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Saudi Arabia will spend more in the next ten years than it has spent over the past 300 years since the First Saudi State was created in 1744, the Kingdom's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has said. This is a bold declaration of the de facto ruler's
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'You Are Making The Ground Shake': Earthquake At UN Security Council Briefing On The Situation For Children In Gaza
A video captures an earthquake striking the New York City region on Friday morning, interrupting a United Nations Security Council briefing session on the situation in Gaza. Save the Children's President and CEO, Janti Soeripto, was addressing the ha
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MEMO In Conversation With Susan Abulhawa
As we mark 10 years since the launch of the Palestine Book Awards, join us for a live conversation with Palestinian novelist and poet Susan Abulhawa to discuss her novel 'Against the Loveless World', described by the New York Times as "a beautiful, u