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Chinese PC maker Lenovo to set up regional HQ in Saudi Arabia
The New Arab
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August 20, 2025
Lenovo said it has teamed up with a local company to build a manufacturing facility [Getty] China's Lenovo Group announced plans on Tuesday to set up a regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia, aiming to strengthen its presence in the Middle East. It...
Microsoft Staff Stage Sit-In At HQ Over Company’s Israel Links: 'Gaza Is Being Bombed'
News18
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August 20, 2025
Last Updated:August 20, 2025, 16:39 IST Microsoft employees staged a sit-in at the Redmond campus, accusing the company of enabling Israeli military operations in Gaza. The protest was organised by the activist group No Azure for Genocide.Dozens...
Iran says it has developed new, better missiles; will use them if Israel attacks again
The Times of Israel
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August 20, 2025
Iran warned on Wednesday that it was prepared for any new Israeli attack, announcing it had developed missiles with greater capabilities than those used during the recent war. “The missiles used in the 12-day war were manufactured… a few years...
Intl. Conference on Persian Gulf oceanography slated for January
Tehran Times
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August 20, 2025
TEHRAN – The sixth international conference on the Persian Gulf oceanography is scheduled to be held on January 27 and 28, 2026. Held every four years, the Iran Meteorological Organization will host the conference this year in Bandar Abbas, a port...
Green Hydrogen Market To Grow At A CAGR Of 63.8% From 2025 To 2032 Skyquest Technology Consulting
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) U.S. Push for Clean Energy, Federal incentives, hydrogen hubs, and U.S. corporate leadership drive adoption in transport, energy, and industrial sectors to accelerate the green hydrogen market in U.S. WESTFORD, Mass., Aug....
Iran to host intl. Lut Desert tourism conference focused on investment, sustainability
Tehran Times
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August 20, 2025
TEHRAN – An international conference on tourism in Iran’s Lut Desert will be held with a focus on investment and sustainable development, a provincial tourism official said on Wednesday. Seyyed Ahmad Barabadi, director-general of the Cultural...
How Syria's Captagon empire is being reborn in Sudan's war
The New Arab
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August 20, 2025
Since war erupted between Sudan's military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, a burgeoning trade in the illicit amphetamine Captagon has become a central feature of the conflict. The scale of this burgeoning drug trade...
World’s first human spinal cord implant to take place in Israel
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 20, 2025
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 20 (ANI/TPS): Israel is preparing to perform the world's first-ever human spinal cord implant using a patient's own cells, a medical breakthrough that could allow paralysed patients to stand and walk again, Tel Aviv...
Israel approves controversial West Bank settlement plan
Deutsche Welle
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August 20, 2025
An Israeli planning committee on Wednesday gave final approval to a controversial plan allowing new settlements in the occupied West Bank. The plan calls for development in an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, known as E1. Israel's government...
Iran-linked oil network used naval mortgages to move sanctioned crude - FT
Iran International
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August 20, 2025
In 2019, an Iranian man calling himself Saeed Alikhani approached a Swiss lawyer in Zug with a request to arrange mortgages on tankers through a Panama-based broker, Ocean Glory Giant. The mortgages, normally used as security on shipping loans,...
mRNA Platform Strategic Business Analysis Report 2025 | US Holds Leading Position, while Asia-Pacific Exhibits Lucrative Growth - Global Market Forecasts to 2030 - ResearchAndMarkets.com
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 20, 2025-- The "mRNA Platform - Global Strategic Business Report" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global market for mRNA Platform was estimated at US$152.0 Billion in 2024 and is...
EU–Israel relations strained as Frederiksen singles out Netanyahu
The Parliament Magazine
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August 20, 2025
Israel would be “better off” without its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said, in an unusually direct rebuke from an EU head of government. “Netanyahu is a problem in himself now,” Frederiksen told...
Dutch defense expo bars Israeli firms from 2025 event
I24 News
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Israeli defense companies will be excluded from next year’s NIDV Exhibition Defense & Security (NEDS), the Netherlands’ largest defense industry showcase, according to reporting by the Israeli business daily Globes. The event, focused heavily on...
Nvidia's Silicon Silk Road: From China's Firewalls To Saudi Arabia's Data Palaces
Benzinga
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If the original Silk Road moved silk and spices, the 2025 version is trading in silicon. At the center sits NVIDIA Corp NVDA, the $4 trillion chip colossus, threading its GPUs through the geopolitical maze of China's firewalls and Saudi Arabia's...
Israel approves E1 West Bank settlement threatening two-state solution
The Sun Daily
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August 20, 2025
JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities have approved a major settlement construction project in the sensitive E1 area of the occupied West Bank. The international community has repeatedly warned that building in this territory threatens the viability of a...
Arabica coffee slips after matching two-month high
Business Recorder
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August 20, 2025
LONDON: Arabica coffee futures on ICE eased on Wednesday after earlier matching the prior session’s two-month high with the market technically overbought after its recent strong advance. Coffee Arabica coffee futures fell 0.2% to $3.5545 per lb by...
¿El fin del eje La Paz-Teherán? No importa quién gane las elecciones en Bolivia, la relación con Irán no será la misma
KVIA - Texas
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August 20, 2025
Por Germán Padinger, CNN en Español Pase lo que pase el próximo 19 de octubre, cuando se celebre la segunda vuelta electoral, Bolivia ya no será la misma y los efectos de este cambio podrían sentirse en lugares tan remotos como la República...
Israel to call up 60,000 reservists ahead of Gaza City move
The Independent
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August 20, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Türkiye to devote all energy to World Cup qualification: Montella
Sabah
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August 20, 2025
Türkiye head coach Vincenzo Montella said his team will pour all its energy into qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, stressing the national side should always aim high. Montella, 51, stressed the importance of the journey ahead. "There is a...
Turkish scientists monitor Arctic ecosystems to track climate change
Sabah
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August 20, 2025
Turkish scientists have conducted extensive and systematic monitoring studies in the Arctic Ocean to investigate the effects of climate change on the region’s ecosystems, utilizing a combination of biological, chemical and physical data. The 5th...