Dubai / WAM Prominent thought leaders and experts discussed advancements in genome editing and biotechnology, along with their implications on society and healthcare in a series of sessions themed The Future of Health on day one of the sixth World Government Summit (WGS 2018), in Dubai. “Biotech is the transformative technology of the 21st century. We are not just understanding ...

Bloomberg A Russian plane with 71 people on board crashed in the Moscow region on Sunday and prosecutors said there were no survivors. The Saratov Airlines An-148 took off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport at 2:21 p.m. local time (6:21 a.m. EST) headed for Orsk and disappeared from radar 7 minutes later, Sergey Izvolsky, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Authority, ...

Bloomberg Israel and Iran moved closer to confrontation in Syria as rising tensions erupted into the most serious standoff between the sides since the Syrian civil war began seven years ago. The Israeli military on Saturday said it struck 12 targets in Syria, including four belonging to Iran, in a “large-scale attack” after an Iranian drone penetrated its airspace. An ...