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IDA Vice President Axel van Trotsenburg (Photo: tuoitre.vn)

IDA Vice President: $1 bln Fund for Syria’s Reconstruction, KSA is a Key Partner

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Dec 5, 2016 | Interviews

Riyadh- World Bank’s Vice President of Development Finance (DFi) Axel van Trotsenburg said that the bank had issued at least $90 billion dollars to underprivileged countries. The sum mentioned amounts to 44 percent of the International Development Association (IDA)...

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Donald Trump, the First President of Our Post-Literate Age

by Joe Weisenthal | Dec 5, 2016 | Opinion

In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, the media has worked itself into a panic about the rise of fake news on social media. Reporters have examined the subject from dozens of angles — profiling misinformation peddlers from California to the Caucasus,...

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King Salman with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival (SPA)

King Salman Attends Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Dec 5, 2016 | Middle East

Abu Dhabi and Doha – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman begins on Monday a two-day official visit in Qatar where means of enhancing the well-established fraternal relations between the two countries will be discussed in addition to the latest developments...

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (Reuters)

Rouhani Promises to Respond Firmly Should Obama Approves Sanctions Renewal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 5, 2016 | World

London – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed to “firmly respond” to an extension of the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA), warning that such measure would represent a violation of Tehran’s nuclear deal. Addressing Parliament on Sunday, Rouhani called on President...

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Donald Trump. (Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

Welcome to the Post-Truth Presidency

by Ruth Marcus | Dec 5, 2016 | Opinion

Welcome to — brace yourself for — the post-truth presidency. “Facts are stubborn things,” said John Adams in 1770, defending British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre, “and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot...