Iraq's path to recovery and high-tech medicine in the UAE
Iraq is finally crossing the bridge from violence to influence, the country's top UN official has said. EU officials are working to combat rising anti-Muslim sentiment, a senior anti-discrimination official told The National. The UAE has gathered the genetic data of more than 800,000 Emiratis in a major advance in diagnosing conditions at an early stage.
On this episode of Trending Middle East:
Iraq finally crossed bridge from violence to influence, country's top UN official says
EU anti-Muslim hatred official says states must combat online abuse
Personalised medicine a step closer as 800,000 Emiratis contribute to genome programme
This episode features Lizzie Porter and Chris Maxwell.
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