Dubai / Emirates Business DP World’s announcement of launching a feasibility study to explore the possibility of using high-speed transport technology – Hyperloop – to move containers from Jebel Ali Port to an inland storage depot had a strong echo in the media and have been widely applauded. The announcement concurs with Dubai Future Foundation’s announcement of holding an …

  Dubai / Emirates Business The new GITEX Startup Movement will support global startups experimenting in robotics, drones, and 3D printing in securing funding and reaching new markets and audiences. UAE startup DigiRobotics, which launched CafeBot and CarBot driverless car at last year’s GITEX, will return to showcase the first virtual reality robotic simulator, 3D printing by a seven-axis robot, …

  Hasakeh / AFP Kurdish fighters advanced in the flashpoint city of Hasakeh in northeast Syria after a Russian mediation bid failed to halt clashes with pro-regime forces, a monitoring group said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a military source said the Kurds seized territory across several neighbourhoods in the city’s south in violent clashes on …