Saudi Arabia
I did a women-only trip in one of the world’s most notorious countries
It’s one of the world’s most patriarchal societies, but I had a behind-the-scenes look at the secret lives of women here.
- Katrina Lobley
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Two Test divisions, international windows, and India sharing their riches: Is this cricket’s future?
A report commissioned by the World Cricketers’ Association calls for a complete reshaping of international and franchise cricket to complement one another.
- Daniel Brettig
- Updated
- Australian cricket
‘No scope or demand’: England opposed to Saudi T20 league
English cricket has raised instant opposition to an Australian proposal for a global Twenty20 league backed by Saudi Arabia, claiming there is “no scope or demand for such an idea”.
- Daniel Brettig
- Exclusive
- International Cricket Council
Grand slam of cricket: Secret plan hatched for new Saudi-backed T20 league
A global Twenty20 league bankrolled by the oil-rich state has been devised by an influential Australian cricket figure to address cricket’s most pressing issues.
- Chris Barrett
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Their profit, our cost: Should fossil fuel companies pay for climate disasters?
As climate change bites and insurance costs increase, a growing chorus is demanding that fossil fuel companies start paying for the chaos.
- Nick O'Malley
- Updated
- Russia-Ukraine war
Rubio says Ukraine may need to do ‘difficult things’ to get peace deal
US could resume sending military aid and intelligence tomorrow if crunch talks in Saudi Arabia go well, US secretary of state says.
- Rob Harris
- Opinion
- Oil
More than ‘a little disturbance’: Trump and OPEC are sinking the oil price
This week, OPEC+ did what Donald Trump has demanded and announced it would start increasing production, pushing oil prices down to three-year lows. Trump may get more than he bargained for.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Trump accuses Ukraine of starting war, sets price of peace deal
Trump’s comment followed the first high-level diplomatic talks between the US and Russia since the war in Ukraine began, almost three years ago.
- Rob Harris
Egyptian answer to Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ doesn’t involve emptying it
Egypt’s three-phase reconstruction proposal comes after international uproar over Donald Trump’s call for the removal of Gaza’s Palestinian population.
- Samy Magdy
Build a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia? Arab leaders slam Netanyahu idea
The Arab League has pushed back on the Israeli’s PM’s remarks, saying they were “a complete detachment from reality”.
- Jotam Confino
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