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Al Asaker, Mohammed bin Salman's invisible hand

Badr bin Mohammed Al Asaker, head of the crown prince's foundation, was in Paris last week, despite a certain distancing between France and Saudi Arabia since Macron came to power. [...] (399 words)

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