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Riyadh Season 2023 Launches SAR50,000 Baloot Challenge Game

Riyadh Season 2023 Launches SAR50,000 Baloot Challenge Game
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Riyadh Season 2023 Launches SAR50,000 Baloot Challenge Game

Riyadh Season 2023 Launches SAR50,000 Baloot Challenge Game

Riyadh Season 2023 has launched the Baloot Challenge, a trick-taking card game that will run for eight weeks, with the winners competing for a grand prize of SAR50,000.
The competitions take place in the Baloot Lounge at Boulevard City, offering a weekly prize of up to SAR10,000 for the winning team ahead of competing for the grand prize, SPA reported.
The Baloot Challenge is one of the mental sports presented by Riyadh Season to visitors and has garnered significant interest from various segments of society due to its widespread popularity during the season.
The competition is accompanied by a variety of events, theatrical performances, concerts, as well as a wide range of cafes, restaurants, gaming halls, and unique entertainment experiences.

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Iceland Volcano Erupts for 9th Time Since 2023

Lava emerges through a fissure following a volcano eruption near Grindavik, Reykjanes, Iceland July 16, 2025. Hordur Kristleifsson via Civil Protection Of Iceland/Handout via REUTERS
Lava emerges through a fissure following a volcano eruption near Grindavik, Reykjanes, Iceland July 16, 2025. Hordur Kristleifsson via Civil Protection Of Iceland/Handout via REUTERS
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Iceland Volcano Erupts for 9th Time Since 2023

Lava emerges through a fissure following a volcano eruption near Grindavik, Reykjanes, Iceland July 16, 2025. Hordur Kristleifsson via Civil Protection Of Iceland/Handout via REUTERS
Lava emerges through a fissure following a volcano eruption near Grindavik, Reykjanes, Iceland July 16, 2025. Hordur Kristleifsson via Civil Protection Of Iceland/Handout via REUTERS

A volcano erupted on Wednesday in Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula in the southwest, weather authorities said, the ninth eruption to hit the region since the end of 2023.

Live video feeds showed lava spewing out of a fissure in the ground, with the Icelandic Met Office saying that it began just before 4:00 am (0400 GMT).

Broadcaster RUV reported that the nearby fishing village Grindavik had been evacuated, as had the Blue Lagoon, Iceland's famed tourist spot.

The previous eruption to hit the area was in April.

When the first volcanic eruption first hit the area in late 2023, most of Grindavik's 4,000 residents were evacuated, AFP reported.

Since then, almost all of the houses have been sold to the state, and most of the residents have left.

Volcanoes on the Reykjanes peninsula had not erupted for eight centuries when in March 2021 a period of heightened seismic activity began.