Saudi Arabia
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| Currency | Saudi riyal |
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| Capital | Riyadh |
| Dialing code | +966 |
| Population | 32. 94 million (2017) |
| Did you know | Saudi Arabia is the fifth-largest Middle Eastern country by population (31,521,000). |
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| ID | 1380637 |
About Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is a country in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula.
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... Saudi Arabia s Aramco is one of 50 oil and gas companies pledging to stop adding to planet-warming gases by 2050...
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... Between 2023 and 2050, only Saudi Arabia is expected to produce more...
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... But which countries - if any - will put money in the fund? The European Union has indicated it is going to open its wallet, but what about the US and other big economies? China, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States are still defined as developing countries for COP purposes, by the way, and therefore aren t obliged to pay into funds like this - a big bone of contention...
Saudi investment fund to buy 10% stake in Heathrow airport
...By Mariko OiBusiness reporterSaudi Arabia s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has agreed to buy a 10% stake in Heathrow airport from Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial...
COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals
... The briefings show the UAE also prepared talking points on commercial opportunities for its state renewable energy company, Masdar, ahead of meetings with 20 countries, including the UK, United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil, China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kenya...
Allow more aid into Gaza, Lord Cameron urges Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel
... Counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia and Nigeria were there, as well as the secretary general of the League of Arab States and the ambassador of Qatar...
Japan condemns Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack of cargo ship in Red Sea
... The Houthis have been locked in with Yemen s official government - backed by Saudi Arabia - since 2014...
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... The Houthis have been locked in with Yemen s official government - backed by Saudi Arabia - since 2014...
Saudi rapper faces of the arrest, Mecca girl-music-video
Saudi officials have called for the arrest of a rapper who released a music video for their song, Mecca girls, praises the women of The Holy city as "powerful and beautiful".
Social Media users angrily responded, calling on The Authorities "hypocritical".
In the year 2018, The Crown Prince of conservative country began a program of reforms.
But activists say that repression has increased, and there is a crackdown on freedom of expression.
The video was posted on YouTube last week of a young rapper who identifies himself to Kill as Asayel.
raps about women in The City of Mecca, the Islam's holiest place, where a million Muslims on Hajj, or the pilgrimage annually.
"Our respect to other girls but to be the Mecca for girls sugar candy", she sings in the video, while men and women dance in a cafe.
It was in wide share on Social Media , and people used the hashtag to compliment #Mecca_Girl_Represents_Me.
On Thursday the Governor of the, tweeted that they "offended the morals of the Mecca," and with the hashtag "you are not The Girl of Mecca".
Asayel Kill, the account has been locked and the video is no longer available on YouTube.
One popular tweet read, "It is not the only rap song that contains a single obscenity, insult, pornography scene, nudity, Smoking hashish, and the rapper is also the hijab.
"The Girl faces arrest, because The Song does not fit the new Saudi Arabia , or old. "
Other Social Media users suggested that double standards apply for men and women.
she drew attention to the case of the Moroccan singer Saad Lmjarred, which was allowed to be in Riyadh After
Social Media users authorities of the projection of an image of modernization in the foreign accused, while the bottom crack to home.
"This is so typical for the Saudi government to Bring a Western opinion-makers to artwash The Regime but attack real Saudi women, who are trying to Express artistically, their cultural identities," tweeted Amani Al-Ahmadi, who identified himself as a Saudi -American feminist.
Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is the promotion of a modern image of the country abroad as part of its Vision 2030 reform programme.
artists such as Mariah Carey , Nicki Minaj and the BTS were invited to be in The Kingdom .
After a backlash, citing their support for the rights of women and the LGBT community.
To a Music Festival in December, 120 Saudi
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Source of news: bbc.com
