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Comment on this storyComment When Saudi Arabia needs to quickly convince the oil market that supply is tightening, putting upward pressure on prices, nothing beats reducing its crude exports into the US.Riyadh has promised to slash oil production next month by 10%, a unilateral cut that would reduce output to just 9 million barrels a day, the […]
China’s Covid Megawave: A virus threatens Xi Jinping’s reign Episode 2: Vantage with Palki Sharma on Firstpost. On this edition of Vantage, Palki Sharma tells you how a virus poses the biggest challenge to Xi Jinping. China’s devastating Covid outbreak is challenging the reign of Chinese President Xi Jinping. On this edition of […]
Positives aren’t plentiful in Greg Norman’s world these days, unless you count the commensurate savings in Kool-Aid orders every time another of his hapless executives bolts for the exit. The LIV Golf schedule remains incomplete just weeks ahead of its start, no new star player signings have materialized, and the offseason brought none of the […]
A senior Democratic lawmaker has raised alarms about the possibility that sensitive US defense technology could be shared with Russia by Saudi Arabia in the wake of the kingdom’s recent decision to side with Moscow over the interests of the US. Richard Blumenthal, a member of the Senate armed services committee who has proposed
Comment on this story Comment With US President Joe Biden having departed the Middle East, the region’s two prime antagonists are thinking about just getting along. Iran and Saudi Arabia, having completed five rounds of talks in Iraq over the past year, both said last week they were moving toward higher-level negotiations on reconciliation. Paradoxically, […]
WASHINGTON/RIYADH, July 11 (Reuters) – The Biden administration is discussing the possible lifting of its ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, but any final decision is expected to hinge on whether Riyadh makes progress toward ending the war in neighboring Yemen, according to four people familiar with the matter. Senior Saudi […]
U.S. President Joe Biden boards Marine One at Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth, Delaware on July 9, 2022. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images The Biden administration is discussing the possible lifting of its ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, but any final decision is expected to hinge on […]
Chart: Axios Visuals The Biden administration has been quietly mediating among Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt on negotiations that, if successful, could be a first step on the road to the
Saudi Arabia appears to be banking on Donald Trump’s return to office by refusing to help the US punish Russia for the Ukraine invasion, and by placing $2bn in a new, untested investment fund run by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. In seeking to persuade Riyadh to increase oil production so as to lower prices by […]
America’s Navy will need significantly more money if it’s going to keep up with China’s growing navy, U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Thursday at the 2021 Aspen Security Forum in Washington, D.C. How much more? About three to five percent above inflation if it’s to reach its 355-ship target ratified by Congress in […]
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