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Price of coal in the United States Gasoline supply Gasoline price display in Massachusetts in May 2022, showing prices above $4/US gal ($1.06/L). Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm blamed the OPEC oil cartel led by Saudi Arabia and the U.S. gas and petroleum industry for rising motor fuel prices in the United States.
After Vietnam enacted Đổi mới, relations between Vietnam and Saudi Arabia started to improve. In 1999, Saudi Arabia officially announced the establishment of relations with Vietnam. [9] It was followed by the inaugural of Vietnamese embassy in Riyadh in 2007, and Saudi embassy in Hanoi a year later. [9]
Saudi Arabia and its oil policy were significant factors in the proxy wars of the Cold War prior to the downfall of Soviet Communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Saudi Arabia helped to finance not just the Afghan Mujahideen but also non-Muslim anti-communists. It also seriously harmed the Soviet Communist cause by stabilizing oil prices ...
Vietnamese Kuomintang People's Action Party of Vietnam. The KMT assisted the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng party which translates literally into Chinese (越南國民黨; Yuènán Guómíndǎng) as the Vietnamese Nationalist Party. [140] When it was established, it was based on the Chinese KMT and was pro Chinese.
The King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.C.A.R.E.) is a scientific research and governmental entity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is chaired by the Minister of Energy. K.A.C.A.R.E. was founded in 2010 with a mandate to develop nuclear and renewable energy in Saudi Arabia. It is headquartered in Riyadh city.
The number of mobile connections in Ethiopia increased by 8.2 million (+11.9 percent) between the start of 2023 and the start of 2024. [ 54 ] In September 2010 the penetration rate was estimated at 4.6% over a population estimate of 90.8 million.
Saudi Arabia: Submachine gun: 9×19mm Parabellum: Assault rifles AK-103 Russia Saudi Arabia: Assault rifle: 7.62×39mm: Used by Airborne Units and Special Security Forces in the Saudi Arabian Army. [1] [2] Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries. [3] [4] PM md. 90 Romania: Assault rifle: 7.62x39mm [5] Heckler & Koch G36 Germany Saudi ...
According to journalist Glenn Greenwald, American diplomat Henry Kissinger initiated the U.S.'s arms-for-petrodollars program for the autocratic governments of Saudi Arabia and pre-1979 Iran, supported coups and death squads throughout Latin America, and supported Indonesian dictator and close U.S. ally Suharto.