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The neon Google sign in the foyer of Google’s new Canadian engineering headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario January 14, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Power/Files

Google Engineers Work with UNICEF to Map Zika Outbreak

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 3, 2016 | World

Google announced on Thursday that its engineers were working with U.N. child agency UNICEF to build a platform that aims to map and predict potential outbreaks of the Zika virus, linked to birth defects among children in Brazil. Alphabet Inc’s Google said in a...

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Senegalese President Macky Sall

Senegalese President Macky Sall Says Terrorism Affects Everyone

by Hatim Betioui | Mar 3, 2016 | Interviews

Dakar- Four years passed since Macky Sall rose to power in Senegal. Those years were filled with challenges. President Sall worked to leave behind a mark in the history of a country which has only been acquainted with senior presidents. Among the Senegalese presidents...

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Police secure the area after an explosion in central Istanbul, Turkey January 12, 2016.- Reuters

Two Women Stage Attack on Police Station in Istanbul Suburb

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 3, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Two women staged a gun and grenade attack at a Turkish police bus as it arrived at a station in an Istanbul suburb on Thursday, footage from the Dogan news agency showed. Television stations said there were no casualties. The footage showed one of the women hurling a...

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

U.S Stocks-Wall Street Lower As Crude Oil Slips

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 2, 2016 | Business, Latest News, World

As oil prices slipped after data showed U.S. crude stockpiles touched record highs, Wall Street edged lower on Wednesday. After a report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed that a rise in crude stockpiles was much higher than estimates, the U.S. crude...

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People attend a memorial for Giulio.

Italy Considers Recalling Back the Legal Team Sent to Cairo Over Lack of Cooperation

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 2, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East, World

Giulio Regeni, 28, vanished in January until his beaten and tortured body was later found in a ditch on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital on Feb. 3. The incident has stirred outrage in Italy and stressed relations between Italy and Egypt, the two countries that...