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Racheli Vizman, CEO of SavorEat, the start-up specializing in the production of alternatives to meat, holds a cut half of a plant-based patty with a meaty taste, made and cooked by a robot according to customer requirements, offered by Israeli fast food brand BBB in the Israeli coastal town of Herzliya on December 28, 2021. - The Israeli fast food restaurant BBB is serving up a veggie steak made and cooked by a robot that tailors ingredients and cooking time to customer tastes. Customers can use an app to c
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Israeli food-tech advances as Aleph Farms seeks regulatory nod for cell-based steaks

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Saudi women stand next to the Saudi pavilion (vision 2030) at the Gitex 2018 exhibition at the Dubai World Trade Center in Dubai on October 16, 2018. - Gitex ("Gulf Information Technology Exhibition") is a consumer computer and electronics trade show. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP) (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Saudi domestic capital to shoulder lion’s share of funding for Vision 2030

Sebastian Castelier
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The first liveried Riyadh Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is unveiled during a ceremony at the King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, on June 12, 2023. (Photo by Rania SANJAR / AFP) (Photo by RANIA SANJAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Gulf airlines flex might as Riyadh Air fuels new competition

Samuel Wendel
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TOPSHOT - This picture taken on February 6, 2023 shows a view of the Nasr Coke and Chemical industrial plant in Helwan, south of Egypt's capital. (Photo by Amir MAKAR / AFP) (Photo by AMIR MAKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Egypt’s industrial sector to record modest growth despite government push

Marc Español
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Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California
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Middle East’s AI ambitions caught between US-China chip war

Samuel Wendel
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JULY 19: People walk past a currency exchange office on July 19, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. For the second day in a row the Turkish Lira hit a new record low of 27.00 Lira to the US Dollar ahead of the July 20, 2023 Central Bank interest rate announcement. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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The Turkish turnaround: How the central bank's bold actions could reshape investment landscape

Piero Cingari
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President of China Xi Jinping (R) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) attend the China-Africa Leaders' Roundtable Dialogue on the last day of the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023. (Photo by ALET PRETORIUS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALET PRETORIUS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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What's driving Gulf interest to join BRICS?

Karen Young
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President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 22, 2023. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Brazil set to capitalize on Saudi-UAE competition as investments take shape

Samuel Wendel
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Employees work at headquarters housing Alibaba, Iran's largest online travel booking service, in the capital Tehran on February 17, 2020 - Iran's startup sector, which began to develop in the 2000s, took off from 2013. But new technology and the use of smart phones were hit hard by the reinstatement of US sanctions in 2018, after the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal. An unexpected effect of the sanctions has been that Iranian entrepreneurs have seized the opportunity to launch startups. (Ph
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Iran's startups will continue to face pressure from hardline agenda

Bijan Khajehpour
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