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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at their second presidential debate, on Oct. 9. Credit Aaron P. Bernstein. Rick Wilking/Reuters/ZUMA Press. ick Wilking/Reuters/ZUMA Press.

When Hillary and Donald Were Friends

by Maureen Dowd | Nov 3, 2016 | World

The Clintons started their move to New York from Washington in 2000, so Hillary could pursue her bid for the United States Senate and fly on her own after the Monica Lewinsky scandal. She had never lived in New York, but carpetbagging was no sin to cosmopolitan New...

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Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh speaks during ACI Lebanon Golden Jubilee Grand Celebration, in Beirut September 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon Central Bank: Formation of New Cabinet Will Attract Foreign Aid

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 3, 2016 | Business

Lebanon’s Central Bank chief Riad Salameh said on Thursday that the election of a new president and the coming formation of a new government will increase confidence in the economy and attract foreign aid. The election of President Michel “Aoun should lead to a...

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Drinking too many energy drinks can hurt your liver. (Catalin205/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Buzzkill: Energy Drinks may Cause Acute Liver Failure

by Nicole Lyn Pesce | Nov 3, 2016 | Health

Pounding too many energy drinks could wreck your liver — just as much as too many beers. A 50-year-old construction worker developed acute hepatitis, likely from gulping up to five energy drinks a day for three weeks, according to a BMJ Case Report released Tuesday....

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A foreign-exchange store in Cairo, Egypt PHOTO: KHALED DESOUKI/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Egypt Central Bank Says to Float Currency

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 3, 2016 | Business

Egypt’s central bank said Thursday it had floated the country’s pound as part of a raft of reforms aimed at shoring up confidence in the economy. The bank said in a statement it had moved to a “liberalized exchange rate… to create an...

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Saudi King Salman and Ministers Al-Assaf and Al-Jad’an. (SPA)

Assaf, Jadaan Swore the Oath

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 3, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, the newly-appointed minister of state and cabinet member, and Mohammed Al-Jadaan appointed as minister of finance, swore the oath to be sincere to religion, the king and the homeland, not to divulge a secret of the state’s secrets, to...