Saudi Arabia wins bid for 2030 World Fair, beating Italy, S. Korea

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Saudi Arabia wins bid for 2030 world fair, beating Italy, S. Korea
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My friend in Saudi is one of the consultants that helped the Prince to win this bid for Riyadh and he's told me all about this initiative.

We all know that Saudi Arabia, like much of the middle east, has got some atrocious human rights issues. However, the Prince is really try to herald a new age of diversity and tolerance and modernity in Saudi and I think that we should be optimistic about this gradual change of direction.

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