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European Universities Founded before the Discovery of America

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 7, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London – Oxford University sources confirm that it’s the oldest Anglo-Saxon university in the U.K., however, the oldest rank among the European universities is Italian, the Bologna University, which was established in 1088, eight years before Oxford. Both...

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‘Robots’ to Compete with Humans by 2025

by Adhwan Alahmari | Jan 5, 2017 | Technology

London – Intensified studies and researches carried out by more than one party, including Oxford and the World Economic Forum, revealed that by the year 2025 the jobs of taxi drivers and banks and reception staff will be at risk. The Fourth Industrial...

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Welcome to the Post-Truth Presidency

by Ruth Marcus | Dec 5, 2016 | Opinion

Welcome to — brace yourself for — the post-truth presidency. “Facts are stubborn things,” said John Adams in 1770, defending British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre, “and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot...

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Saudi Archeologists Discover Oldest Human Bone

by Dr. Ali Ibrahim al-Ghabban | Aug 8, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, president & chairman of the Board of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), recently announced during a speech he made at the French Académie des Beaux-Arts the discovery of old human bones in the...