G20 says it will strive for fair global access to COVID-19 vaccine
Riyadh (Reuters) – Leaders of the 20 biggest economies vowed on Sunday to spare no effort to supply COVID-19 drugs,
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Saudi FDI up in first half of 2020 as economy shows resilience, minister says
Dubai (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday foreign direct investment (FDI) increased by 12%
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Saudi Arabia confident Biden administration will pursue regional stability
Riyadh (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Saturday he was confident that Democrat Joe Biden’s incoming U.S. administration
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UK PM Johnson thanks King Salman of Saudi Arabia for G20 Leadership in ‘Turbulent Times’
London – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday thanked Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, for leading the
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Saudi King Salman: G20 leaders must work towards equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
Dubai (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman said in his opening remarks to G20 leaders on Saturday that they must
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G20 to discuss post-pandemic world, back debt relief
Brussels (Reuters) – Leaders of the 20 biggest world economies (G20) will debate this weekend how to deal with the
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U.N. chief says Yemen in imminent danger of famine, warns against unilateral moves
New York (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that war-torn Yemen is in “imminent danger of the
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Iran’s Guards launch aircraft carrier-scale warship amid tensions with U.S.: TV
Dubai (Reuters) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have added a warship capable of carrying aircraft, missile launchers and drones to
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50 face execution in Iraq after unfair trials, U.N. says
Geneva (Reuters) – Some 50 prisoners in Iraq face possible execution on Monday following conviction on terrorism-related crimes in unfair
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Syria condemns U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s visit to ‘occupied Golan’: state media
Amman (Reuters) – Syria condemned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday in
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