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12 July – The International Olympic Committee announce that Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympics Esports Games in 2025. [6] 18 July – Saudia group and Lilium GmbH signed a binding sales agreement for 50 electric Lilium Jets, with options for the purchase of 50 more. [7] July 26–August 11 – Saudi Arabia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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31 December – 15 January – The 2023 Dakar Rally was held in Saudi Arabia. [12] 4 – 17 September – The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [13] 28 October – Tyson Fury had a boxing match with Francis Ngannou in Riyadh. [14] [15]
Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy. [3] According to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia, the country's de facto constitution adopted by royal decree in 1992, the king must comply with Sharia (that is, Islamic law) and the Qur'an. The Qur'an and the Sunnah are declared to be the de jure country's constitution. [4]
Dartmouth basketball players remain on schedule to vote Tuesday on whether to form the nation’s first-ever college athletes' labor union after a National Labor Relations Board official rejected ...
Saudi Arabia has welcomed Uber and Six Flags parks in its initial steps towards amplifying the tourism sector. [30] In November 2017 it was announced that Saudi Arabia would begin issuing tourist visas and online application in 2018. [31] Non-Muslims (of whatever nationality) are not allowed to travel to the City of Mecca and the City Centre of ...
Saudi Arabia executed the third highest number of prisoners in the world in 2023, and three hundred people have already been put to death this year, a record tally based on official figures.
The Making of Saudi Arabia, 1916–1936: From Chieftaincy to Monarchical State (1993) Parker, Chad H. Making the Desert Modern: Americans, Arabs, and Oil on the Saudi Frontier, 1933–1973 (U of Massachusetts Press, 2015), 161 pp. al-Rasheed, M. A History of Saudi Arabia (2nd ed. 2010) Vassiliev, A. The History of Saudi Arabia (2013)