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May 26, 2024
Tokyo [Japan], May 26: Saudi Arabia is moving aggressively with its investments in more gaming companies, the Canadian industry veteran steering the kingdom's push to become a global hub for the sector told AFP Friday. The kingdom has already been spending heavily with a $38-billion push into gaming under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 program, part of a plan to diversify the economy away from oil.
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Germany to restrict sales of laughing gas
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San Francisco [US], May 25: Two adults were injured by gunshots during a high school graduation ceremony Thursday evening in Oakland, U.S. state of California, according to police.
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