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A technician of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) inspects an Aedes aegypti mosquito in Recife, Brazil, January 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

WHO Shuns Call to Shift Olympics Due to Zika

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 28, 2016 | Features, Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday ruled out any change in timing or the location of the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, putting down a call by doctors and scientists to move or postpone the games due to the threat posed by the large outbreak of...

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A general view of the upper parliament chamber is pictured in Algiers, Algeria. Reuters

Algerian Anger over Israeli Journalist’s ‘Infiltration’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 28, 2016 | Middle East

Algiers- Algeria’s Islamic Justice and Development Front Party has criticized the authorities for allowing an Israeli-French journalist to accompany French Prime Minister Manuel Valls during his visit to Algeria last month. Algerians are sensitive towards such issues...

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Football managers Zinedine Zidane, Diego Simeone

Real Madrid vs. Atletico, Payback and Boosting Records

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 28, 2016 | Sports

Two years after their dramatic finale in Lisbon Portugal, both Spanish major league teams Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are scheduled to go head to head once again this Saturday, playing for the UEFA Champions League title at the Stadio San Siro in Milan, Italy....

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Scientists Change Definition of the ‘Second’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 28, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture, Technology

London-What’s the length of a second? Scientists continue to ask themselves this question because no matter how accurately time is measured, there would still be an error of about a nanosecond every 30 days. Researchers in Germany said in a paper published in the...

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U.S. Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the Treasury Department Daniel Glaser meeting with the head of the Association of Banks in Lebanon. NNA

Washington Rejects to Negotiate on Anti-Hezbollah Law

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 28, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The U.S. assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the Treasury Department, Daniel Glaser, has informed Lebanese leaders about his country’s stance with regards to a law adopted by Congress that bans financial transactions with the so-called Hezbollah for...