‘Game changer’: Gene therapy offers hope for children born deaf
Paris, France - A gene therapy that has allowed several children born deaf to hear for the first time is being...
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Bad day in space: Moon mission fails and NASA program delayed
Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander blasted off Monday from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, then successfully separated from its rocket....
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Pyypl, Ripple launch on-demand liquidity service in Middle East
ODL uses XRP for instant, low-cost cross-border payments.
- ODL is the process of buying and selling XRP in originating and destination countries
- XRP is the native cryptocurrency of products developed by Ripple’s creator Ripple Labs
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Iraq to cut out carbon emissions in full by 2025
In order to cut out carbon emissions completely, Iraq will stop burning associated gas permanently in 2025.
- He said that Iraq will stop burning associated gas permanently in 2025
- "At this summit, we seek to start developing plans to transform the future of our countries and all their economies to a green future free of emissions”
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Greenhouse gas levels reach new record high: UN
The UN's blunt report comes as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the COP26 host, said he was "very worried" that...
- The World Meteorological Organization said that continued rising greenhouse gas emissions would result in more extreme weather.
- Concentrations of all three major greenhouses gases --CO2, methane and nitrous oxide--have risen alarmingly.
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China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060
China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20 percent by 2060, according...
- The document follows a pledge by President Xi Jinping to wean the world's biggest polluter off coal
- But the country has been criticized for pushing ahead with opening dozens of new coal power plants
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Aramco sets 2050 net-zero target
The company acknowledged that this would have its challenges.
- Saudi Aramco chief Amin Nasser has said the company will achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
- He was speaking at the Saudi Green Initiative forum, where Saudi Arabia pledged to become net-zero by 2060
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Saudi Arabia eyes zero carbon emissions by 2060
At the Saudi Green Initiative forum, the Gulf country has also vowed to join a global effort to reduce methane...
- Saudi Arabia has announced plans to reduce carbon emissions by 278 million tons annually by 2030
- The country is also taking the Global Methane Pledge to reduce methane emission
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New leaks rock Facebook
Internal documents seem to support the accusations.
- Facebook held back from doing all it could to stop users from being radicalized, say recent leaks
- It is also accused of not doing enough to stop US election misinformation from flooding the social network
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Egypt looks to raise renewable energies share to 42% by 2035
Egypt is looking to increase the share of renewable energies to over 42 percent by 2035, after the country reached...
- Mohamed Shaker, the minister of electricity and renewable energy, noted that Egypt has allocated 7,650 square kilometers of unused lands to new and renewable energy projects
- He said that Egypt is the largest holder of electrical capacities in the MENA region and has the capacity to produce up to 90 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity
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US climate envoy to take part in Middle East Green Summit
John Kerry, the US climate envoy, will be in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to participate in the Middle East Green...
- Kerry will “engage with government counterparts and private sector leaders on efforts to address the climate crisis”
- Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Saudi Green Initiative Forum and Middle East Green Initiative Summit in Riyadh on Oct. 23-25
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Animal kidney works in human patient in ‘potential miracle’
The donor animal belonged to a herd that had undergone a genetic editing procedure to knock out a gene that...
- Critically, the organ was able to reduce the level of the molecule creatinine, a key indicator of kidney health
- Montgomery carried out the surgery with several colleagues over the course of around two hours.
‘Game changer’: Gene therapy offers hope for children born deaf
Paris, France - A gene therapy that has allowed several children born deaf to hear for the first time is being...
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Natural capital, conservation should be priority for private sector in region
DUBAI, UAE - The private sector and financial institutions in the Middle East should enhance reporting by including information about how...
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NASA sends two small satellites into orbit to track hurricanes
A second Rocket Lab-built vessel is due to launch in about two weeks carrying two more satellites to complete a...
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UAE astronaut, others relocate SpaceX Dragon on ISS
The relocation of the spacecraft was supported by the Mission Control Centre at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, SpaceX...
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UAE astronaut AlNeyadi to join docking port relocation mission
This will be the third port relocation of a Dragon crew spacecraft, following previous relocations during the Crew-1 and Crew-2...
- AlNeyadi will take part in the mission along with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
- The relocation is supported by the Mission Control Centre at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston and SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.
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Sharjah okays Genetic Coding Program to classify emirate’s biodiversity
Sharjah, UAE - The Sharjah Executive Council (SEC) approved Tuesday the "Genetic Coding Programme" project to classify biodiversity in Sharjah,...
- The project aims to create a unified database of genetic coding for the types of living organisms, harness labs to determine the identity of living organisms at the DNA level.
- Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the SEC approved the program.
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MoHAP inks deal with Coursera to upgrade skills of employees
The agreement also provides for the creation of a cohesive relationship between the ministry's strategic priorities and training needs, as...
- Under the agreement, MoHAP’s teams will gain the requisite skills to expedite innovation and digital transformation within the Ministry.
- The agreement sets a training plan that prioritizes the development of employees' capabilities in leadership, technical and behavioral skills.