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A total of 51 restaurants feature in the MICHELIN Guide Saudi Arabia 2026.11 establishments have earned the Bib Gourmand distinction, while 40 others are included in this year’s Guide.During the ...

It's an elephant in the room, called the US fiscal deficit. Let's start with the blunt truth: The United States government is running the largest peacetime deficit in its history, all the while its ...

Asharq Al Awsat Israel has taken steps ‌to help settlers acquire land in the occupied West Bank and widen its powers in parts of the territory where Palestinians have some self-rule - measures they ...

It is no surprise that Hasan Hadi’s 'The President’s Cake' won the prestigious Caméra D’Or for best first feature at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The hard-hitting and intimate drama is both a ...

From time to time the media inform us about some person, generally elderly, who has had to be assisted by social services because they live in a state of personal and social neglect, isolated in their ...