Editor (2023-08-15). US Pressures Saudi Arabia to Sell Oil in Dollars, Not Chinese Yuan, Amid Israel Negotiations. scheerpost.com

Nathan Halverson (2023-08-14). State Pension Fund Is Invested in Deal to Drain Arizona's Dwindling Groundwater. truthout.org As rural Arizonans face the prospect of wells running dry, foreign firms are sucking up vast amounts of the state's groundwater to grow hay for Saudi Arabia and other wealthy nations. Now it turns out that a key investor in this water transfer scheme is Arizona's own employee retirement fund. In La Paz County, a rural community about 100 miles west of Phoenix, Al Dahra Farms USA has been running a… |

Editor (2023-08-14). U.S. pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan, amid Israel negotiations. mronline.org As part of negotiations for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, the United States is demanding that Riyadh keep pricing its oil in dollars, not China's renminbi or other currencies.

Editor (2023-08-14). U.S. pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan, amid Israel negotiations. mronline.org As part of negotiations for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, the United States is demanding that Riyadh keep pricing its oil in dollars, not China's renminbi or other currencies.

ecns.cn (2023-08-14). SAUDIA launches direct Riyadh-Beijing and Jeddah-Beijing routes. ecns.cn Saudi Arabia's flag carrier SAUDIA has launched direct Jeddah-Beijing and Riyadh-Beijing flights.

Daniel Larison (2023-08-13). A Security Pact With Saudi Arabia Would Be a Disaster. truthout.org As the Biden administration continues to pursue a normalization deal with Israel and Saudi Arabia, supporters of a U.S. security guarantee for the Saudis have started making their case in public. The Israeli foreign minister, Eli Cohen, took to the opinion page of The Wall Street Journal earlier this week to sell a U.S. defense commitment to Riyadh as "the foundation upon which true regional… |

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-13). Arabia Saudita nombra a su primer embajador en Palestina. telesurtv.net Al-Sudairi subrayó la voluntad del rey Salman y del príncipe heredero Mohamed bin Salman de "reforzar las relaciones con los hermanos del Estado de Palestina.