- Reports about the decree offered no explanation for the decision by Khamenei
- Prisons already had faced overcrowding in the country after years of protests over economic and other matters
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- Over 100,000 innovators, investors and experts from around the world descending on Riyadh for four-day event
- LEAP will be co-located with DeepFest, an AI event organized by Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence
- Second edition of the event, being held over Feb. 6-9, to have more than 700 leaders in technology and tech investment in attendance
- LEAP’s inaugural conference broke the record for largest tech event ever held, with this year looking to be even larger
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- Temblor felt in neighboring countries, particularly in Lebanon, Cyprus, Syria and Jordan
- The 31 who pleaded guilty, including former law professor Benny Tai and activist Joshua Wong, will be sentenced after the trial
- Western governments have criticized the 2020 national security law as a tool to crush dissent in the former British colony
- Kearns said the bigger concern was “data penetration” via Chinese companies, and the way Beijing was using that data to intimidate “those who sought refuge in the UK and around the world”
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Jareesh and maqshush
Jareesh, a popular dish that originated from Saudi Arabia's central Najd region, has been designated as national dish of the Kingdom by the Ministry of Culture’s Culinary Arts Commission. It is a slow-cooked dish of cracked wheat, vegetables and a sauce, with the optional addition of lamb. Maqshush, made of buckwheat bites topped with some combination of ghee, honey, dates, molasses and sugar, is the national dessert.
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