No single story is driving the conversation on Saudi in the internationala press.

“A handful of traders” at Aramco’s Houston office reportedly staged a walkout last week after getting lower bonuses than they had expected, Bloomberg reports. “Discontent about trader pay is roiling the company’s Houston crude desk” and dates back to Aramco’s acquisition of Motiva Trading last year.

Is Neom preparing to launch its own e-visa system? That’s travel industry staple Skift ’s reading of the tea leaves based on a Neom job ad.

No Miss Universe? “We would like to categorically state that no selection process has been conducted in Saudi Arabia, and any such claims are false and misleading," the organization that puts together the competition said in response to a claim by Saudi model and influencer Rumy Alqahtani that she would compete on stage in Mexico this year. The denial is getting ink regionally and abroad.

So. Much. Whining. Deutsche Well is at least a week behind its competitors in the global press, clinging to outdated stereotypes about the Kingdom as it wonders Why is Saudi Arabia heading [the] top UN gender equality forum?

MEANWHILE-

  • The Telegraph is stirring the pot on what a move by the PIF for a stake in Heathrow could mean to Europe’s busiest airport.
  • Financial News covers the “fresh wave of international law firms is rushing to open in Riyadh”
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