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U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed his intention to increase tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%, which will increase pressure on steel producers worldwide and threaten to escalate his trade war.
Saudi Al-Hilal FC has been eliminated from the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup after suffering a 2-1 defeat to Fluminense FC from Brazil in the quarterfinals. The match was held at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.
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Prime Minister Ahmad Obeid bin-Daghr discussed on Tuesday with Governor of Mahra Rajeh Ba-Curait initial steps to establish a university in Mahra Province.
These steps include establishing a community college beside the already existed Education College and making a study for constructing a college for administrative sciences. The two parties authorized ministry of higher education to provide suggestions to the Council of Ministers.
Bin-Daghr confirmed that Mahra Province will get special attention from political party and stressed on working honestly to serve the people and normalizing life in different fields, praising people of the province for standing by the national project.
The governor discussed with Prime Minister situations of the employees with transitional contracts from Mahra who are working in administrative organization.
Prime Minister bin-Daghr issued directives of giving these employees fixed jobs.