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Instagram’s headquarters. About 700 million people now use the photo-sharing service every month, with about 400 million of them checking in daily. CreditChristie Hemm Klok for The New York Times

Why Instagram Is Becoming Facebook’s Next Facebook

by Farhad Manjoo | May 16, 2017 | Technology

At a recent all-hands meeting with employees, Kevin Systrom, a founder and chief executive of Instagram, showed off one of his favorite charts: Days to Reach the Next 100 Million Users. “It’s the only graph in the company that we celebrate when it declines,” Mr....

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Crown Prince receives an invitation from Japanese Prime Minister to visit Empire of Japan (SPA)

Crown Prince Receives Invitation from PM Abe to Visit Japan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, received today an invitation from the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit Japan. During a reception at Al-Salam palace, the Crown Prince received Japanese Ambassador to the...

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Kenya Defense Forces in Nairobi in 2013. (AFP)

Suspected Shabaab Militants Shoot Dead Kenyan Govt. Official

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 16, 2017 | World

Gunmen from the suspected al-Shabaab militant group shot and killed a government official in northeast Kenya on Monday, announced the police. It said that militants from the Somali group burst into the administrative chief’s house and shot him dead late on Monday. The...

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Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh gestures at a Euromoney conference in Beirut, Lebanon May 15, 2017. (Reuters)

Lebanon Central Bank Governor Highlights Strong Monetary Position

by Thaer Abbas | May 16, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The Lebanese government will extend Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh’s term, which was due to expire this summer, a governmental source told Asharq Al-Awsat. The source said that during a cabinet session on Tuesday, Lebanese ministers would renew, for the...

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US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Trump Surprised Them

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 16, 2017 | Opinion

I don’t think anything angered extremist organizations and regimes more than the US President’s policy towards them. They were surprised by Donald Trump’s policy and quick action in the Middle East. As opposed to his predecessor, whose policy took a negative...