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☆ Take a closer look at the main regions of Neom, Saudi's epic megacity project
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Saudi Arabia is plowing on with its ambitious Neom project, despite reported setbacks. Here's a closer look at the main regions that officials plan to build as part of the project. AdvertisementSaudi Arabia's futuristic Neom project is one of the most ambitious in the world. According to Neom, the city will have no roads, cars, or emissions and run on 100% renewable energy. SindalahThe island of Sindalah, a yachting resort and part of the Neom project, will be open in 2024, say planners.

Persons: Here's, —, Neom, Denis Hickey, " Hickey, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, NEOM Organizations: Service, Street Journal, Bloomberg, Saudi Arabia's Crown Locations: Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Tabuk, Kingdom, Neom, Sindalah, Aqaba, Tabak Province

☆ A Saudi woman was given 30 years in prison for criticizing the Neom megacity project on Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Saudi woman was recently jailed for 30 years for criticizing the Neom megacity on Twitter. ALQST, a UK-based human rights group, said a Saudi court sentenced Fatima al-Shawarbi to 30 years during a recent appeal hearing. Human Rights Watch in a 2020 report said that imprisoned female dissidents are often refused contact with family members and those in the outside world. The crown prince plans to construct the city across a 10,200 square mile area in the Tabuk Province in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Despite criticism from human rights groups, Saudi Arabia continues to attract wealthy Western companies to invest in Neom.

Persons: Fatima al, Shawarbi, —, ALQST, Lina Alhathloul, Salma al, Alhathoul, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Abdul Rahim al, who've Organizations: Twitter, Saudi, Service, Privacy Policy, Rights Watch, Leeds University, UN, Amnesty Locations: Saudi, Privacy Policy Saudi Arabia, Al, Ahsa, London, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia, Neom

☆ Saudi Arabia's Neom is a $500B futuristic city being built in the desert — but it could morph into a surveillance dystopia
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Bill Bostock | Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Saudi Arabia is building a futuristic mega-city called Neom deep in a desert bordering the Red Sea. But critics fear that sophisticated technology could be used to surveil residents. Saudi Arabia hopes to build a futuristic mega-city 33 times the size of New York City from scratch. It's called Neom, a planned 16-borough city on the Red Sea coast in the northwestern Saudi province of Tabuk. As Insider reported, they believe that the Saudis could be preparing to use sophisticated Chinese surveillance technology to tightly monitor and control Neom's residents.

☆ Flying taxis, robotic avatars and holograms — Saudi Arabia pushes ahead with its sci-fi city vision
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Emma Procter | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The future Site of the city Neom, a planned cross-border city, stands empty before development begins in the Tabuk Province of northwestern Saudi Arabia, December 18, 2019. NEOM political map of the 500 billion dollar megacity project in Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea coast. Granger's firm has been working closely with Neom and she believes the view of Saudi Arabia among the business community has changed inexorably. The aim is to transform and grow the kingdom's media industry — another key focus of the Vision 2030 plan. Visitors watch a 3D presentation during an exhibition on 'Neom', a new business and industrial city, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 25, 2017.

☆ Etapă cu incidente în Dakar. Toby Price a suferit o căzătură și a fost spitalizat
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Incidentele nu au putut fi evitate nici în etapa a 9-a a Raliului Dakar! Pilotul a fost transportat cu elicopterul la spitalul din Tabuk. Concursul a fost câștigat de argentinianul Kevin Benavides. Francezul a fost urmat pe podium de qatarianul Nasser Al-Attiyah şi sud-africanul Giniel de Villiers. A zecea din cele 12 etape a competiției din Arabia Saudită se va desfășura între orașele Neom și AlUla.

Persons: Australianul Toby Price, Kevin Benavides, Ricky Brabec, Jose Igancio, Stephane Peterhansel, Francezul, Nasser, -, africanul, Villiers Locations: Dakar, Tabuk, Arabia Saudită, Neom

☆ Chilianul Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo a învins în etapa a opta a Raliului Dakar la clasa moto
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Chilianul Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo a câştigat etapa a opta a Raliului Dakar la clasa moto.Sud-americanul a fost cronometrat cu 3 ore 8 minute și 40 de secunde, după ce a parcurs distanța de 375 de kilometri, între localitățile saudite Sakaka şi Neom.Cornejo Florimo a fost urmat de australianul Toby Price şi de americanul Ricky Brabec, campionul în exercițiu la clasa moto.Grație acestei victorii, chilianul se menţine pe primul loc în clasamentul general, cu un avans de 66 secunde faţă de Price.Pilotul francez Xavier de Soultrait a fost constrâns să abandoneze în această manșă din cauza unei căderi violente, în urma căreia a fost transportat la spitalul din Tabuk.La clasa auto, în cea de-a opta etapă, nu s-au înregistrat surprize. Qatarezul Nasser Al-Attiyah s-a impus în fața lui Carlos Sainz și Stephane Peterhansel.Următoarea etapă a Raliului Dakar se va desfășura marți, în buclă la Neom, pe distanţa 465 de kilometri cronometraţi.

Persons: Chilianul Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo, australianul Toby Price, Ricky Brabec, Xavier de Soultrait, Nasser, Carlos Sainz, Stephane Peterhansel.Următoarea Organizations: chilianul, Dakar Locations: Dakar

☆ Everything to know about Neom, the futuristic city project in Saudi Arabia critics fear could be a surveillance dystopia
▼ + stars: | 2019-09-23 | by ( Bill Bostock | Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Saudi Arabia is building a futuristic mega-city called Neom deep in a desert bordering the Red Sea. But critics fear that sophisticated technology could be used to surveil residents. Saudi Arabia is building a futuristic mega-city 33 times the size of New York City from scratch. It's called Neom, a planned 16-borough city on the Red Sea coast in the northwestern Saudi province of Tabuk. As Insider reported, they believe that the Saudis could be preparing to use sophisticated Chinese surveillance technology to tightly monitor and control Neom's residents.

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