- Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich denied the existence of a Palestinian people or nationhood over the weekend, prompting a rebuke from the United States just weeks after calling for a Palestinian town to be “erased.”
- US National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby on Monday objected to the comments, saying they would not help to calm tensions in the region.
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- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates announced on March 15 that they had signed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration and innovation in financial services.
- The parties will particularly concentrate on central bank digital currency interoperability and will develop a proof-of-concept and pilot program for a CBDC bridge to facilitate remittances and trade.
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- Dozens of girls from 26 schools in Iran are reportedly being treated for poisoning at hospitals after another wave of apparent toxic gas attacks.
- More than 1,000 students have been affected since November. They have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue.
- Many Iranians suspect the poisonings are a deliberate attempt to force girls' schools to close.
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- U.S.-Israeli cyber security startup Wiz said on Monday it raised $300 million in a private funding round that values the firm at $10 billion.
- Since its founding three years ago, Wiz, which focuses on cloud security and has 650 employees globally, has raised $900 million from multiple investors.
- It said it plans to open new offices in Austin, Dallas and Washington D.C.
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- Israeli troops on Wednesday entered a major Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank in a rare, daytime arrest operation, triggering fighting that killed at least nine Palestinians and wounded scores of others.
- It was one of the bloodiest battles in over nearly a year of fighting. A 72-year-old man was among the nine killed and 102 people were wounded, Palestinian officials said.
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