Bahrain unveils new steps to cushion COVID-19 impact

Cairo: The Bahraini government has said it will pay half salaries of citizens employed at the private sector for three months starting from October as part of steps to cushion the economic repercussions of the new coronavirus. Around 23,000 insured Bahraini employees and 4,000 enterprises will benefit from the support, said the government Secretary-General Yasser […]

This Singapore startup grows prawn meat from stem cells

Cell-based seafood producer Shiok Meats of Singapore has received $12.6 million in Series A funding – the latest alternative protein company to raise money as the pandemic pressures global food-supply chains. The new round of funding will sustain the startup for at least three years and help finance research, development and its first plant in […]