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BUSINESS & TECH | Gulf investors eye payday ahead of SpaceX IPO

The IPO could leave Saudi investors holding a combined stake worth well over $15 billion in one of the world’s most coveted technology companies.

Gulf investors eye payday ahead of SpaceX IPO The IPO could leave Saudi investors holding a combined stake worth well over $15 billion in one of the world’s most coveted technology companies.

NEWS | As Trump casts doubt on Netanyahu's future, Likud rushes to reaffirm support

As Trump casts doubt on Netanyahu's future, Likud rushes to reaffirm support By questioning whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will run in the next Knesset elections, President Donald Trump may have dented one of the Israeli leader's key political assets ahead of the vote.

NEWS | Israel MPs vote in bid to exempt ultra-Orthodox from conscription

Israel MPs in bid to exempt ultra-Orthodox from conscription Israeli lawmakers voted on Wednesday to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce opposition protests.Ultra-orthodox men have largely been exempted from service throughout Israel's modern history, but the Supreme Court has repeatedl...