saudi arabia / http://backend.userland.com/rss Â鶹´«Ã½AV WebTeam Recently restored ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia begin a new chapter in the Middle East. But as Saudi-U.S. relations fray, Â鶹´«Ã½AV data show Saudi Arabia's relative soft power. /poll/474251/saudi-arabia-soft-power-outshines-iran.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/474251/saudi-arabia-soft-power-outshines-iran.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:00:00 GMT Canada and Great Britain are again the countries Americans view most favorably, while Russia has slipped to join North Korea as the least favorably rated of 21 countries. /poll/472421/canada-britain-favored-russia-korea-least.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/472421/canada-britain-favored-russia-korea-least.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:00:00 GMT Americans view Canada, Great Britain, France and Japan the best of 19 countries asked about -- and North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Iraq the worst. /poll/390641/americans-rate-canada-britain-france-japan-favorably.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/390641/americans-rate-canada-britain-france-japan-favorably.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 14 Mar 2022 08:00:00 GMT Â鶹´«Ã½AV's snapshot of how satisfied people in 145 countries and areas were in 2019 with efforts to preserve the environment and with air and water. /opinion/gallup/308879/earth-day-world-satisfaction-environment.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/308879/earth-day-world-satisfaction-environment.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 22 Apr 2020 05:01:00 GMT Americans continue to view Iran and North Korea very negatively. Meanwhile, the images of Mexico and Egypt have rebounded. /poll/287153/iran-north-korea-liked-least-americans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/287153/iran-north-korea-liked-least-americans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 03 Mar 2020 09:30:00 GMT After a year of escalating trade disagreements between the U.S. and China, Americans' views of the country have dropped sharply to their lowest levels since 2012. /poll/247559/americans-favorable-views-china-point-hit.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/247559/americans-favorable-views-china-point-hit.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:00:00 GMT Americans continue to consider Mexico to be an ally or friend (76%) rather than unfriendly or an enemy (26%), but fewer view it positively than in the past. /poll/237443/fewer-americans-say-mexico-friend-ally.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/237443/fewer-americans-say-mexico-friend-ally.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:00:00 GMT Shortly after the announcement of "Vision 2030," Saudi residents saw a marked improvement in life evaluations. Saudi nationals were most responsible for a boost in the rate of thriving. /poll/194210/saudis-hope-oil.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/194210/saudis-hope-oil.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 08 Aug 2016 16:45:00 GMT In 2015, the percentage of Yemenis rating their lives poorly enough to be considered "suffering" jumped 14 percentage points to 41%. This is a high for the country and one of the highest rates in the world last year. /poll/188897/yemenis-divided-politically-united-misery.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/188897/yemenis-divided-politically-united-misery.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:00:00 GMT