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Hilda Awuor lost her job at the Saks Fifth Avenue store in Lower Manhattan last month. She has decided to look for a new career. Credit An Rong Xu for The New York Times

Is American Retail at a Historic Tipping Point?

by Michael Corkery | Apr 22, 2017 | Business

New York – Along the cobblestone streets of SoHo, Chanel handbags and Arc’teryx jackets are displayed in shops like museum pieces, harking back to the height of the neighborhood’s trendiness. But rents there are softening, and the number of vacant storefronts is...

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Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center, at a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. (Jonathan Ernst/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

A Young Prince is Reimagining Saudi Arabia

by David Ignatius | Apr 22, 2017 | Opinion

Two years into his campaign as change agent in this conservative oil kingdom, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears to be gaining the confidence and political clout to push his agenda of economic and social reform. The young prince outlined his plans in a...

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Current Economic Conditions, Birth Control

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 22, 2017 | Opinion

During past discussions on development in the region, calls for family planning – precisely controlling birth – were only faced with aggressive answers or hostile responses, considering the subject as suspicious foreign projects. Thus, houses and cities...

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Science Rallies Take Place around the Globe

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 22, 2017 | World

Thousands of people rallied in Australia and New Zealand Saturday in support of science, the first of more than 500 marches globally, including events in the United States, triggered by concern over the rise of “alternative facts”. The March for Science...

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US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis – The Guardian

US Defence Secretary Meets Qatar’s Emir

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 22, 2017 | Middle East

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis met Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani Saturday during a visit to the Gulf state which hosts the largest US air base in the Middle East. The visit to Doha is part of a Mideast tour which has included stops in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and...