NEOM was marketed as the future of human civilization. A massive linear city stretching across the Saudi desert promised a world without cars, pollution, or traditional urban problems. But years after ...

The futuristic vision of NEOM, initially planned as a 170km city for millions, is facing a reality check. With construction halted and major contracts cancelled, the dream is fading fast. As of 2026, ...

At a time when the near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the escalating U.S.-Iran war have put global supply chains ...

Saudi Arabia’s NEOM budget for 2026 to 2030 includes around $16 billion (SAR 60 billion) in anticipated payments to contractors to terminate long-term agreements, according to an exclusive report by ...

Only a month into ⁠the Iran war, Qatar-based distributor Salam Studio & Stores had already gone weeks without its regular Red Bull shipments, prompting it ‌to test a little-used route. The conflict ...

The futuristic, carbon-neutral Neom project has long been touted as an urban utopia erected upon cutting-edge, sustainable technology. Its best-known component has been dubbed The Line – a sprawling ...

Only a month into the Iran war, Qatar-based distributor Salam Studio & Stores had already gone weeks without its regular Red Bull shipments, prompting it to test a little-used route. The conflict and ...

Work on The Line in Saudi Arabia has been put on pause until at least 2030, per reporting in Semafor. Construction will also temporarily stop on Trojena, a mountain resort city. The pivot is a ...

Most surveyors will spend their careers tying into existing control points, working around built infrastructure, and updating as‑built records. NEOM is the opposite. It is a $500 billion, 26,500 km² ...

In 2017, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sat alongside Steve Schwarzman and Masayoshi Son at the first iteration of Saudi Arabia’s annual financial summit to unveil a next-century city called Neom.

There are many projects in Saudi Arabia, most of them ambitious, and many of them designed to disrupt the status quo. One such project is NEOM SC, a soccer club owned by the Public Investment Fund — ...

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