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Forbes MagazineIt wasn’t long ago that it was a common belief that the internet was killing the music industry. For many years the industry failed to keep pace with technology – meaning consumers turned in droves to illegal…

The GuardianGlobal economic growth will be disappointing next year and the outlook for the medium-term has also deteriorated, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned.The IMF managing director, Christine Lagarde,…

The Next WebTwitter has had something of a rocky history with dealing with abuse and harassment on its platform, but recently the company has been making some moves to mitigate that.Its latest action comes today in the form of…

Libyan NewsIn a statement released today, the 'Elders Council of Kufra' has pledged support for the UN-backed Government of National Accord led by Prime Minister Faez El-Sarraj.'The Elders Council of Kufra' has also urged…

Aljazeera EnglishDozens of top African police officials met in Algiers this month to ratify legal documents related to the creation of Afripol, the pan-African law enforcement agency expected to begin operations next year.…

Middle East EyeSaudi Arabia has announced it will raise domestic petrol prices by up to 50 percent as it posted a record budget deficit of $98bn for 2015 in the face of some of the lowest oil export prices in years.The…

OOpen CultureWhy must we all work long hours to earn the right to live? Why must only the wealthy have a access to leisure, aesthetic pleasure, self-actualization…? Everyone seems to have an answer, according to their political…

Brain PickingsIn a diary entry from November of 1846, he writes:I realize more and more that I am so constituted that I shall not succeed in realizing my ideals, while in another sense, and precisely in the human sense, I shall…

ReutersU.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Turkey on Jan. 23 and will meet President Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, sources from the Turkish prime minister's office said on Wednesday.Biden and Davutoglu…

Libyan NewsThe Municipal Guard unit embarked on executive measures to activate a law adopted in 2013 aimed at putting an end to the contrast in medicines' prices at the local hospitals in the capital Tripoli.The director of…