The league is primarily funded by PIF, the sovereign wealth fund chaired by Mohammed bin Salman – the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and the man who a US intelligence report named as responsible for approving the operation that led to the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
When Charles came in 1985, as a prince, the Post ran a hundred-and-sixteen-page supplement from the British Tourist Authority.
Eventually, Ding moves his bishop to a square where it can be trapped, and the game is over; Gukesh is the youngest outright world champion in history, the game’s new king.
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Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
Like 250 years The king has the serendipitous timing of arriving as the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches.
Similarly, the scale, scope and depth of the AI revolution will also compel the group practice leaders, health system executives, private equity satraps and all others who now pull the strings on so many physicians to adapt to the democratization of medical knowledge.
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Michael L. Millenson,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities.
Witkoff went from Qatar to Israel on Saturday and insisted on having a meeting with the prime minister on the afternoon of the Jewish sabbath—a violation of Israeli protocol rudely designed to remind Netanyahu who was the vassal and who was the suzerain.
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Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain.
The makeup mogul looked oh-so-glam in a strapless black ballgown by the designer with contrasting fabrics on the top and skirt and embellished black evening gloves.
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Emily Kirkpatrick,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Some tech moguls have pushed back against the idea and threatened to move.
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