The U.S. set aside 23 million acres of Alaska's North Slope to serve as an emergency oil supply a century ago. Now, President Joe Biden is moving to block oil and gas development across roughly half of it.
Saudi Arabia Hikes Oil Prices In Increasingly Tight Market Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Saudi oil giant Aramco, the world’s top crude oil exporter, hiked on Friday the prices of most of its crude grades for May, as Middle Eastern benchmarks are strengthening in a market that looks increasingly tight. For a second consecutive month, Saudi Arabia raised the price of Arab Light, its flagship grade selling in Asia, by more than expected. Aramco set the...
Crown prince’s pet project was sold as a 105-mile-long city of the future, but finances may have led to a rethinkIt was billed as a glass-walled city of the future, an ambitious centrepiece of the economic plan backed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to transition Saudi Arabia away from oil dependency.Now, however, plans for the mirror-clad desert metropolis called the Line have been scaled down and the project, which was envisaged to stretch 105 miles (170km) is expected to reach just a mile...
As tensions have mounted recently between the United States and Israel over its prosecution of the Israel-Hamas war, the Biden administration has come up with yet another way it believes it can put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. According to a report from the Financial Times, the Biden administration is creating
Biden Punishes Drillers With 15-Fold Increase In Permitting Costs, Plans To Block Arctic Oil Extraction One week after the Biden administration slapped new regulations on key power grid components, the Washington Post reports that US oil and gas companies will face a 15-fold increase in costs to drill on federal land, under a new rule released on Friday. Workers operate a drilling rig while plugging an abandoned oil well north of Shelby, Mont. (Adrián Sanchez-Gonzalez for The...
Stunning concept images released by Saudi Arabia showed a vast, mirrored structure cutting through the desert near crystal blue ocean waters. It is not clear what the project will look like scaled back.
Snow covers rows of buses at Bend-La Pine Schools' bus barn in January
For a whole month, Muslims across the world have been juggling professional and personal chores in the day while seeking forgiveness both from Allah and from those we may have wronged in the quiet of Ramadan with night prayers, breaking bad habits and mending broken relationships as it is not just a month of fasting from dawn to dusk and abstaining from food and drink but also about nourishing the soul with prayer, reflection, charity, universal brotherhood and acts of kindness with Eid-ul-Fitr...
On April 17-18, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is the first high-level visit from Armenia to Saudi Arabia after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in November 2023. .Within the framework of the visit, Minister Mirzoyan will have meeting with Faisalbin …
The UN´s upcoming Status of Women Commission will be chaired by Saudi Arabia; will this threaten or benefit gender politics across the world? This March, Saudi Arabia was elected to chair the UN‘s forum to promote women’s rights and reduce gender discrimination. None of the UN member states protested; Saudi Arabia UN´s ambassador, Abdulaziz Alswasil, […]
Increasing people’s awareness of cultural and historic landmarks is an important step toward ensuring the long-term conservation of these sites, helping to drive the urgent need for their protection. In recent years, AlUla and Saudi Arabia have emerged as hotbeds of cultural discovery and touristic exploration. With six UNESCO World Heritage Sites within its borders, the Kingdom is both a cultural custodian and a welcoming host. It is a role the country takes seriously,...
The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 206,000 borrowers as part of a new repayment plan that offers a faster route to forgiveness.