Some foreign companies report semiannually, and so may have longer lag times. We add the caveat that two other companies that would otherwise be added to this list are Saudi Aramco, the Saudi state oil company; and State Grid, the Chinese state-owned electric utility. They were omitted becau...
LuLu, the region’s largest hypermarket chain well-renowned for highlighting country festivals throughout the year, launched its annual food festival “World Food” across its stores in Saudi Arabia from 26th February to 10th March 2020. A celebration of flavours and culture, the two-week festival...
Hydrogen “definitely is the direction oil companies and producers are taking to decarbonise. It makes sense Saudi Arabia would pursue this,” said Kristin Diwan, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Green hydrogen, made using renewable electricity to split wa...
About 43% of all crude oil production in the United States comes from Texas.8 Houston Houston is the state's largest city with a population of 2.3 million. This makes it the fourth most populated city in the country.910Already home to the headquarters of severaloil and gascompanies, Houston...
Over 61 percent of homes in the Gaza Strip had been destroyed, and 1.9 million Palestinians, or nearly 85 percent of the Gaza population, had since become homeless (无家可归的), according to the UN. The people there don’t have enough...
As a staple food, over half of the global populationdependson the crop as a major part of their diet. In fact, rice is considered a vital part of nutrition in much of Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean, and is estimated to providemore than one-fifthof the calories consumed...
1. Hajj - Saudi Arabia [Celebrated during the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah] Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, mandatory for all able-bodied Muslims. It involves rituals such as circling the Kaaba and spending a day at Mount Arafat, symbolizing unity and submissi...
Russia is the world’s third-largest exporter of sunflower seeds, which are used by food companies and in bread and snacks, as well as processed into oil. The war has cut off sunflower oil supplies from Ukraine, which is the largest exporter of the commodity, sending prices soaring. Globa...
The massive stock exchange debut would fund Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 plan to wean the kingdom off oil and develop other sectors of its economy, while signaling to multinational companies and foreign investors that Saudi Arabia was open for business. ...