Soudy to Meet With the King of Soudi Arabia

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President threatened to punish sadi arabia after the 20 18 murder of journalist jamal kashoji. The murder was linked to sati crown prince mohammed ben saman byden, who will meet with President biden this week. Foren affairs correspondent felicia schwartz: "The soudes obviously see this meeting as an important way to kind of get him out of the penalty box"

US president Joe Biden is set to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the biggest US banks report earnings this week and are expected to show bumper profits from lending, and EU officials fear criminal groups are smuggling weapons out of Ukraine and on to Europe’s black markets.

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