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Middle East AI Growth: Abu Dhabi’s Rise as a Global AI Powerhouse
IOL
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The Middle East’s artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is undergoing transformative growth, with the United Arab Emirates, (UAE) – specifically Abu Dhabi, emerging as a central hub of innovation, investment, and global influence. Recent data...
Middle East: Hamas reportedly receives new Gaza truce plan
Deutsche Welle
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August 18, 2025
08/18/2025August 18, 2025 Hamas negotiators in Cairo have received a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, which calls for an initial 60-day truce and hostage release in two batches, a Palestinian official on Monday told the French AFP news...
ACI Asia-Pacific and Middle East urges future-ready airports as DGCA conference backs recommendations
International Airport Review
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August 18, 2025
ACI APAC & MID secured strong support at the DGCA conference in Japan, urging governments to adopt policies on safety, climate resilience, affordability, and security. Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID),...
TarabA new podcast series on the Middle East's music scene
The National News
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Tarab is a new weekly music podcast hosted by The National’s Saeed Saeed that takes you inside the Middle East’s music scene. The first season brings you conversations with some of the region’s most captivating voices, from genre-defying...
Senator’s Middle East votes attacked at Madras town hall
The Bulletin - Oregon
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August 16, 2025
Published 4:01 pm Saturday, August 16, 2025 Fragile. That’s the one word U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden used to answer the first question at the Madras Town Hall Saturday, Aug. 16, held at the Madras Performing Arts Center. The question: How would you...
NAPTIP rescues 25 trafficking victims in Abuja en route to Middle East
Eagle Online
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August 18, 2025
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has busted organised human trafficking activities and rescued 25 women suspected to be victims of labour exploitation en route to Saudi Arabia. NAPTIP, in a press...
Stonepeak rolls out Middle East renewables platform WahajPeak
Zawya
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Stonepeak, the New York-based alternative investment firm managing $76.3 billion in assets, has launched a renewable energy platform in the Middle East to develop utility-scale projects across the region. WahajPeak, will target solar, wind, and...
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ZoTrav targets 200 Middle East agents with curated B2B platform
Travolution
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August 18, 2025
ZoTrav, a travel marketplace specialising in experience-rich journeys across the CIS region, has launched its new B2B platform in the Middle East, giving regional agents access to real-time products and direct partnerships with verified...
Australia vs South Africa 1st ODI 2025 | Prediction, Odds & Live Score
Sporting News
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August 18, 2025
Australia and South Africa are set to lock horns in the first ODI of a three-match series on Tuesday, August 19, at Cazaly’s Stadium in Cairns. Fresh off a hard-fought T20I series win, the reigning world champions will look to carry their momentum...
Europe pushes back as US seeks to end UN peacekeeping in Lebanon
Naharnet
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The future of U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon has split the United States and its European allies, raising implications for security in the Middle East and becoming the latest snag to vex relations between the U.S. and key partners like France,...
Europeans brace for fraught White House talks on Ukraine
EurActiv
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August 18, 2025
European leaders head into a Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office stand-off on Monday fearing pressure on Kyiv, and scrambling to shield Kyiv from a Trump-Putin deal. The burst of White House diplomacy comes just days after the US-hosted Alaska talks with...
American singer Joe Thomas honoured with Hall of Fame star at Thami Ndlala's mall
Briefly
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August 18, 2025
American RnB singer Joe Thomas was recently honoured with a Hall of Fame star at Thami Ndlala and LKG's new mall Joe Thomas said he was deeply grateful for the gesture of being honoured and how excited he was to be returning to Mzansi once again...
African agribusiness market expected to reach $1tr by 2030
Daily News Egypt
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August 18, 2025
The African agribusiness market reached approximately $280bn in 2023, according to estimates by the African Development Bank (AfDB), with $35bn representing the Egyptian market alone. It is expected to grow to $1tr by 2030, at an annual growth...
Australia’s upstream industry stepping up gas game with reform proposals
Offshore Energy
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August 18, 2025
Australian Energy Producers (AEP), representing the country’s upstream oil and gas exploration and production industry, has come up with a set of proposals aimed at boosting Australia’s natural gas arsenal. Illustration; Source: Australian Energy...
Australia cancels far-right Israeli politician’s visa
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Sydney 18 August, 2025, 22:13 The Australian government cancelled the visa of a far-right Israeli politician on Monday ahead of a speaking tour, a move event organisers tagged ‘viciously antisemitic’. Simcha Rothman, whose...
Europe lacks plan if Trump pulls Ukraine support
The Business Standard
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August 18, 2025
European leaders are showing welcome solidarity with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, travelling with him to Washington for high-risk meetings with Donald Trump. They have reasons to fear the U.S. president will try to push territorial...
Australia Bars Israeli Politician from Solidarity Visit to Jewish Community
Breitbart
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August 18, 2025
Australia has barred Israeli politician Simcha Rothman from visiting a local Jewish community beset by antisemitism, citing the fact that he states publicly he wants Israel to win its war against Hamas terrorists. The decision by Anthony...
Brazil’s Supreme Court approves renegotiated Car Wash corporate settlements
Global Investigations Review
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August 18, 2025
Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court building in Brasília Brazil’s highest court has rubber-stamped an agreement to restructure corporate anti-corruption settlements signed in the 2010s by some of the country’s biggest companies including Odebrecht and...
America’s most radical mayor?
The Spectator Australia
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August 18, 2025
American politics is often reactionary. Barack Obama rode the dip of the 2007-2008 financial crash, but after eight years of neoliberal slog Middle America chose Donald Trump to extract the globalist cancer from their venerated land. The Democrats...
European leaders, Zelenskyy to hold meeting before White House talks
EurActiv
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August 18, 2025
European leaders will hold a "preparatory meeting" with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of high-stakes talks with Donald Trump in Washington, the EU said on Monday. The agenda of EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, published by the...