Saudi Arabia set to host 2030 World Expo in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh has won the competition to host the 2030 World Expo, becoming the second Middle Eastern city to host the international event after Dubai in 2020.
The Riyadh Expo 2030 won the bid after 119 out of the 182 members of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the World Expo supervisor, voted in its favour.
The news was announced yesterday and described by Riyadh Expo 2023 organisers as a "historic achievement" on X, the platform formerly known as Twit