What happens way over in the Arab world almost always has an impact here in tangible ways, whether it’s Syrian refugees amassing at the border or Saudi Arabia teaming with Russia to make global oil prices skyrocket. A lot of readers might have ignored the Arab League summit a couple weeks ...
by Weifeng Zhong Two worlds collide in professional golf’s biggest event this week as top players from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed upstart league, compete in the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga. Tensions are running high after a group of elite players defected from ...
When President Joe Biden screws up, he deserves to be called out just like any other American president. He had already generated considerable controversy with his hat-in-hand visit to Saudi Arabia during the summer to plead for more oil production to ease pressure on oil prices. The valid ...
BY ASHUTOSH DAS On warm days, I love to go on walks with my wife and children. During one such walk, along the riverfront park in Star City, I met Basim Alhazmi and Muhammad Alnhadi. Basim told me that he was a PhD student in the WVU Department of Mathematics and Muhammad said he was ...
by Timothy L. O’Brien Jared Kushner’s new private equity firm got $2 billion from Saudi Arabia because maybe that’s how you can cash in when your investing experience is slender but your father-in-law may wind up back in the White House. It’s also possible that you can get ...
by Joseph M. Mazgaj In 2011, my students asked me about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. The class had a lot of questions about al-Qaeda and Afghanistan. After I provided some recommended reading, the superintendent stopped by to tell me several parents had called. They’d never ...