Danielle Smith is in Saudi Arabia promoting the province’s responsible energy production before travelling to the United Arab Emirates to attend the Adu Dhabi...
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PIA signs major agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Air to expand operations
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has entered into a significant and historic cargo agreement with Saudi Arabia’s newly established airline, Riyadh Air. The agreement, which was officially implemented on October 29, aims to...
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Kuwait Oil Company Says to Spend $3.9 Billion on Exploration by 2030
The Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute, in partnership with Ipsos, unveiled the results of the 2025 FII PRIORITY Compass, a landmark global survey capturing the priorities, hopes, and anxieties of citizens across the world, reported the...
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Ibri Industrial City attracts 16 projects with investments nearing RO 20 million
MUSCAT: The total number of projects localised in Ibri Industrial City has reached 16 by the end of the first half of 2025, with total investments touching RO 19,835,000. These projects occupy a combined area of 188,889 sqm within Phase 1 of the...
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EDF power solutions wins a 600 MW solar PV power project in Saudia Arabia
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Renewable Energy Magazine
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Located in the Jazan Province, in the southwest part of the country, the 600 MW Samtah Solar PV Power Project will be developed, financed, built, owned, and operated by a consortium formed by SEC and EDF power solutions. Once operational, in the...
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Jordan’s industrial exports rise by 7.5% in first eight months of 2025
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Zawya
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AMMAN — Industrial exports grew by 7.5 per cent from the beginning of 2025 to August, according to statistical data released by the Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI). The figures showed that the value of industrial exports reached JD5.565 billion...
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L&T lands $569m Saudi grid infrastructure orders
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Trade Arabia
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India’s top engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced that its Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) vertical has secured a batch of grid infrastructure orders - valued between Rs25 billion and Rs50 billion...
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Saudi Arabia’s expansion projects in Al-Mahra face growing public rejection of military presence
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Yemen News Agency SABA
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Saudi Arabia’s expansion projects in Al-Mahra face growing public rejection of military presence Sana’a – SABA Public anger continues to escalate in Al-Mahra Governorate over the ongoing Saudi military presence in the governorate’s strategic...
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Saudi Arabia and Singapore forge trade pact enabling instant settlements
Singapore’s DBS Bank and Saudi Banque Saudi Fransi have unveiled a historic partnership to revolutionize cross-border transactions across the Gulf-Asia axis. The strategic partnership offers same-day settlements and real-time payment facilities,...
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Oil, LNG scores victory against green bunkers amid stalling IMO talks
Fossil fuels could remain the preferred marine energy at the expense of low-carbon fuels, with the International Maritime Organization’s new decarbonization rules hanging in the balance, according to industry participants. Supporters of the UN...
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Nigeria’s Revenue Threatened As Oil Dips On Russian Sanctions Worries, OPEC+ Output Hike
Nigeria’s revenue and those of crude-dependent economies will experience a drop as oil prices slide again on Wednesday, the third day since the start of the week. Drop in prices rode on the back of doubts about the effectiveness of Russia...
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Biggest Umrah ever: Saudi sets new record with 11.7 million pilgrims in the month of October
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The Times of India
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Record Umrah Surge: 11.7 Million Pilgrims in Rabi Al-Than / AI-Generated Illustration Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, together with the General Authority for the Care of the Two Holy Mosques, reported more than 11.7 million Umrah...
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Hyundai Motor Group 'committed to expanding Saudi collaboration'
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Trade Arabia
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Executive Chair Euisun Chung tours the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Middle East. His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, received Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair...
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Coming surge in LNG production is set to reshape global gas markets
Global gas markets are set to undergo major changes by the end of this decade, with a coming wave of LNG production capacity set to transform market dynamics, according to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency's (IEA) medium-term...
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Innovation, energy and human capital will define Guyana’s global competitiveness
—President Ali tells world leaders in Saudi Arabia GUYANA is rapidly emerging as one of the most dynamic developing economies, leveraging its newfound oil wealth to drive sweeping transformation across energy, technology and human-capital...
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Exclusive-Saudi Arabia plans to refocus $925 billion fund after gigaproject delays, source says
By Yousef Saba and Federico Maccioni RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia is preparing to shift its $925 billion sovereign wealth fund away from a focus on real estate gigaprojects that have dominated its development goals for the last decade, a source...
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Hyundai Chairman Chung Eui-sun holds exclusive talks with Crown Prince Mohammed in Saudi Arabia
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun (center) inspects the site of Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Middle East (HMMME) in Saudi Arabia on October 26 (local time). / Yonhap News Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun met with Saudi Crown...
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