A Grand Slam Kings showdown in Riyadh is everywhere

Riyadh’s hosting of the Six Kings Slam exhibition in October is driving the conversation on Saudi Arabia in the foreign press this morning,with the story getting coverage everywhere: Reuters | AFP | The Associated Press | The Telegraph | The Athletic.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s brief Riyadh touchdown continued to get coverage, with the Associated Press taking note of the top US diplomat’s plan to press with a ceasefire and post-war planning for the war-torn Gaza.

In Washington: US senators claim that top execs from McKinsey, BCG, and Teneo are not fully cooperating with their investigation into the potential merger of the PGA Tour with the Public Investment Fund’s LIV Golf, Bloomberg reports. “McKinsey and BCG told US lawmakers on Tuesday that their employees in Saudi Arabia could face jail if the firms handed over details of their work for the country’s sovereign wealth fund without approval from the kingdom,” the Financial Times adds.