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Oman sets up investment body to manage state assets
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Profit taking on softer risk appetite, rising doubts on OPEC+ meeting, ECB decision
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Eight elite FIFA 20 players announced for $10m esports charity finale
Sami Dimassi
June 3, 2020
Waste is a resource, do not waste it!
A staff member checks a man's body temperature before allowing him into an eatery in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. -- Courtesy photo
May 31, 2020
Over 8,000 new corona cases recorded in India
A health worker checks the temperature of a woman during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat. — Courtesy photo
May 30, 2020
Half of India’s population could have corona by December: Expert
Mena
Qatar on Thursday announced 1,581 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 63,741. — Courtesy photo
June 4, 2020
Qatar announces 1,581 new coronavirus cases, 1,926 recoveries
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The ministry also announced three more virus-related deaths, bringing the number of fatalities in the country to 273. — Courtesy photo
June 4, 2020
UAE announces 659 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths
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Among the newly detected cases, 513 were of expatriates and 265 of Omani citizens. — Courtesy photo
June 4, 2020
Oman registers 778 new coronavirus cases
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Hamzah Al-Sulami
June 2, 2020
Kingdom of Humanity and its support for international organizations
Tariq Al-Homayed
June 2, 2020
Twitter nonsense
Jameel Altheyabi
May 28, 2020
May 28, 1960 … A historic day
May 28, 2020
Online education: ‘The road not taken’
Europe
The new measures will come into force from June 8 and require arrivals to self-isolate for 14 days, the home secretary confirmed. — Courtesy photo
June 3, 2020
Anyone who breaches UK’s new quarantine rules could face £1,000 fine
ICN’s analysis shows that on average 7 percent of all COVID-19 cases worldwide are among health care workers, which means that nurses and other staff are at great personal risk, and so are the patients they care for. — Courtesy photo
June 3, 2020
More than 600 nurses have died from COVID-19 worldwide, says ICN
United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Deputy Spokesperson Jens Laerke.
May 30, 2020
UN agencies emphasize need to honor pledges to Yemen promptly
Josep Borrell, Euopean Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, addresses Security Council members in connection with the Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and sub-regional organizations. — courtesy UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
May 29, 2020
UNSC paralysis and ‘political infighting’ must end, to boost COVID-19 fight: Borrell
May 29, 2020
WTTC launches Safe Travels protocols for aviation, airports, MICE and tour operators
Asia
India has zeroed it on these 13 cities as they have 70 percent of all the positive COVID-19 cases in the country, the government’s Cabinet Secretariat said in a press release after the meeting. — Courtesy photo
May 29, 2020
India's lockdown to focus on 13 cities
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May 27, 2020
Don’t book repatriation flights online, warns Pak consulate in Dubai
May 25, 2020
Crashed Pakistan plane's pilot ignored 3 warnings: Report
Africa
Medical workers in protective suits carry the body of a man who died of COVID-19, before he is buried in Mogadishu, last week. -- Courtesy photos
May 19, 2020
One hospital for 15mn in the world's ‘worst prepared’ country
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May 30, 2020
MoI revises rules on limiting gatherings, violations classification
May 31, 2020
Saudi corona cases show upward trend again
June 3, 2020
Ministry of Interior unveils additional preventive protocols for several sectors
America
Protests against police brutality have been taking place in cities across the United States including in New York city. — courtesy UN News/Shirin Yaseen
June 4, 2020
US must address deep-seated grievances to move beyond history of racism and...
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Young men wear face masks while cycling in a park in Büyükçekmece, Turkey. UNDP/Levent Kulu.
June 3, 2020
Bicycles: Setting the wheels of change in motion during and after COVID-19
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US President Donald Trump threatened the nation's governors on Monday that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests over police brutality that have roiled the nation over the past week. — Courtesy photo
June 2, 2020
Trump threatens military force as protests flare across US
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