Arab News - 2017-05-02

• HRW: Assad regime used nerve agents in 4 attacks
• Saudi Arabia, Germany agree to set up $200m fund for women empowermen­t
• Saudi Cabinet allocates $100m for relief projects in Yemen
• GCC finance ministers to explore unified VAT, selective taxation
• Naif Arab University concludes seminar on combating money laundering, financing terrorism
• Saudi Ideologica­l War Center launches initiative­s to fight terrorism
• A deep and dangerous knowledge gap
• How the survey was conducted
• Polarized media a challenge to US perception­s of Arab world
• Police fire tear gas to disperse protests in Istanbul
• Macron a shot in the arm for jaded France, say campaigner­s
• Blair announces comeback to fight Brexit
• At least 10 men have been killed in similar incidents across the country by Hindu mobs on suspicion of eating beef or smuggling the animal in the last two years
• Nepal local polls in doubt amid political turmoil
• Japan destroyer leaves port ‘to escort US warships’
• Duterte visits Chinese warships in home town
• Mutilated in Pakistani attack’
• Taiwan says US ties solid, as opposition chides over Trump’s response
• 20 terrorists killed in Mali’s north
• Why do powerless Egyptians always sound smarter?
• The real reasons behind the Palestinia­n hunger strike
• US consumer spending unchanged; inflation subsides
• Tadawul edges down 0.1%
• Global gold prices fall
• Is oil market moving from balance into deficit?
• Justices side with Venezuela in dispute over seized oil rigs
• AMF 2017: ‘Government­s, media must work together to promote tolerance’
• UAE youth minister announces Arab Youth Media Initiative
• Mark Donfried of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy — who is to address an Arab News panel discussion on ‘The Arab Image in the West’ — believes dialogue is essential if there is to be a greater mutual understand­ing
• Emaar launches five native apps for enhanced digital experience­s
• Oman Air hails successful participat­ion at ATM 2017
• Export surge makes Ford Mustang best-selling sports car for 2016
• Saudi Aramco sponsors petroleum engineers symposium
• Celtics jump gun on Wizards, Jazz advance in playoffs
• Champions League semifinals begin with another Madrid derby
• Ducks use fast start to get back into series vs. Oilers
• Smith-Blixt team wins PGA Zurich Classic on 4th playoff hole
• Nationals maul Mets 23-5; Red Sox beat Cubs 6-2
• Controvers­ial Indian TV anchor back with new channel
• ’Baghdaddy’: New York turns Iraq war into musical

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