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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim . AFP

World Bank Creates Pandemic Insurance Plan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 21, 2016 | Health

The World Bank launched on Saturday a $500 million, fast-disbursing insurance fund to combat virulent disease outbreaks in poor countries, creating the world’s first insurance market for pandemic risk. “The recent Ebola crisis in West Africa was a tragedy...

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Trump Loans White House Campaign $7.5 mln, Calls Clinton ‘Heartless’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 21, 2016 | World

Donald Trump raised $1.7 million from donors and loaned his White House campaign $7.5 million in April as he moved closer to becoming the Republican nominee for U.S. president and as he continued his criticism of Hillary Clinton by calling her “heartless”...

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This picture taken on May 19, 2016, shows an Egyptair Airbus A330 from Cairo taxiing at the Roissy-Charles De Gaulle airport near Paris after its landing. AFP

Smoke Detected on EgyptAir Flight Shortly before Crash

by Mohammed Shaaban and Heba El Koudsy | May 21, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo, Washington- An aviation industry publication has reported that sensors detected smoke in a lavatory in the EgyptAir jetliner minutes before it crashed in the Mediterranean Sea while on its way from Paris to Cairo early Thursday. The publication cited...

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A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during the country’s municipal elections in Beirut. Reuters

Sidon’s Municipal Polls: Political Battle with Development Slogans

by Youssef Diab | May 21, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Lebanon’s southern city of Sidon is heading towards a political battle in Sunday’s municipal elections as a list headed by the current municipal chief, Engineer Mohammed al-Saudi, is seen to be capable of achieving victory once more. But a factor that cannot be...