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Saudi Arabia's network of spending and influence detailed before getting 2034 World Cup from FIFA

Dec. 02, 2024 15:00 PM EST

GENEVA (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s growing influence and massive spending in global sports ahead of being confirmed by FIFA as the 2034 World Cup host was detailed on Monday in a report that cited risks to good governance off the field. More than 900 sponsor deals — more than...

Today in History: November 16, Nixon authorizes Alaska pipeline

Nov. 16, 2024 00:09 AM EST

Today is Saturday, Nov. 16, the 321st day of 2024. There are 45 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 16, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of an 800-mile...

EU and Gulf leaders held inaugural leaders' summit against background of Mideast turmoil

Oct. 16, 2024 15:12 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of the European Union and six Gulf nations held an inaugural summit Wednesday against a backdrop of turmoil in the Middle East and struggles to find a unified position on the war in Ukraine and relations with Russia. The summit, which lasted just a few...

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. ...

Woodward book reveals Trump's calls with Putin and Biden's private remarks on Obama and Netanyahu

Oct. 09, 2024 08:21 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Vladimir Putin since leaving office and secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19 test machines during the height of the pandemic, Bob Woodward reported in his new book, “War." The famed Watergate...