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Andan Foundation Announces Award for Innovation in Refugee Inclusion in Collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s MIT Solve

ZURICH, Switzerland, July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Swiss-based humanitarian non-profit organisation, Andan Foundation, in collaboration with MIT Solve of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is delighted to announce this year’s Andan Prize for Innovation in Refugee Inclusion, which seeks to promote solutions that advance the economic, financial, and political inclusion of refugees within their hosting communities. The […]

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Tealium signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS to accelerate AI-driven growth for customers

The strategic collaboration agreement will expand privacy-centric customer data innovation for customers worldwide San Diego, July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tealium, the largest independent and most trusted customer data platform (CDP), has inked a global multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS), with plans to accelerate customer data and artificial intelligence (AI) […]

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MGA Entertainment and Zapf Creation AG Complete Merger Forming MGA Zapf Creation GmbH

LOS ANGELES, July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MGA Entertainment and Zapf Creation AG Complete Merger Forming MGA Zapf Creation GmbH LOS ANGELES; 16 July 2024 – MGA Entertainment, Inc. (MGA), one of the largest privately held toy and entertainment companies in the world, today announced that the merger with Zapf Creation AG (Zapf), Europe’s leading manufacturer of nurturing dolls, first […]

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India’s new Foreign Secretary takes office

India’s new government has appointed Vikram Misri as Foreign Secretary.

Misri assumed the charge of the Foreign Secretary on Monday.

The new Foreign Secretary was India’s Deputy National Security Adviser for two and a half years before taking up his…

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Currencies and metals

Bethlehem-Ma’an- The exchange rates against the shekel today were as follows:

Dollar- Buy 3.70 Sell: 3.74

Dinar – Buy: 5.21 Sell: 5.29

EUR- Buy: 4.12 Sell: 4.16

Metals: Gold: Buy 2502 Sell 2504

Silver: Buy 29.43 Sell 29.49

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UN hunger report presents a new approach to financing the end of food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms

The 2024 edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, to be officially launched on July 24, takes a deep dive into salient themes regarding financing for development, in particular financing for food security and nut…

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IOF Arrests 20 Palestinian Civilians in West Bank

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested at least 20 Palestinian civilians in the past 24 hours, from the occupied West Bank, including children, a wounded person and freed captives.

In a joint statement, Palestinian Commission of Detainees and E…

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UAE condemns shooting incident in Sultanate of Oman

The UAE has strongly condemned the shooting incident in a mosque courtyard in Wadi Kabir in the Sultanate of Oman, which led to deaths and injury to several innocent people, and expressed solidarity with all measures implemented by Oman to protect its…

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Head of Chechen Republic Meets Ambassador of Qatar

HE Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov met HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Russian Federation Sheikh Ahmed bin Nasser Al-Thani during the Caucasus Investment Forum held in the Chechen capital, Grozny.

The meeting discussed the coop…

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Xpro India Limited to establish first global manufacturing unit in Ras Al Khaimah with investment of over AED100 million

– Xpro India Limited, part of the Birla conglomerate and a producer of dielectric films used in capacitors, is establishing its first global manufacturing unit called Xpro Dielectric Films in Ras Al Khaimah. From being the first mover in dielectric fi…

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Sultan Al Qasimi directs granting UoS scholarships

H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, and Chairman of the University of Sharjah (UoS), directed today that the UoS’s Chancellor send a letter to the Chairman of the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas …