Ahmed Al Omran
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Saudi correspondent @FT 📰 Previously seen in @nytimes, @WSJ and @NPR 📩 Email: [email protected] 📝 Subscribe to my newsletter: https://t.co/oe6r4P3Ybt
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Joined September 2006
Saudi writer Ahmed Abodehman dies at age 76. He was known for his semi-autobiographical novel “La Ceinture”, first published in French by Gallimard in 2000.
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Saudi Arabia plans expanding access to alcohol with two more liquor stores in Jeddah and Dhahran catering to non-Muslim diplomats and Premium Residency holders
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Kingdom to add liquor stores in Jeddah and Dhahran after outlet for non-Muslim foreigners opened in Riyadh last year
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🚨 Saudi AI firm Humain leads $900 million funding round in US video startup Luma AI
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Kingdom’s Humain unit drives investment as Riyadh steps up bid to become global force in generative AI
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🚨 New by @CamillaHodgson and me: US and Saudi Arabia reach deal for rare earths facility in the kingdom
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Mining group MP Materials will share minority stake in joint venture with US government to build and operate facility
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Saudi newspapers front pages today covering the crown prince’s visit to the White House
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🚨 Trump says he will approve unprecedented sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia during the crown prince visit to the White House today. Other deals covering defence, AI and nuclear energy also on the agenda. Latest by @ahauslohner and me:
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US president expected to agree clutch of deals as Mohammed bin Salman returns to Washington for first time since 2018
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🚨 Saudi royal court confirms that the crown prince has traveled to the US. Talks with Trump to focus on bilateral relations and issues of common concern, statement says.
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Trump’s family business and its Saudi partner Dar Global unveil plan for luxury Maldives resort that uses blockchain technology to attract investment
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Project announced on eve of Saudi Crown Prince’s visit to White House
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Saudi PIF cuts US equity holdings to $19.4 billion in Q3, down from $23.8 billion in Q2 as the fund exits positions in 9 companies, including Visa and Pinterest
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Sovereign wealth fund has exited positions in nine American companies, including Visa and Pinterest
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Saudi Aramco steps up gas push to power fleets of AI data centres, new industrial hubs and fast-growing cities
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World’s largest oil producer shifts focus as it prepares to begin production at the giant Jafurah field
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🗺️ FT visual investigation: How the laws of physics and finance hampered The Line of Neom
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Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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🚨 Saudi king appoints Sheikh Salih al-Fawzan as the kingdom’s Grand Mufti —royal decree
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🚨 Saudi Arabia condemns move in the Knesset seeking to impose Israeli authority over the occupied West Bank —foreign ministry statement
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🚨 Saudi Arabia in talks with US for defence pact ahead of the crown prince’s visit to the White House next month
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Discussions for deal long sought by kingdom come weeks after Qatar secured its own agreement with Washington
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🚨 Trump says the Saudi king, leaders of UAE and Qatar told him a year ago the US was a “dead country”
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