The United Arab Emirates launched its first mission to Mars on Monday, the first in the Arab world, as it strives to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its dependence on oil. The Hope probe took off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center at 6:58 a.m.Japanese time on Monday …
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RIAD (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, was admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, suffering from inflammation of the gallbladder, the state-run SPA news agency said on Monday. The king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and a close ally of the US …
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FILE PHOTO: Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait is seen during the Arab Summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, May 31, 2019. REUTERS / Hamad l Mohammed / File Photo KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s ruler, Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 91, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday for …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to apply sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo against Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called on “all …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Chinese state pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun phase III clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi with up to 15,000 volunteers, the government in the UAE capital said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The Sinopharm Group Co Ltd company logo is displayed at a press conference …
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