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Why Europe’s Central Bank Shouldn’t Worry About the Euro

by Ferdinando Giugliano | Sep 11, 2017 | Opinion

The European Central Bank has spent much of this decade convincing markets that the euro is irreversible. It is therefore mildly ironic that policy makers in Frankfurt may be in trouble because of the sudden return of confidence in the single currency. Investors...

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson departs after a closed classified briefing for members of the Senate on North Korea and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Tillerson Is Working with China and Russia – Very, Very Quietly

by David Ignatius | Sep 11, 2017 | Opinion

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has often been the silent man in the Trump foreign policy team. But out of the spotlight, he appears to be crafting a broad strategy aimed at working with China to resolve the North Korea crisis and with Russia to stabilize Syria and...

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Arsène Wenger admits he used to plead for financial fair play rules but says ditching them is the only way Premier League clubs will be able to compete. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/AFP/Getty Images

Disillusioned Arsène Wenger Calls for End to FFP in Major U-Turn

by David Hynter | Sep 11, 2017 | Sports

Arsène Wenger has lost faith in one of his guiding principles and called for financial fair play to be scrapped. The Arsenal manager says clubs have found a way to bluff around Uefa’s regulations and it has effectively rendered them unenforceable. He feels that if the...

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Rohingya refugees travel on an open-back truck near the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. (AFP)

UN Condemns ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya in Myanmar

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 11, 2017 | World

The UN human rights chief urged on Monday the government of Myanmar to end its “cruel military operation” against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, said that more than...

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A Syrian Women Network organized workshop at the Turkish city of Gaziantep,Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian Women Empowered in Local Opposition Communities

by Kamal Sheikho | Sep 11, 2017 | Middle East

Gaziantep (Turkey)- Women empowerment has long been a vital aspect of building stronger communities, and Kinda Omriin wears a confident smile when describing her journey with the “Syrian Women’s Network.” Kinda, 28, is a single Syrian mom that had escaped her war-torn...