Asharq Al-Awsat Editorial

Editorial desk and wire-service reports (AFP, Reuters, AP) as published in the Asharq Al-Awsat English Edition. This archive preserves the original text (2005–2017); attribution appears in the article dateline where provided by the source.

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Drug That Creates a ‘Real Sun-tan’

London – Scientists have developed a drug that mimics sunlight to make the skin tan, with no damaging UV radiation involved. The drug tricks the skin into producing the brown form of the pigment melanin in tests on skin samples and mice. Evidence suggests it will work even on redheads, who nor

Porsche Gives Home to 1.5 Million Bees in Germany

London – German sportscar maker Porsche aims to boost its green credentials by giving a home to 25 bee colonies in a grazing pasture at its factory in the city of Leipzig. The move is an unusual one for Porsche, whose luxury sportscars and sports utilities are not renowned for their sustainabi

How This Economic Recovery Ends

Every boom in the US economy is different, but over the past several decades, each has ended the same way. First you get full employment. Then you get a spike in the price of oil. And then there’s a recession. The US hit full employment in August 2015. And yet the prevailing wisdom is that [&h

Ankara: We Stand at Equal Lengths from Gulf Row Poles

Ankara- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country is willing to deploy armed troops to Qatar amid rising tensions in the Gulf diplomatic row. A bloc of three Gulf states joined by Egypt have led a boycott against the gas-rich peninsula in a joint effort to curb its funding of e

Putin Concerned over Spiraling Poverty in Russia

Moscow- Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that poverty in Russia is increasing, expressing concern over the relapse of citizens’ income. He said that the Russian economy has overcome the shrinkage but is still suffering challenges that should be solved calmly. He also lauded the Central Ban

Turkey Unemployment Rate Drops after 7-Year High

Ankara- The unemployment rate in Turkey fell 0.9 percentage points between February and April to reach 11.7 percent after it had marked its highest rate in seven years, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) revealed Thursday. But the unemployment rate rose 1.6 percentage points in March compa

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UAE Envoy in Indonesia Reviews Qatar Crisis

Dubai- United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said that the intricacies in which the Qatar crisis is woven calls for a direct change in foreign policy. Doha’s record, outstandingly negative, presses that the peninsula deals with the core issue and not disputes linin