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ISRAEL: Tariffs on Imported Goods Cut and Local Standard Compliance Dropped

09 June 2022

Israel has removed tariffs on a range of imports, following the official announcement of an order signed on 18 May 2022. More

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ISRAEL: Free Trade Deal with United Arab Emirates Agreed

26 April 2022

Israel has negotiated a bilateral free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced by Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry and the UAE Foreign Trade Minister on 1 April 2022. More

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Lazy eye comes into focus

13 April 2022

Good vision is critical for children’s development, which makes early diagnosis and treatment of eye-related problems important. But eye specialists are familiar with issues associated with testing young children’s vision as the charts can be hard to understand, especially for toddlers. More

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Attention seeker for cars

06 April 2022

Single-vehicle collisions on remote roads late at night; a highway crash caused by a driver texting while driving; a truck that veered off the road at the end of its driver’s 12-hour shift. A single thread runs through these sad and familiar scenarios – driver inattention. More

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Diamond Technology specialist shows polish

21 March 2022

Diamonds are formed when carbon deposits deep within the earth are subject to high temperature and pressure – a process that can take aeons. The path from a rough gem dug out of the ground or dredged from the seafloor to glittering jewel on a wearer’s hand, neck or wrist is more rapid than the stone’s formation, but no less complicated. More

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MOROCCO: Trade and Investment Cooperation Deal with Israel Signed

03 March 2022

Morocco and Israel signed a trade and investment cooperation agreement on 21 February 2022. More

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Exchanges get on express track

22 February 2022

Stocks, bonds and futures in everything from financial instruments, coffee to gold and hydrocarbons used to be traded in open-outcry exchanges – an apt name considering the organised chaos in the pits. Scenes of traders clad in bright jackets yelling bids amid a blizzard of ticker tape and order slips made for good news footage, but the business model was ill-suited to the digital age. More

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Robots move into human space

05 January 2022

Robots have been making only a slow move from the factory floor into homes, shops and offices. This is because industrial robots have a narrow range of tasks while those operating in human spaces need to deal with open-ended situations. More

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Inspirations from history

06 August 2021

Bestowing high praise on historians and biographers, British author Oscar Wilde said: “Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.” And renowned American science fiction writer Robert Heinlein once said: “A generation which ignores history has no past – and no future”. More

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AI gives winning edge

16 July 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic upended almost every line of business throughout the world, with few being more hard-hit than tourism and hospitality. Earnings slumped for hotels and associated services, including booking applications. More

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