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Israel | May 26, 2022

Israeli, Moroccan ministers of science and technology sign cooperation agreement

Israel’s Science and Technology Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen and Morocco’s Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation Minister Abdellatif Miraoui made history today, concluding a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in a vast field.

Moroccan Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation Minister Abdellatif Miraoui and Israeli Science and Technology Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen.

Gulf | May 25, 2022

Can urban transport reform put brakes on Gulf's car centric culture?

Modern Gulf cities built around car dependency face a net-zero pledges test. Plans to retrofit cities and weave in sustainable mobility are in the pipeline, but the car is still king.

Dubai traffic

Gulf | May 24, 2022

Abu Dhabi to partner with British Petroleum on hydrogen power

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and BP will also help Etihad Airways develop sustainable aviation fuel, which is nearly impossible to obtain at present.

BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images

Gulf | May 24, 2022

Explainer: Waste-to-energy plant opens in UAE

Masdar's new facility in the Emirati city of Sharjah will burn garbage to produce electricity. Some observers believe the process is relatively harmful to the environment due to its carbon emissions, but others say it is a good way to reduce landfill waste.

Trucks drive in and out of the Bee'ah waste management company in the Gulf emirate of Sharjah.

Egypt | May 18, 2022

Egyptian woman takes on water shortages with new recycling system

An Egyptian engineering student has devised an onsite treatment unit to treat small-scale agricultural wastewater, which may become one strategy for reducing the country's many water challenges.

An Egyptian farmer opens up a water irrigation system as he tends to his fields on the banks of the Rasheed river, an offshoot of the Nile, in Cairo's northern Giza province, some 40 kilometres north of the capital, on June 22, 2013.

United Arab Emirates | May 13, 2022

More fintech startups come to Abu Dhabi

The UAE wants to attract more entrepreneurs and startups to the country.

A general view of the city skyline at sunset from Dhow Harbour on Feb. 5, 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Google Translate adds Sorani Kurdish

Google previously only offered its translation service for the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish.

Google phone

Egypt | May 10, 2022

Paymob credits Egypt’s Central Bank for successful fundraising and growth

The fintech startup Paymob raised $50 million in its Series B financing round.

Egypt finance

United Arab Emirates | May 10, 2022

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala to develop electric car charging stations with France’s ENGIE

The UAE is in the early stages of a transition from oil and gas to cleaner energy sources.

Visitors look at screens displaying images of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park on March 20, 2017.

Israel | May 9, 2022

Israeli company reveals nasal spray of psychedelic mushrooms

Madrigal Mental Care says the spray treats post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and other mental challenges. Some experts believe magic mushrooms have health benefits, though they come with risks.

Magic mushrooms sit in a fridge on July 18, 2005, in London, England.

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Exiled Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi wins best actress at Cannes

Zar Amir Ebrahimi told Cannes that she had 'come a long way'

by Jurgen HECKER | AFP | May 28, 2022

Iran unveils underground drone base

A handout picture provided by the Iranian army on May 28, 2022 shows an underground drone base at an unknown location in Iran

Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 28, 2022

Iran police tear-gas protesters after building collapse: media

Iranian Vice President Mohammad Mokhber (2nd-R), shown visiting the site of the collapsed building, said there had been "widespread corruption"

Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 28, 2022

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