A startup called BiPS Health edged out 49 other early-stage medical technology companies to win the top prize in the recent Trendlines Medtech Open 2017 held at the Israel Export Institute. BiPS Health is developing a device worn on the wrist and fingers that constantly monitors vitals including blood pressure,...

General Motors’ Israel branch unveiled a prototype of its driverless car at a conference of veterans of the IDF’s 8200 signal intelligence unit on Tuesday, Globes reported. The vehicle, which is based on the electric Chevrolet Bolt, is outfitted with advanced sensors and processors to help it travel without a driver. Its navigation systems...

London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan sought Israel’s advice to “find new ways to protect ourselves” after a series of terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom, Jewish News reported Tuesday. In an exclusive interview with Jewish News, Khan revealed that both his office and Met Police assistant commissioner Mark Rowley, the head of...

Rambam Medical Center in Haifa has received a large donation from a Palestinian Authority official who received life-saving care there, Times of Israel reported Monday. According to the anonymous benefactor, the donation is intended “to build peace through medicine.” The official decided to give tens of thousands of Israeli shekels to the Joseph Fishman...

Israeli leaders welcomed President Baron Waqa of the Pacific island nation of Nauru to Jerusalem this week. In a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday, Waqa spoke of the productive technology-sharing relationship between their two nations and said he was “very pleased” to visit Jerusalem. “I want to show our solidarity...

Palestinian Authority officials confirmed on Wednesday that they will continue paying salaries to terrorists and their families, contradicting an assertion by United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that the policy had been stopped. “There have been talks about making the payments in a different way, but not ending them,”...