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.
Oil firms commit to major fossil fuel cut by 2050 at COP28
... Saudi Arabia s Aramco is one of 50 oil and gas companies pledging to stop adding to planet-warming gases by 2050...
COP28: Huge rise in oil drilling expected from hosts UAE
... Between 2023 and 2050, only Saudi Arabia is expected to produce more...
COP28: Can a climate summit in an oil state change anything?
... 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...
Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack cargo ship in Red Sea
... The Houthis have been locked in with Yemen s official government - backed by Saudi Arabia - since 2014...
Underwater photographer of the year
underwater photographer of the year celebrates the photography below The Surface of the oceans, lakes and rivers.
More Than 5,500 underwater images of 13 categories of underwater photographers from over 70 countries around The World were entered.
Greg Lecoeur won underwater photographer of the year 2020 with the Frozen Mobile Home, shows seals around an iceberg in the Antarctic. Anita Kainrath, Austria, won the Up & Coming underwater photographer of the year with the Shark Nursery show, baby lemon sharks in a mangrove in The Bahamas . Italian Pasquale Vassallo won the Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year with the Last of the twilight, Last Gasp , shows a tuna fish as it is pulled up to a boat off the coast of Naples. Nick and More, from Devon, won The British underwater photographer of the year with Habitat Zoom Blur, included in Indonesia. Only Tucker, of Wimbledon, won The Most Promising British underwater photographer, with the agitation in the sea, a panoramic photo of a seahorse. Zena Holloway won The Black and White category with a picture of the Brazilian free-divers and conservationists Flavia Eberhard in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula . Renee Capozzola won The Wreck of the category with a split-shot from Georgios ship wreck, in Saudi Arabia . The Ship ran aground in the years 1978 and now serves as an artificial reef. Keigo Kawamura won the Macro category with an image of unicorn-shrimp in Japan. Trevor Rees won The British waters Wide Angle category with a picture of a fireworks anemone at the top of the hole Dutch, in Shetland. Shane Keena won the category conservation with A Shot of a hermit crab on Peleliu island with a discarded can as a temporary home.nature, scuba diving, photography
Source of news: bbc.com
