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Kylian Mbappé endured a tough night against Luxembourg. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

France Have All the Talent in the World but They Look Like a Team of Individuals

by Adam White | Sep 8, 2017 | Sports

There are no easy answers after France’s goalless draw with Luxembourg in Toulouse on Sunday evening. The hosts should have thumped their tiny neighbors. The disparities between shots, possession, saves made, pass completion percentages and more contemporary metrics...

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People stand in line to register in a shelter after they were evacuated from their coastal town after an earthquake struck off the southern coast, in Tapachula, Mexico September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Torres

Massive Earthquake Rocks Mexico, Death Toll Hits 32

by Asharq Al-Awsat English and Majid al-Khateeb | Sep 8, 2017 | World

A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico late Thursday, killing at least 32 people in what the president called the quake-prone country’s biggest one in a century. The quake hit offshore in the Pacific at 11:49 pm (0449 GMT), about 100 kilometers (60...

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Treating Insomnia Can Ease Depression, Paranoia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 8, 2017 | Health

London- Treating young people who suffer from insomnia by using online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) could reduce debilitating mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, scientists said on Wednesday. In a large trial published in The Lancet Psychiatry...

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Palestinian Hamas militants attend the funeral of their comrade, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Ghazi Hamad Criticizes Hamas, Calls for Performance Review

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 8, 2017 | Middle East

Gaza- Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad criticized the Gaza Strip-ruling party for its political decisions saying that all Palestinian people, across the spectrum, must be given equal rights and importance. He said that Hamas should extend its limited coverage of...

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AFP | An employee of the French car maker Renault group takes a picture during the inauguration of a new production plant in Algeria on November 10, 2014

Algeria: Exceptional Measures to Cover Budget Deficit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 8, 2017 | Business

London- Algeria’s government has approved draft amendments to a law aimed at securing new funding sources to cover budget deficits as it struggles to cope with a sharp fall in energy earnings. Amendments to the Money and Credit Law were endorsed at a cabinet meeting...