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World Economic Forum (WEF) Executive Chairman and founder Klaus Schwab attends a news conference in Cologny, near Geneva, Switzerland January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

Davos Forum Kicks Off with ‘Chinese Opening Ceremony

by Najlaa Habriri | Jan 16, 2017 | Business

London – Under the theme of “Responsive and Responsible Leadership,” the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) is to kick off on Tuesday and will continue until 20 January. Davos Forum is expected to shed light on changes witnessed by world...

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German Klaus Schwab, founder and president of the World Economic Forum, adjusts his glasses during a press conference, in Cologny near Geneva, Switzerland on January 15, 2014. (EPA/Laurent Gillieron)

Davos to focus on global economy, conflicts

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 15, 2014 | Business

Geneva, AP—Conflicts like the war in Syria and getting the world economy back on track will be the focus of next week’s annual gathering of world leaders and power brokers in the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Organizers of the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday...

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, looks at the monkey which allegedly rode an Iranian rocket into space, held by an unidentified technician, while director of Iran’s space agency Hamid Fazeli looks on. (AP Photo/Presidency Office, Arman Teimour)

What Happened to the Space Monkey?

by Adel Al Toraifi | Jan 30, 2013 | Opinion

For the past three years in Tehran’s Nasir Khusraw Street-where several licensed pharmacies compete to sell medicine-there has been a thriving black market trade in pharmaceuticals. Despite repeated campaigns launched by Iranian health bodies to eliminate this...