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Swiss Confectioners Devise New Type of Chocolate Called Ruby

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2017 | Food

London- For the first time in 80 years, Swiss confectioners have unveiled a fourth type of chocolate after milk, dark and white, called Ruby. Swiss chocolate giant Barry Callebaut says it used the ruby cocoa bean to create a confectionery with “berry-fruitiness and...

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The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Facebook: Likely Russia-Based Operation Bought US Ads with Political Message

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 7, 2017 | Technology

Social media network Facebook said on Wednesday it had found that an operation probably run from Russia spent $100,000 on thousands of US ads promoting divisive social and political messages in a two-year-period through May. Facebook said 3,000 ads and 470...

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British Union flags fly in front of the Big Ben clocktower of The Houses of Parliament in central London. Reuters

UK’s Brexit Predicament

by Clive Crook | Sep 7, 2017 | Opinion

The Brexit talks between the UK and the European Union haven’t gone well. The March 2019 deadline for concluding an agreement is approaching, and progress has been much too slow. Prime Minister Theresa May needs to get a grip on this process. Britain’s...

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Barzani attends a news conference in Erbil. Reuters

Kirkuk Joins Independence Referendum… ‘Kurdish Brexit’ Won’t Be Easy

by Ghassan Charbel | Sep 7, 2017 | Middle East

Kirkuk- Iraq’s oil-producing region of Kirkuk is cursed for having both wealth and diversity. It lies on oil wells and on the spines of frightened identities. Its fate has been poisoned by Arab-Kurdish relations for decades and was the first cause behind costly wars....

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Commander of the Royal Saudi Ground Forces Lieutenant-General Prince Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz with Chief of Staff Maj. General Taher al-Aqeeli. Saba

Arab Coalition Commander: Battle with Coupists Continues Until Goals Are Achieved

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2017 | Middle East

Aden- Commander of the Royal Saudi Ground Forces Lieutenant-General Prince Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz affirmed that the Saudi and Arab support for Yemen would continue economically, militarily and security wise to serve the interests of the Yemeni people. “The...