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It\u2019s a busy morning for the Kingdom in the international press. Driving the narrative: <\/strong>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u2019s visit to Riyadh today and tomorrow (NYT<\/a> | Bloomberg<\/a> | CNN<\/a>). We have the rundown in this morning\u2019s news well and What We\u2019re Tracking Today, above. <\/p>\n

MEANWHILE- \u201c<\/strong>Everybody in tech seems to want to make friends with Saudi Arabia right<\/a><\/strong>now<\/a><\/strong>,\u201d<\/strong> the New York Times writes noting ongoing talks with Andreessen Horowitz and other investors to create a world-scale USD 40 bn AI investment fund. Together, the Kingdom\u2019s AI and tech initiatives \u201ceasily dwarf those of most major nation-state investments, like Britain\u2019s USD 100 mn pledge for the Alan Turing Institute.\u201d<\/p>\n

AND-<\/strong> NYT columnist Tom Friedman is back with Israel has a choice to make: Rafah or Riyadh<\/a>. Oddly, he makes it through the whole piece without quoting a taxi or Uber driver.<\/p>\n

PLUS- <\/strong>Bloomberg<\/a> is out with another piece on the Kingdom\u2019s Vision 2030 plans, this time citing unnamed officials as saying the Royal Commission for Riyadh City is scaling back its population target to 10 mn residents by 2030, down from an original goal of 15 mn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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