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Saudi Arabia’s Sci-Fi Megacity in the Desert Isn’t Going Well
The hugely ambitious sci-fi-tinged dreams that have animated the project seem to be dying while being replaced with more realistic plans.
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Saudi Arabia Breaks Ground on Massive Sci-Fi Megacity
The future starts now? Drone footage shows construction beginning on Saudi Arabia’s sci-fi megacity called The Line — a city planned to be 170 kilometres long that people can live and work in without ever leaving.
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Silicon Valley-Loving Saudi Prince At Center Of Scandal Over Missing, Possibly Murdered Journalist
On October 2nd, 2018, Saudi journalist-in-exile and frequent critic of the country’s ruling monarchy Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident, entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to obtain routine documentation for his upcoming marriage to his Turkish fiancée Hatice Cengiz. He was never seen leaving—and, according to the New York Times, Turkish officials are anonymously confirming…
