The New York Times

Elon Musk’s xAI Gets $3 Billion Investment From Saudi-Backed A.I. Firm

Humain, which was created by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last year, said it made the investment just before xAI was acquired by SpaceX, Mr. Musk’s rocket company. By Adam Satariano Reporting from ...
The New Yorker

The Growing Rift Between Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.

In the years after he was named the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia, in 2015, Mohammed bin Salman—known informally as M.B.S.—has accumulated remarkable power in the country. (He became crown ...
Reuters

US removing guardrails from proposed Saudi nuclear deal, document says

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has told Congress he is pursuing a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia that does not include non-proliferation safeguards the U.S. has long said ...
Crude Oil Prices

Saudi Arabia’s New U.S. LNG Deal Marks a Stunning Geopolitical Reversal

Saudi Aramco’s 20-year LNG deal with a U.S. supplier marks a major geopolitical shift. LNG has become a central tool of energy statecraft, and locking in long-term U.S. supply underscores Riyadh’s ...
CNN

Scientists extracted DNA from mummified cheetah remains and made a surprising discovery

When scientists with the National Center for Wildlife in Saudi Arabia were surveying caves in search of wildlife in 2022 and 2023, they came across something unexpected: seven naturally mummified ...
Columbus Dispatch

Saudi Arabia confirms Ramadan 2026 start. More about Islamic holy month

Ramadan for 2026 will begin at sundown on February 17, as confirmed by moon spotters in Saudi Arabia. The official start of Ramadan is determined by the sighting of the waning crescent moon, causing ...
saudigazette

Saudi Arabia becomes first Arab nation to join Global AI Partnership

NEW DELHI — Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) President Dr. Abdullah Alghamdi announced that Saudi Arabia is the first Arab nation to join the Global Partnership on Artificial ...
Reuters

Saudi's Humain invested $3 billion in xAI's Series E funding round

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Humain, the kingdom's artificial intelligence company, said on Wednesday it had invested $3 billion in Elon Musk's xAI as a part of its Series E funding round just ...
saudigazette

Saudi Cabinet greets Muslims around world on advent of Ramadan

RIYADH — The Council of Ministers congratulated Saudi citizens and Muslims around the world on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan. The Cabinet session, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy ...
The Economist

Saudi Arabia and the Emirates must resolve their own differences

MANY OUTSIDERS would put Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the same category. Both monarchies have grown fabulously wealthy thanks to oil and gas. Both are close American allies. And ...
Foreign Policy

For the Gulf States, Investment in AI Is Partly About U.S. Protection

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Look at Sjava's latest look that has fans doing double-takes

South African singer and actress Sjava's latest fashion look has Mzansi judging him hard for his past looks The star is known for rocking traditional Zulu regalia and incorporating it into his modern ...