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• 8 of our top opinion columns this week: ICYMI
• Russia is fast becoming a coronavirus epicenter, with health workers still reporting PPE shortages. Putin is already thinking about reopening.
• Rare Saudi resistance hits futuristic megacity project

8 of our top opinion columns this week: ICYMI Posted: 08 May 2020 12:21 PM PDT From coronavirus reopening to binge-watching to the sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden, here are some of our top columns of the week. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Russia is fast becoming a coronavirus epicenter, with health workers still reporting PPE shortages. Putin is already thinking about reopening. Posted: 08 May 2020 06:20 AM PDT On Thursday, the country reported its largest one-day increase in new cases of 11,231 — yet President Putin already has his eyes on reopening. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Rare Saudi resistance hits futuristic megacity project Posted: 08 May 2020 12:18 AM PDT A rare revolt by a Saudi tribe has spelt fresh trouble for a planned Red Sea megacity, a linchpin of the crown prince's economic vision already beset by low oil prices. The $500 billion NEOM project, set to be built from scratch along the kingdom's picturesque western coast, is billed as a futuristic cityscape evocative of a sci-fi blockbuster -- with everything from flying taxis to robot-maids. Before the shootout, Abdulraheem al-Huwaiti posted a series of scathing videos in which he likened the forced displacement of his sprawling tribe, based in the northwestern Tabuk province for generations, to "state terrorism". This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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