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Coronavirus crisis presents opportunity for Saudi’s Newcastle project London (AFP) – A Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle United appears to be nearing completion at a time when the rest of the football industry is on its knees due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.For Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment…

Related’s Stephen Ross and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad Bin Salman Al-Saud Stephen Ross’ Related Companies has landed a major investment from the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund controlled by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, according to a new report. Related closed on the deal with…

On April 6, Jeff Blau, the CEO of Related Companies, the behemoth real estate developer, appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box with Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss the challenges Related’s retail tenants had in early April making their rent payments because of the coronavirus lockdowns.Related, one of Manhattan’s largest real estate…

Human rights campaigners have urged Newcastle United to reject their £300 million takeover, describing it as “immoral”. It has been reported that Mike Ashley has agreed to sell the Premier League club to a conglomerate backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which is chaired by Saudi’s crown prince and…

The North East of England may seem an unlikely launchpad for Saudi Arabia’s first major entry into football, but Newcastle offers fertile ground for the Middle Eastern kingdom and its ambitions. The Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle is reported to be imminent. Under the terms of the deal, a consortium led…

( Middle East Monitor ) – When Saudi Arabia approached members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its affiliates recently to cut oil production in an attempt to cushion the impact of the falling oil prices as a result of Covid-19, Russia rejected the proposal. The subsequent…

US23:16 GMT 16.04.2020(updated 23:18 GMT 16.04.2020) Get short URLIn a last-minute court filing this week, the US government moved to block the release of a trove of documents about the September 11, 2001, attacks to families of the victims. However, senior intelligence officials said they were unable to explain the…

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has resumed indirect talks with Yemen's Houthi movement to cement a faltering ceasefire, sources familiar with the discussions said, as the United Nations pushes for a de-escalation to prepare for a coronavirus outbreak.The Iran-aligned Houthis have yet to accept the nationwide truce prompted by the pandemic and…

This week is scheduled to see the lockdown of Wuhan - the Chinese city in which the global coronavirus pandemic began – end, following a recent visit to the city by China’s President Xi Jinpiang. Although as an export-led economy China will still face some trouble ahead, moves are afoot…

MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman by Ben Hubbard Published in March 2020 Reading nonfiction is problematic during a pandemic. COVID-19 has so fundamentally dislocated society. Much of the pre-virus analysis feels irrelevant. This seems like a time to perhaps step away from current affairs books and…