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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko attends a press briefing with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (not pictured) after talks at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan, April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama/Pool

Ukraine’s Poroshenko Dismisses Russian Proposal on Deploying UN Peacekeepers

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 20, 2017 | World

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko refused a Russian proposal to deploy UN peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine as an effort to legalize forces it backs and freeze the conflict. Poroshenko used his speech at the annual gathering of world leaders for the United Nations...

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This August 30, 2017 photo shows a Rohingya man carrying his mother in Ukhiya after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. (By AFP)

Trump Urges UN to Take ‘Strong, Swift’ Action to End Rohingya Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 20, 2017 | World

US President Donald Trump is urging the United Nations Security Council to take “strong and swift action” to bring Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis to an end, US Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday. Speaking at the United Nations, Pence reiterated a call for...

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A DNA double helix is seen in an undated artist’s illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to Reuters on May 15, 2012. REUTERS/National Human Genome Research Institute/Handout

British Scientists Use Genome Editing to Study Human Embryo Development

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 20, 2017 | Technology

British scientists have used a genome editing to remove a gene in embryos just a few days old, testing the technique’s ability to decipher key gene functions in early human development. “One way to find out what a gene does in the developing embryo is to...

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CreditRafael Guillen/Panama Sotheby’s International Realty. – New York Times

House Hunting in … Panama

by VIVIAN MARINO | Sep 20, 2017 | Business

This sprawling Mediterranean-style house is in Pedasí, on the southeastern tip of the Azuero Peninsula in Panama. The once sleepy fishing community, on the Pacific Coast about 200 miles south of Panama City, is becoming increasingly popular as a vacation and...

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All the players that sit in Pep Guardiola’s circular dressing room enjoy equal status. Photograph: Victoria Haydn/Manchester City FC via Getty Images

Pep Guardiola’s Circular Dressing Room Offers One Way to Split Up Team Cliques

by Barry Glendenning | Sep 20, 2017 | Sports

London- The butt of much public mockery when Sky’s cameras captured assorted well-heeled corporate clients peering through its walls of two‑way glass last Monday night, Manchester City’s Tunnel Club is the most amusing but not necessarily most interesting renovation...