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- The Saudi royal family supported many of Mandela’s charitable causes over the years and always extended great hospitality, reveals Zelda La Grange, Mandela's private secretary for 19 years
- Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan was among a handful of Mandela’s closest friends at his wedding to his third wife in 1998
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- The banking sector, airlines, businesses and mobile phone companies faced severe disruptions
- Internet partially restored but social media sites remain blocked
- Turkey’s interest in the surface-to-air Patriot defense system grew after civil war broke out in Syria in 2012
- Still not clear whether Ankara will renounce its recent deal with Moscow to buy the S-400 surface-to-air missile system
- The forum urged all Afghan factions to halt the fighting and work toward “reconciliation between brothers
- China’s Belt and Road initiative will link the interests of China and Arab countries
- The deal provides for the total evacuation of residents in the two towns, which are besieged by the rebels
- Airstrikes killed 14 civilians in Ain Al-Tina village on Quneitra’s border with Daraa
- The US media on Monday, citing anonymous US officials, reported that Washington was keen to hold direct talks with the Taliban.
- Secretary of State Michael Pompeo visited Afghanistan last week to reinforce US support for the talks.
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- Airbus acquired a majority stake in the C-Series program in October officially rebranding it in April to the A220
- The US low-cost carrier JetBlue last week became the first purchaser of the aircraft since its rebrand
- This was Root’s second unbeaten century in successive innings
- Joe Root became England’s leading one-day international century-maker
- Social media accounts and blogs with more than 5,000 followers on sites such as Twitter and Facebook will be treated as media outlets
- The media council will supervise the law and take action against violations
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YPG is an acronym whose translation means People’s Protection Units. It is the home grown defense forces of the Kurdish area of Syria. It emerged after the Civil War erupted in Syria and started to spill over into Syrian Kurdistan, now known as Rojava, or what Kurds call “Western Kurdistan.”
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The term, or IOT for short, refers to a network of devices, appliances and other items fitted with technology and connectivity that enables them to exchange data, which can help to increase efficiency, and lower running costs, among other benefits.
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