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Egypt's car assembly ambitions await investment

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A worker wearing a protective mask cleans an automated check-in kiosk at an Alaska Airlines Inc. check-in area at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (Getty)

In Wake of Covid, Employers Step up Automation and Use of Robots

As the U.S. economy rebounds from the Covid-19 pandemic, employers are turning to greater use of automation, including robots, rather than calling back workers or hiring new ones in many cases. …

Don Lee 07 May 2021

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Since Trump began lifting sanctions in May, no time has been wasted. US investment delegations have been flocking to Damascus, and security cooperation has already started.

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As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

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Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

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Israel's Olive War aims to uproot more than just trees

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