CARSON CITY / AP Computer chips that store personal information and could be used to pinpoint someone’s location could not be implanted in humans without consent under a bill Nevada state lawmakers weighed on Monday. Lawmakers on a judicial panel considered whether Nevada should join at least four other states in banning mandatory identification markers in people as a ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF), in cooperation with the Prime Minister’s Office and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), held a high-level closed session on economic diversification, on the sidelines of the World Government Summit 2017. The session aimed to discuss challenges and solutions to support thought-leaders during the implementation of economic diversification policies and change the ...

  KHARTOUM / WAM Hamad Mohamed Humaid Al Junaibi, the UAE Ambassador to Sudan, signed a contract to build four model villages with 1,200 traditional ‘Qateya’ housing units in the Sudanese state of Kassala, which will benefit over 5,000 people. He signed the agreement on behalf of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Sudanese ...