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15-Oct-18 A new informatics hub developed by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in the UK, DRIVE (Digital, Research, Informatics and Virtual Environments), part of a partnership with University College London, will be kick-started with GBP1 mn from NHS Digital. [image: Digital Health]
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15-Oct-18 Jack Ma of Alibaba plans to open an institute to train tech entrepreneurs in Indonesia. The aim is to train 10,000 over the next 10 years. The institute will also train hundreds of developers and engineers on cloud computing. [image: Shutterstock]
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11-Oct-18 South Africa's proposed National Rail Policy will focus on increasing investment in rail, ZAR170 bn (USD11.9 bn) over the next ten years, to position rail as South Africa’s transport backbone by 2050 and support the commitment to greenhouse-gas reduction. [image: Railway Pro]
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10-Oct-18 Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is seeking to transform its economy away from reliance on crude. State-run Saudi Aramco is working on more than USD100 bn of refining and chemical projects. [image: Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg]
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03-Oct-18 Construction of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative-backed Jakarta-Bandung rail line is back on track, with contractors confident it will enter operation in 2021. Its most significant benefit is to cut transit time from five hours to 36 minutes. [image: HKTDC]
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