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Presidency Within Reach for Austria’s Far-Right Freedom Party

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 19, 2016 | World

Austria is few steps near becoming the first European Union country to elect a far-right head of state, which came as the result of rising concerns in regard of living standards and Europe’s migrant crisis. The anti-Islam and Eurosceptic Freedom Party (FPO) won...

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Students practice badminton at the Shichahai sports school in Beijing, China, March 31, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

China Reconsiders its Sporting System as Rio Olympics Approach

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 19, 2016 | Sports

Change is taking place at Shanghai’s leading Children’s Sports School Pudong New Area, a small cog in a state-run machine that has stirred out Chinese Olympic champions for three and a half decades. China’s sports system has been extremely prosperous...

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Expectations that the Kingdom will increase its oil production soon to meet the customers’ demands, Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Oil Stockpiles Hit 18-Month Low in March as Output Flows

by Wael Mahdi | May 19, 2016 | Business

Khobar-Saudi Arabia’s crude oil stockpiles fell in March reaching the lowest level in 18 months as the kingdom kept shipping crude to meet customer demand while keeping a lid on production at about 10.2 million barrels a day. Official statistics that were issued on...

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Scores Scale Mount Everest after Weather Improves

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 19, 2016 | Sports

More than 150 climbers have scaled Mount Everest on a crowded day on top of the world’s highest peak because of improved weather conditions, an official in Nepal said on Thursday. Mountaineering Department official Gyanendra Shrestha said it was hard to say...

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Fayez Serraj speaks at a press conference in Tripoli. Photograph: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

Libyan Speaker: My Disagreement with Sarraj is not Personal

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | May 19, 2016 | Interviews

Cairo- Libyan Speaker Aguila Saleh said in an exclusive interview with Asharq al Awsat that his dispute with the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, Fayez al-Sarraj, is not personal but rather about the constitutional procedures. Saleh said that the...