Elon Musk is among a roster of blue‑chip U.S. CEOs invited to a Saudi‑U.S. investment forum in Riyadh that will run alongside President Donald Trump’s Middle East visit, according to a planning memo seen by *Reuters*, signalling lavish deals and headline economic announcements to come.
Elon Musk is among a group of heavyweight U.S. business leaders invited to a Saudi‑U.S. investment forum in Riyadh on Tuesday, held alongside President Donald Trump’s Middle East visit, according to a planning memo seen by Reuters.
The event—expected to feature splashy economic announcements—has also drawn invitations for the chiefs of BlackRock, Citigroup, IBM, Boeing, Delta, American Airlines and United Airlines.
In January, President Trump urged Saudi Arabia to channel about $1 trillion into the U.S. economy over four years, including major defense purchases; sources told Reuters last month that Washington is preparing an arms package exceeding $100 billion.
Tesla’s April launch in the kingdom signaled a thaw in relations between Musk and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, whose rift with the billionaire dated back to 2018. Ties have warmed further since Musk played a high‑profile role in Trump’s election campaign and later joined the administration, where he has spearheaded efforts to streamline federal bureaucracy.
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Tehran has agreed to let the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommence inspections of its nuclear programme, U.S. Vice President JD Vance has said. The U.S. and Iran have settled on a 60-day roadmap aimed at reaching a final deal, according to mediators Qatar and Pakistan.
Villagers took part in Dragon Boat Festival celebrations on 24 June in Foshan, Guangdong province, where traditional racing was held on the narrow, winding Diejiao River.
A cemetery in the Gaza Strip containing the remains of 22 Canadian soldiers killed during a 1956 United Nations peacekeeping mission has been destroyed, according to media reports citing families of the deceased.
Israel's defence minister said on Wednesday Israeli troops will not withdraw from southern Lebanon, highlighting a hurdle to Iran-U.S. peace talks, as the top U.S. diplomat tours the Middle East to win over allies sceptical about a proposed deal.
A Ukrainian strike has damaged a school building in a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, according to local authorities cited by the TASS news agency. No injuries were reported in the incident.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Iran had agreed to nuclear inspections into "infinity, despite Tehran's denials, and that unfrozen Iranian assets would be used to buy humanitarian supplies from the United States.
Authorities in France are reporting that about 20 people have died over the weekend while swimming in unsupervised areas of rivers, lakes and coastal waters as they tried to escape the heatwave.
Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surpassed 1,000, with health officials warning that the outbreak is spreading rapidly through displacement camps and across borders.
A cemetery in the Gaza Strip containing the remains of 22 Canadian soldiers killed during a 1956 United Nations peacekeeping mission has been destroyed, according to media reports citing families of the deceased.
Tesla has been sued by the family of a 76-year-old Texas woman who was killed when a driver using the company’s Model 3 driver-assistance system crashed into her suburban Houston home, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday (23 June).
Extreme heat in France has killed hundreds of thousands of poultry and overwhelmed carcass disposal systems, agricultural organisations said. A severe heatwave continues to disrupt farming, energy supplies and daily life across Western Europe.
Israeli forces issued stop-work orders for 15 Palestinian homes in the village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday (24 June), citing a lack of building permits, according to a local official.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he will “most likely” hold bilateral talks with U.S. President Donald Trump during next month’s NATO summit in Ankara, where the American leader is expected to attend.
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