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IT education ‘has failed Arab youth’

Afshan Ahmed DUBAI // IT skills among youth in the region have been rated as weak by the newly released Arab Knowledge report. ■ Youth need ambition and career guidance, study shows The report found 61.2 per cent of young participants in the UAE, Yemen, Jordan and...

Oilseeds lead the way on price

Gregor Heard THE oilseed complex was the major talking point among the grain trade following the release of last week’s US Department of Agriculture World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report. Further cuts to the South American soybean crop have...

The Krusenstern heads for Morocco

Photo: RIA Novosti The legendary Russian sailing ship The Krusenstern set off on a long voyage to the coast of Morocco and France on Thursday, ITAR-TASS reports. During the trip, 120 cadets from several naval schools in Kaliningrad, Astrakhan, Yeisk and St. Petersburg...