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Alejandro Mayorkas is one step away from becoming secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Homeland Security secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Jan. 19, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP)
WASHINGTON (CN) The Senate continued to advance President Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks Thursday, approving a procedural motion for his Department of Homeland Security nominee while wrapping up a confirmation hearing for two others.
An architect of President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects qualifying immigrants from deportation, Alejandro Mayorkas cleared another Senate hurdle to tee up a confirmation vote for his DHS leadership role.
Wednesday, 27 January, 2021 - 08:45
The PIF Governor holds a press conference on Tuesday. (SPA) Asharq Al-Awsat
The Governor of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan, stressed on Tuesday that the Fund was seeking to invest between SAR150 and 200 billion (USD66 billion) annually in new projects in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Rumayyan held a press conference to highlight the size of the remarkable growth and development of the PIF, which has become a major engine in achieving the Kingdom s Vision 2030 and a catalyst for diversifying the local economy s resources away from oil, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
He held the briefing days after the Board of Directors of the PIF approved, Under the chairmanship of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Council of Economic Affairs and Development, the Fund s five-year strategy.
Saudi PIF to invest $266bn in local economy in 5 years
RIYADH, January 27, 2021 Saudi Arabia s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will investment about SAR1 trillion ($266.55 billion) during the next five years in the local economy, which will create 1.8 million direct and indirect jobs by the end of 2025, said PIF Governor Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan. These jobs would focus on vital sectors such as entertainment, tourism and sports, building and construction materials, and real estate services, he said in a presentation today on the remarkable growth and development of the PIF, which has become a major engine driving the Kingdom s Vision 2030 and a catalyst for diversifying the local economy, said a Saudi Press Agency report.
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