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Insights: Economic growth requires reforms in higher education

The online higher education is growing and is estimated to touch $5bn by 2025

UAE to invest $2bn in India’s ‘food parks’

UAE announces investment of $2bn to set up food parks in India

Israel and US will bring state-of-the-art technologies and expertise to the food parks in India

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Bahrain begins construction on United States Trade Zone

The USTZ will be initially spread across approximately 1.11 million sq m and built at a cost of around BHD75m

HSBC UAE launches online trading platform for wealth clients

The platform provides access to stock exchanges in the US, UK and Hong Kong

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Amazon suspends use of facial recognition technology by US law enforcement for a year

Amazon said that the reason was to give the US Congress time to develop stronger regulations to govern the use of the technology

Google says China, Iran targeted American presidential campaigns

Google has alerted the respective campaigns and law enforcement agencies

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UAE consulate in New York issues advisory regarding George Floyd protests

Protests have erupted across several cities in the US following the death of 46-year-old George Floyd in Minneapolis last week

Huawei responds to severe new US sanctions

The new sanctions prevent any company that uses American machines or technologies from dealing with Huawei