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PGA Tour player directors prepare for meeting with Saudi leader of LIV Golf

Mar. 17, 2024 21:35 PM EDT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Players on the PGA Tour board negotiating with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund have a meeting planned Monday with the Saudi leader backing rival LIV Golf, something Rory McIlroy said Sunday should have happened long ago. He also said Yasir...

Mnuchin’s interest in TikTok and distressed NY bank echoes his pre-Trump investment playbook

Mar. 16, 2024 10:53 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — It seems like a bizarre mishmash: A former Trump cabinet official is saying he wants to buy TikTok just days after leading a group that pumped $1 billion into a beaten-down bank. But it all actually fits in with the complicated career of Steven Mnuchin. The man who...

PGA Tour player directors encouraged to meet with Saudi backers of LIV Golf

Mar. 15, 2024 20:33 PM EDT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Spieth and Adam Scott said the player directors on the PGA Tour board are being encouraged to meet with the Saudi Arabia wealth fund leader behind LIV Golf, a sign that could spark talks of an investment. Golfweek reported Friday evening a...

Rory McIlroy shoots a 65 with 2 tee shots in the water and 1 uncomfortable dispute

Mar. 14, 2024 21:07 PM EDT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy began The Players Championship with a 65 on his scorecard, two tee shots that went into the water and one lengthy dispute about where to take a penalty drop on Thursday. McIlroy ended the day with 10 birdies for his lowest start ever at...

US-mandated religious freedom group ends Saudi trip early after rabbi ordered to remove his kippah

Mar. 13, 2024 04:56 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, highlighting the religious tensions still present in the wider Middle East. ...

AP PHOTOS: Muslims around the world observe holy month of Ramadan with prayer, fasting

Mar. 12, 2024 19:03 PM EDT

Muslims around the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan, with worship, charity, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims gather for prayers inside mosques in Indonesia, Kashmir, Pakistan and Turkey. They gather outside at New York's Times Square and in the Gaza...

Monahan confident in his job and hopeful PGA Tour can strike a deal with Saudis

Mar. 12, 2024 15:35 PM EDT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was short on details but overflowing with confidence Tuesday about the future of the PGA Tour, repairing the fractured landscape of golf and his ability to lead the way. “I am the right person to lead us forward. I...

Patrick Reed's streak of playing in majors in jeopardy at PGA Championship

Mar. 12, 2024 11:26 AM EDT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Patrick Reed has not missed a major since he first became eligible for them at the 2014 Masters, a streak that now is in peril with the PGA Championship two months away. The PGA of America sent out its first batch of invitations, and Reed was not on...

Muslims spot Ramadan crescent moon in Saudi Arabia, meaning month of fasting starts Monday for many

Mar. 11, 2024 17:58 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Officials saw the crescent moon Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest sites in Islam, marking the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims. The sacred month, which sees those observing...

Saudi oil giant Aramco announces $121 billion profit last year, down from 2022 record

Mar. 10, 2024 04:11 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi oil giant Aramco on Sunday reported it made $121 billion in profit last year, down from its 2022 record due to lower energy prices. The results still marked the company's second highest ever result, Aramco said, as members of the OPEC+...