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A villager is pictured as she selects coal at local businessman Sun Meng’s small coal depot near a coal mine of the state-owned Longmay Group on the outskirts of Jixi, in Heilongjiang province, China, October 23, 2015. Reuters

China: State-run Steel, Coal Firms to Cut 10 Percent of Capacity

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 9, 2016 | Business

Shanghai-China’s central-government run steel and coal firms will cut capacity by around 10 percent in the coming two years, and by 15 percent by 2020, as part of their efforts to tackle gluts in the sectors, the state asset regulator said on Friday. The...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on March 13, 2016. / AFP / GALI TIBBON

Israel Denies Netanyahu Assassination Attempt in Kenya

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 9, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv-Although Israel has officially denied that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had escaped an assassination attempt during his visit to Kenya this week, security sources in Tel Aviv and Nairobi have insisted that an operation to kill the PM had been thwarted....

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Calls on Devoting Rapt Attention to the Saudi Entertainment Industry

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Jul 9, 2016 | Business, Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Saudi businessmen and economic analysts lately beckoned the establishment of a new major investment company within the entertainment industry, answering to the Kingdom’s vision 2030. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had recently approved an investment license for...

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In Defense of Tony Blair

by Amir Taheri | Jul 9, 2016 | World

In the past few days the bulk of the British media and a good part of the political-intellectual elite have been indulging in a new favorite sport: lynching Tony Blair. Headlines and streamers in newspapers from all parts of the political spectrum have used such words...

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Nintendo’s New Pokemon Mobile Game Captures Hearts

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 9, 2016 | Technology

Tokyo-Shares in Japan’s Nintendo Co surged on Friday as consumers flocked to try out its new Pokemon GO smartphone game, raising hopes that the company’s long-awaited shift into mobile gaming will pay off. Seeking to protect its console business, the...