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More than 80,000 Hit Sydney Streets in Aid of Charity

by Asharq Al-Awsat Online | Aug 13, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Sydney- More than 80,000 runners took part in Sydney’s annual City2Surf race on Sunday, with 2016 champion Harry Summers defending his title in 42 minutes and 16 seconds, media reported. Celia Sullohern was the first woman to complete the 14-km (8.7 mile) run from the...

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Absent presence. Photograph: Axel Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Merkel Wins by Not Being There

by Leonid Bershidsky | Aug 13, 2017 | Opinion

Germany’s September election is like no other the Western world has seen in the last two years. As the leading candidate, Chancellor Angela Merkel, relaxed on a three-week vacation, her top challenger, Social Democrat Martin Schulz, worked the campaign trail...

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Train slowing down at Khorshid station where the collision occurred on Friday. Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic

Egypt: Committee to Determine Responsible Party for Alexandria Trains Collision

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Aug 13, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Public prosecutor Nabil Sadek formed a committee on Saturday that encompasses specialists from the army and the administrative authority to determine the responsible party for the terrible collision of Alexandria trains, which caused casualties. Security and...

Yen, Swiss Franc Surpass Dollar

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 13, 2017 | Business

New York- The dollar dropped against a basket of currencies after US consumer prices rose less than expected in July. This points to benign inflation that could make the Federal Reserve cautious about raising interest rates again this year. The Labor Department said...

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Big Data Shows Big Promise in Medicine

by Faye Flam | Aug 13, 2017 | Opinion

In handling some kinds of life-or-death medical judgments, computers have already have surpassed the abilities of doctors. We’re looking at something like promise of self-driving cars, according to Zak Kohane, a doctor and researcher at Harvard Medical School. On the...