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Elon Musk may face national security review of Tesla-Saudi deal
Elon Musk will likely need clearance from U.S. national security officials for any proposal to take Tesla Inc. private with financing from Saudi Arabia, just as the Trump administration steps up scrutiny of foreign investment in American technology. The deal, if it becomes reality, would ...
Birds of a feather do fall out sometimes
Seasoned diplomats are much subtler and more prudent than badgers of the same stripe.
Saudi Arabia has sought to tame critics with an aggressive foreign policy, but a deadly air raid in Yemen following an acrimonious spat with Canada will only amplify international pressure on the kingdom, analysts say. An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a bus in ...
Dozens killed, including children on a bus, in airstrikes on Yemen market
Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed dozens of people — including children traveling on a bus through a market — in Yemen's Saada province on Thursday, a Yemeni health official and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. The Western-backed alliance fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi ...
Saudi Arabia's moves this week to sever diplomatic ties with Canada underscore the kingdom's newly combative foreign policy, which analysts say is aimed at taming international criticism, and follows a crackdown on domestic critics as it struggles to implement risky reforms. On Monday, Saudi Arabia ...
Amid spat with Saudia Arabia, Canada weighs up costs and benefits of 'rights-first' foreign policy
Canada's determination to place human rights at the heart of its foreign policy could cost it billions in trade with an incensed Saudi Arabia — the price of a diplomatic initiative that some observers say could pay off in the long run. Since Riyadh announced ...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk drops latest bombshell with $72 billion buyout proposal
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk is gearing up to lead a buyout of the electric carmaker in a stunning move that would end the maverick company's eight-year history trading on the stock market. In his typically unorthodox fashion, the eccentric Musk dropped the bombshell on ...
Canada defiant after Saudis freeze new trade over rights criticism, boot ambassador
Canada on Monday refused to back down in its defense of human rights after Saudi Arabia froze new trade and investment and expelled the Canadian ambassador in retaliation for Ottawa's call to free arrested Saudi civil society activists. In her first public response to Saudi ...
Saudi Arabia expels Canadian envoy, recalls its own over 'interference'
Saudi Arabia said Monday it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and had recalled its envoy while freezing all new trade, in protest at Ottawa's vigorous calls for the release of jailed activists. The kingdom gave the Canadian ambassador 24 hours to leave the country, in ...
Saudi-led coalition forces Red Cross plane to land after it flies over Yemen war zone
A Saudi-led coalition battling in Yemen on Tuesday said it forced a Red Cross plane to land in southern Saudi Arabia after it veered off course to fly over a military operation area in Yemen. The plane heading to Djibouti changed its course after taking ...
The Iranian-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen said it had attacked a Saudi Aramco refinery in Riyadh on Wednesday using a drone, but the oil company said a limited fire at the plant was due to "an operational incident. "Our drone air forces have targeted the ...
Saudi aviation academy to train first women pilots after nation lifts ban on driving
A flight school in Saudi Arabia is opening its doors for women, following the end of a decades-long driving ban in the deeply conservative Muslim country where many social restrictions are easing. Oxford Aviation Academy, a leading trainer and crew recruiter, has already received applications ...
