Sun 12 July 2020: Almost 1.5 million expatriate workers are expected to leave Kuwait by year’s end as economic slowdown due to the coronavirus pandemic forced companies to cut their workforce to save on costs and remain afloat. Likewise, the government’s decision to lower the number of expats living in the country, through a new […]
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Sun 12 July 2020: Boris Johnson suggests compulsory face masks in shops LONDON (AA) – British health authorities announced on Saturday that a further 148 people died of the novel coronavirus across the UK over the past 24 hours, bringing the total up to 44,798, as the country’s prime minister suggested that face masks could […]
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Sun 12 July 2020: South Africa is reporting another 13,497 confirmed coronavirus cases for a total of 264,184 including 3,971 deaths. More than a third of cases are in the new hot spot of Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg and the capital, Pretoria. Already, public hospitals are expressing concerns about shortages of available beds and […]
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Sun 12 July 2020: Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s best-known movie stars, has tested positive for COVID-19 together with his actor son Abhishek Bachchan. Both were moved to a private hospital. “I have tested COVID positive … shifted to hospital … hospital informing authorities … family and staff undergone tests, results awaited,” Amitabh Bachchan, 77, […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: Almost 3,000 coronavirus infections reported in disputed Himalayan region over past 10 days SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Cases of the novel coronavirus in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir passed 10,000 on Saturday. According to a government update, 268 more infections were recorded over the past 24 hours, raising the overall […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: At least two doctors in Syria’s opposition-held northwest have been infected with the coronavirus, according to a monitoring group Saturday, raising the total number of cases in the overcrowded enclave to three. The Syrian opposition and militant groups control the Idlib area, which is home to more than 3 million people, […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan report new cases, deaths related to virus NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Cases of the novel coronavirus and fatalities linked to the disease continued to rise across Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia on Saturday. – Azerbaijan Azerbaijan reported 531 new cases, bringing the country’s total to 23,521. The number of […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: Mandali crossing reopens after 3-month closure BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – Iraq partially reopened the Mandali border crossing with Iran on Saturday after a 3-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The terminal, in the eastern Diyala province, will be operational for two days a week for trade exchange, the Iraqi Border […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: The Middle Eastern Emirates is looking to cut up to 9,000 jobs due to the Covid crisis. Sit Tim Clark, president of the airline, claimed that Emirates had already lost a tenth of its staff before the pandemic began, but that the dismissals would set to continue, possibly cutting another 15% […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: With hundreds of vaccine projects under way and governments in Europe and the United States investing billions of dollars in research, trials and manufacturing, there is concern that richer nations could scoop up promising medicines against the new coronavirus, leaving developing countries empty-handed. COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be […]
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