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Trump thinks he can fix golf's mess. He starts by playing golf with PGA Tour commissioner

Nov. 18, 2024 12:24 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump boasted during the campaign he would need about 15 minutes to get a deal done between the PGA Tour and the Saudi investors of LIV Golf. That started with four hours on the golf course with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan. The Washington Post reported...

Charley Hull is fresh off a win and tied for the lead on LPGA. Nelly Korda is 2 behind

Nov. 14, 2024 19:03 PM EST

BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Charley Hull, fresh off her first victory in more than two years, didn't lose her form from Saudi Arabia to Florida in opening with a 6-under 64 on Thursday to share the lead with Jiwon Jeon after the first round of The Annika. Nelly Korda hasn't lost much...

Struggling Australia and Saudi Arabia play a crucial Asian World Cup qualifier

Nov. 12, 2024 20:29 PM EST

Australia hosts Saudi Arabia in a crucial World Cup qualifier at Melbourne on Thursday while Japan and South Korea can take a big step towards North America in 2026 when the third round of Asian qualifying reaches the halfway stage. With only the top two teams from each of the three...

Trump receives congratulations and an invitation to the White House as Biden nudges on transition

Nov. 06, 2024 21:17 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump spent his first day as president-elect receiving congratulatory phone calls from his defeated opponent, world leaders and President Joe Biden as he began the process of turning his election victory into a government. Trump was keeping a low...

OPEC extends its oil output cuts by one month until the end of December

Nov. 03, 2024 17:49 PM EST

Saudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries said on Sunday they would postpone a plan to gradually increase oil output until the end of the year, extending their output cuts by one month. No reason was given for the move, which comes ahead of the U.S. presidential election on...

Saudi startup Riyadh Air orders 60 Airbus A321neo planes

Oct. 30, 2024 11:40 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Saudi startup airline Riyadh Air has ordered 60 Airbus aircraft, the European aerospace manufacturer said Wednesday. Riyadh Air plans to begin passenger flights next summer and has placed an order for 60 A321neo planes, the largest among Airbus’ best-selling A320neo...

Malaysian court orders Najib to enter defense in his 2nd graft trial linked to 1MDB scandal

Oct. 30, 2024 00:48 AM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's High Court on Wednesday ordered imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak to enter a defense in his second corruption trial over the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund. Najib set up the 1Malaysia Development...

Jailed former Malaysian leader apologizes for fund embezzlement scandal, reiterates his innocence

Oct. 24, 2024 20:39 PM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak issued a rare apology Thursday over the looting of a state investment fund worth billions of dollars "under my watch" while reiterating his innocence. Najib set up the 1Malaysia Development Berhad...

A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say

Oct. 15, 2024 10:04 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, an activist group says. The sentence for Mohammed al-Ghamdi marks the latest in a widening judicial...

Rulings signal US courts may be more open to lawsuits accusing foreign officials of abuses

Oct. 15, 2024 07:15 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. court has given two top associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman until early November to start turning over any evidence in a lawsuit from a former senior Saudi intelligence official who says he survived a plot by the kingdom to silence him. ...