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Iraq: energy and security
Atalayar
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July 3, 2025
Current situation Seeking solutions Bilateral relations with the United States: history and prospects Energy projects Security as a pillar for investment and energy stability Baghdad has reoriented its relationship with Washington, driven by a...
I landed a software engineering job at Slack without a degree. Here's how I taught myself to code and broke into tech.
Business Insider
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeremiah Peoples, a 28-year-old staff developer advocate at Slack in Austin. It's been edited for length and clarity. I work in software engineering as a staff developer advocate without a...
Oldest Egyptian DNA Reveals Secrets of Elite Potter From Pyramid Era
Yahoo News
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For the very first time, scientists have sequenced DNA from the entire genome of an individual who lived in ancient Egypt up to 4,800 years ago – right when the first pyramids were being built. The ancient genome belongs to an older male...
Abu Dhabi VC firm EQIQ invests $3mln in Iraq’s Instabank
Zawya
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UAE-based venture capital fund EQIQ has invested $3 million in Iraq’s Instabank, in line with a strategy to mordernise the financial sector in the country. The anchor investment is part of a larger $15 million funding round for the next-generation...
Researchers Sequence Whole Genome of Ancient Egyptian
Sci-News
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July 2, 2025
An international team of scientists has sequenced the whole genome from an adult male Egyptian who lived between over 4,500 years ago — a few centuries after Egyptian unification, bridging the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom periods. Nebamun...
Researchers sequence whole genome of ancient Egyptian for the first time
The Hindu
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July 2, 2025
Researchers have sequenced the first whole ancient Egyptian genome from an individual who lived 4,500 to 4,800 years ago — the oldest DNA sample from Egypt to date. The body belongs to an adult male who died more than 4,500 years ago during...
Science Reuters Ancient Egyptian man's genome reveals his society's cross-cultural ties
Yahoo News
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) -DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing evidence of the ties between two great cultures of the period, with a fifth of his genetic...
The first genome sequenced from ancient Egypt reveals surprising ancestry, scientists say
CNN
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July 2, 2025
CNN — In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first pyramids were built. The man, whose...
Skeleton of man from ancient Egypt gives up its secrets in scientific first
The National News
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The first whole ancient Egyptian genome has been sequenced by researchers, taken from a man who lived 4,500 to 4,800 years ago in the age of the first pyramids. By investigating chemical signals in his teeth relating to diet and environment, the...
Top EOD tech completes senior enlisted leader tour at premier CBRNE command
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 2, 2025
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES 07.02.2025 ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – The senior enlisted leader of the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command departed the command following a...
Iraq to pay stipend to beggars who quit street life
Gulf News
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Kazem Al Atwani, Director of the Ministry’s Department of Media and International Relations, said that individuals apprehended during anti-begging campaigns will be assessed through field research and, if deemed eligible, granted a monthly stipend...
The Differences Between Iraq in 2003 and Iran in 2025 Matter, Too
World Politics Review
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July 2, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, in Washington, Saturday, June 21, 2025 (pool photo by Carlos Barria via AP). Before and after U.S....
Hymn of Babylon is pieced together after 2,100 YEARS: Scientists use AI to reconstruct ancient song
Daily Mail
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July 2, 2025
A hymn dedicated to the ancient city of Babylon has been discovered after 2,100 years. Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the poem describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and 'bathed priests' in stunning detail....
First ever bombshell vid of infamous ‘Mosul orb’ UFO is released after US spy cams captured mysterious object over Iraq
The U.S. Sun
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July 2, 2025
THE first ever bombshell footage of the infamous "Mosul orb" UFO captured by a US spy plane in Iraq has now been released. The declassified video, captured in 2016 by a US MC-12 surveillance aircraft, shows a mysterious metallic spherical object...
Iraq: No radiation threat detected after strikes on Iran nuclear sites
Shafaq News
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2025-07-01T19:50:51+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s nuclear oversight authority on Tuesday dismissed fears of radiation following the recent US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, reporting no trace of...
PM: Iraq complains to UN over Israeli violation of airspace to attack Iran
Press TV
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Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says Iraq has formally lodged a complaint with the UN concerning repeated violations of its airspace by Israeli warplanes during the regime's recent aggression against Iran. Sudani condemned in the strongest...
Israel's war may have weakened the hold of Iran-aligned groups on Iraqi politics
The National News
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The Middle East has been in turmoil since October 2023. Missiles have flown in just about every direction, and there is significant concern about what the future might hold. One of the surprises, however, is that Iraq has managed to stay out of...
Türkiye returns cuneiform tablets to Iraq
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA In line with its efforts to protect cultural heritage and combat smuggling, Türkiye returned six clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform script to Iraq. The artifacts, which contain economic, administrative and religious records, were handed...
Iraq’s Nasiriyah airport to be ready by year end
Zawya
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A Chinese company awarded a contract to build a civilian airport in the Southern Iraqi Nasiriyah city is expected to complete the project before the end of 2025. China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) is building the airport in...
Standard Chartered and Bahrain FinTech Bay Select Ten Female-Led Startups for the Sixth Cohort of Futuremakers Women in Tech Programme
bizbahrain
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July 2, 2025
Standard Chartered, in partnership with Bahrain FinTech Bay, has announced the selection of ten promising female-led startups to join the sixth cohort of the Futuremakers Women in Tech Bahrain programme. This initiative continues to serve as a...