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Football, F1, golf, boxing: are the Saudis taking over?
Talking Point Huge salaries are drawing players to Saudi as kingdom seeks ‘reputational gains’
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The PGA gets a Saudi makeover
feature Fans and players are reeling after the league announced a surprise merger with its Saudi-backed rival
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Why the PGA Tour is merging with LIV Golf
The Explainer The groups are controversially coming together after a rocky relationship
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PGA Tour-LIV shock merger: winners and losers from golf’s unification
Talking Point Men’s golf tours declare peace after their civil war – but turmoil still lies ahead
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Has Saudi Arabia lost control of oil prices?
Today's Big Question Kingdom goes it alone to cut production, risking tension with US and reigniting cooling inflation in Europe
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Why is Saudi Arabia going it alone on costly oil cuts?
Today's Big Question The unilateral production cuts could hurt its finances while raising gas prices for drivers and OPEC
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The rehabilitation of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad
feature Critics say the president’s return to Arab League after 12 years of brutal civil war shows that ‘crime pays’
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Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to reopen embassies, resume flights in China-brokered thaw
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Xi Jinping: the new global peacemaker
feature China intervenes in the Middle East and Ukraine - but what are its intentions?
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An end to Iran and Saudi Arabia’s seven-year rift
feature Thawing of relations could transform the Middle East
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The Week Unwrapped: Antisocial Saudis, hormone therapy and retro tech
podcast Why is Saudi Arabia investing in – and banning – social networks? Will new research make life easier for trans women? And is the future of technology dumb?
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Where is sex before marriage illegal?
feature Indonesia is the latest country to ban sex outside of wedlock
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Just days after announcing presidential candidacy, Trump helms real estate deal with Saudi company
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Saudi Arabia sentences U.S. citizen to 16 years in prison over tweets, family says
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