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  "id": 6423184,
  "title": "Riyadh becomes only Gulf city among world’s top 100 innovation clusters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/riyadh-becomes-only-gulf-city-among-worlds-top-100-innovation-clusters",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T12:07:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Saudi Gazette",
    "slug": "saudi-gazette",
    "url": "https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/664431/saudi-arabia/riyadh-becomes-only-gulf-city-among-worlds-top-100-innovation-clusters"
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  "summary": "RIYADH — Riyadh has ranked among the world’s top 100 innovation clusters in the 2026 Global Innovation Index, becoming the only Gulf city to achieve the classification. The Saudi capital ranked 92nd globally, recording 419 venture capital deals in innovation and 162 international patent applications. The report identified King Saud University, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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