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UAE launches new incentives to attract 300 digital companies

UAE launches new incentives to attract 300 digital companies

A United Arab Emirates minister announced on Wednesday incentives aiming to attract 300 digital companies to set up offices in the oil-rich Gulf nation within six to 12 months. The incentives include a streamlined visa process, faster access to the financial and banking system and attractive commercial and residential leasing, Trade Minister Thani al-Zeyoudi told […]

Russia bans dozens of UK journalists & defense officials and MPs

Russia bans dozens of UK journalists & defense officials and MPs

LONDON: Russia banned on Wednesday 29 British journalists, including five Guardian journalists, four BBC journalists and the Financial Times chief foreign affairs commentator from entering the country.  The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement: “The British journalists included in the list are involved in the deliberate dissemination of false and one-sided information about Russia […]

Archaeologists uncover trove of ancient Egyptian mummies

Archaeologists uncover trove of ancient Egyptian mummies

Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities, Reuters reports. The discovery at a cemetery in Saqqara contained statues of the gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet and Hathor, along with a headless statue of the architect, Imhotep, who built the Saqqara pyramid, Egypt’s Ministry […]