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Roche to buy Poseida Therapeutics

The $1.5 billion deal is due to close in early 2025.

BP announces $7bn gas project

The project aims to unlock 3 trillion cu ft of gas resources in Indonesia.

Lulu Retail Q3 profit $35m

For the nine-month period, net profit increased by 73.3%.

Talabat IPO offer price range announced

The subscription will close on 27 Nov for UAE retail investors.

Salik 9M net profit $223m

The company's third-quarter profit increased by 8.8 percent.

‘Hybrid immunity’ is best Covid protection

Two new studies have highlighted the importance of getting jabbed for those who have natural immunity after recovering from the...
  • For people who have already had Covid, Pfizer and AstraZeneca's vaccines offered 90 percent effectiveness against hospitalization and death
  • Meanwhile, China's CoronaVac had 81 percent and Johnson & Johnson's one-shot jab had 58 percent effectiveness against these occurrences

Israeli PM tests positive for Covid after Blinken talks

Israeli PM who also visited the northern Israeli city of Hadera on Sunday after gunmen shot dead two police officers.
  • Israeli PM's office has confirmed that the Prime Minister came in contact of coronavirus but he is feeling well and will continue his schedule as planned from his home
  • Naftali Bennett was seen addressing a press conference with Antony Blinken without earing a face mask a day before he tested positive

The scientists helping farmers kick the chemical habit

Researchers are considering a mutual fund to compensate farmers in the event of losses linked to the reduction of synthetic...
  • Researchers are considering a mutual fund to compensate farmers in the event of losses linked to the reduction of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides
  • According to World Vegetable Center, farmers in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have been misusing harmful pesticides

April 2 will be first day of Ramadan: International Astronomical Center

It will be possible to see the crescent with a telescope, but not the naked eye, from parts of the...
  • Seeing the crescent on Friday, April 1, is not possible with the naked eye from anywhere in the Islamic world
  • It can be viewed only through a telescope, but with great difficulty, from parts of Africa and the Americas

In fair phase-out of oil, gas-rich nations should stop first: Report

For a 50/50 chance of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C, 19 countries in which per capita GDP...
  • The overarching objective, enshrined in the 2015 Paris Agreement, is to cap global warming ‘well below’ 2C, and 1.5C if possible
  • A torrent of research since 2015 has confirmed that the lower aspirational target is by far a safer threshold

Nations debate how to rid world of fossil fuels

Nearly 200 nations gathered Monday to grapple with a question that will outlive Covid-19 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine: how...
  • A partial answer is set for April 4, in the form of a 3,000-page report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  • "The problem is getting worse," UN chief Antonio Guterres told a separate sustainability conference in London on Monday

Tunisian eco pioneer battle to save Sahara Oasis life

The French-Tunisian setup includes the "Palm Lab," where engineers, architects and artists discuss how to conserve the oasis of agriculture.
  • American Kevin Klay has been selling Date Sugar with a main market in US since 2018 and it is made through the waste of Dates
  • The drip irrigation technology of ecology project make investors and farmers want to reinvest in the oasis

Saudi Arabia, UK sign MoU for peaceful use of outer space

SSC’s Board of Directors Chairman Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha signed the MoU with the UK’s Minister of State for Business,...
  • SSC’s Board of Directors Chairman Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha signed the MoU on behalf of Saudi Arabia
  • The UK’s Minister of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng signed the deal for his country

European Space Agency suspends joint Mars mission with Russia

A Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars has been suspended due to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the...
  • The head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, called the decision a “shame”
  • He said the project “would lose several years” but that Russia would “conduct this research expedition on our own”

UN dismisses Russia claim of Ukraine-US bioweapons

Russia called a meeting of the 15-member Security Council to repeat its previously made, unsubstantiated claims that Ukraine, with US...
  • Washington and Kyiv have denied the existence of laboratories intended to produce biological weapons in Ukraine
  • Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US' envoy to the UN, accused Russia of requesting the meeting jut so it could spread disinformation’

UAE announces its participation in Nasa’s Lunar Gateway Station

Abu Dhabi, UAE - The UAE has announced its participation in developing a module on Nasa’s Lunar Gateway Station alongside...

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Next ‘A Call From Space’ event with Sultan Alneyadi being held In Ras Al Khaimah

Dubai, UAE - The next edition of ‘A Call from Space’, an exclusive event featuring Emirati astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi is...

UAE highlights efforts in space sector at UN committee meet

ABU DHABI,  UAE - A high-level UAE delegation at the 66th session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful...

How chocolate could counter climate change

Biochar, a substance produced by heating the cocoa husks in oxygen-free environment, could be used to capture 2.6 billion of...

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Saudi astronauts successfully complete space trip

The spacecraft successfully landed in the Atlantic Ocean, marking the Kingdom's entry into the league of a small number of...
  • The spacecraft successfully landed in the Atlantic Ocean, marking the Kingdom's entry into the league of a small number of countries conducting space science missions
  • The mission achieved the Kingdom's ambition to contribute to scientific research, to benefit from the promising opportunities offered by the global space sector and its industries

Global action needed to reduce ‘extinction risk’ from AI, say experts

A one-line statement signed by dozens of specialists, including Sam Altman whose firm OpenAI created the ChatGPT bot, said tackling...
  • ChatGPT has demonstrated an ability to generate essays, poems and conversations from the briefest of prompts -- and sparking billions of dollars in investments.
  • Critics and insiders have raised the alarm over everything from biased algorithms to the possibility of massive job losses as AI-powered automation seeps into daily life.

Saudi astronaut concludes pioneering space research

The experiments by Barnawi, focused on understanding the behavior of immune cells in space, could lead to the prevention and...
  • The experiments, focused on understanding the behavior of immune cells in space, could lead to the prevention and early treatment of certain diseases
  • The latest initiatives reflect the Kingdom's commitment to space exploration and investment in STEM, aligning with Saudi Vision 2030