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How Saudi Arabia’s spending spree reached the end of the line
"The thinking now is to basically get small wins, small successes here and there, instead of these mega projects," says Abdullah. "Like, for example, the Red Sea island resort of Sindalah could be one small win that they can...
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Russia condemned for using Oreshnik hypersonic missile in major attack on Ukraine
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Oil drops as U.S. says deal with Iran and Hormuz reopening is near | Fortune
Oil dropped as the US and Iran edged toward a deal, although President Donald Trump said that Washington’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would remain until an agreement was completed.Global crude benchmark Brent fell as much as 5.2%...
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Russia’s economy is much worse than it seems, and ‘elites are increasingly alarmed’ as alternate GDP gauge shows huge contraction | Fortune
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The Swedish government has come up with some drastically different economic figures on Russia that make the Kremlin’s official data seem like a Potemkin village.In a New York Times op-ed on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard cautioned the...
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GOP who have drawn a hard line on Iran pan Trump’s emerging proposal to end the war
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump’s emerging deal to end the Iran war is drawing heavy criticism from some fellow Republicans who favor a harder line against the government in Tehran and fear a lost opportunity to finally rein in...
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Iran’s supreme leader is holed up in undisclosed location, U.S. intelligence says
U.S. intelligence shows that Iran's supreme leader is effectively holed up in an undisclosed location with little access to the outside world and is only reached by a labyrinth of couriers, according to U.S. officials...
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Afghanistan: Girls’ education ban leaves few options for women
The journey by taxi last year with her female cousin - covered from head to toe, only their eyes visible, as the rules decree - was an exceptional thing to do, and risky in Afghanistan, where at any moment...
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Soggy Memorial Day weather may not be a total washout in the Northeast and Midwest
A soggy weather pattern will continue to plague the eastern half of the nation on Sunday with wet and cool conditions, but some improvement is in store for the Northeast and Midwest leading into Memorial Day.Flood watches have been...
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Alaska’s oil revival sparks a new energy rush Into the Arctic | Fortune
When John Kurz left Alaska’s North Slope in 2009, he was staring at a grim future for what had once been the country’s premiere oil field. Crude production had plummeted to 567,000 barrels per day, barely more than a quarter of the...
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How did this novel about food win a Booker Prize this year?
Taiwan Travelogue, a tale of forbidden love and Taiwanese food, has won the International Booker Prize. It's the first...