Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The major Saudi Arabian megacity construction Neom is currently using 20 percent of the world's steel, according to a ...
Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Companies involved in the construction of several Saudi Arabian megaprojects have been called on to examine their ...
The Line smart city is reportedly now being rethought as an AI data center, which the country expects to bring a greater short-term financial return, a move spurred by a financial review of NEOM ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Human rights activists welcome diplomats with protest boards as Saudi Arabia marks its statehood day with a reception in an hotel ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saudi Arabia has cut estimates for people living in its $500 billion Neom project. Its government hoped the futuristic "The Line" ...
Saudi Arabia has scaled back its ambitions for the Neom megacity project, reducing the population target from 1.5 million to 300,000 by 2030. The 170km straight-line city, known as The Line, is now ...
A series of day-in-the-life vlogs from mom influencers on TikTok tried to paint Saudi Arabia’s mega project as a desert paradise. The internet had other opinions. A group of influencers (primarily ...
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Neom cancels $5bn Trojena dam and lake contract

Saudi Arabia’s Neom giga-project has terminated the contract to build three dams to create a freshwater lake at the Trojena mountain destination. The contract was awarded to the Italian contractor ...
New satellite images obtained by Business Insider via US space company Maxar Technologies have revealed the gigantic complex, which appears to feature at least 16 buildings (plus other buildings in ...
A Saudi woman was recently jailed for 30 years for criticizing the Neom megacity on Twitter. Fatima al-Shawarbi objected to ousting people from their homes to make way for the project. A human-rights ...