The world just got a new richest sports team — and a scandal befitting its new owners

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The world just got a new richest sports team — and a scandal befitting its new owners
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Saudi-Newcastle soccer team takeover prompts outrage over 'sportswashing' of the country's human rights violations.

. Accompanying social reforms mean women are now allowed to drive and movie theaters have opened for the first time in 35 years.

Saudi journalist who wrote for The Washington Post, was assassinated by a Saudi hit squad. The CIA says that MBS most likely approved the killing, which he denies.. United Nations investigators were until recently looking into allegations that the kingdom, as well as the Iran-backed Houthi rebels it is fighting, may have committed war crimes.

Many fans are simply happy to see the back of their previous owner, the deeply unpopular British retail tycoon Mike Ashley. But they’ve also welcomed their new investors with few qualms.The crowd outside the stadium last week chanted, “We are Saudis, we do what we want,” while supporters on social media changed their avatars to the face of MBS.

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