coronavirus (COVID-19)
Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast
Middle East
July 22, 2020
Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s hospitals, long considered among the best in the Middle East, are cracking under the country’s financial…
Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit
Middle East
July 21, 2020
Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government agreed Tuesday to hire a New York-based company to conduct a forensic audit of the…
Gulf economies seen shrinking sharply in 2020, to pick up in 2021: Reuters poll
Middle East
July 21, 2020
Gulf economies seen shrinking sharply in 2020, to pick up in 2021: Reuters poll
DUBAI (Reuters) — Economic activity in the Gulf will contract sharply this year before recovering in 2021, hit by the…
Israel approves cellphone tracking of COVID-19 carriers for rest of year
Middle East
July 21, 2020
Israel approves cellphone tracking of COVID-19 carriers for rest of year
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel’s parliament voted on Monday to allow the country’s domestic intelligence agency to track the cellphones of…
Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases
Middle East
July 21, 2020
Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s health minister says the financially troubled Mediterranean country, which has so far managed to contain the…
Swapping the stage for a deli: Israel underemployment rises
Middle East
July 21, 2020
Swapping the stage for a deli: Israel underemployment rises
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A year ago, Cijay Brightman was doing sound and lighting for a Madonna performance in…
Egyptian actress Amina Khalil throws beach engagement party on Egypt’s North Coast
Egypt
July 20, 2020
Egyptian actress Amina Khalil throws beach engagement party on Egypt’s North Coast
Photos of Egyptian actress Amina Khalil and her fiancé Amr Taha celebrating their recent engagement in a resort on Egypt’s…
Families step in at Kabul COVID-19 ward to care for patients
Middle East
July 20, 2020
Families step in at Kabul COVID-19 ward to care for patients
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The intensive care unit at the Afghan capital’s premier hospital for COVID-19 patients is a medical…
UK’s Johnson nudges workers back to office as lockdown eases
World
July 17, 2020
UK’s Johnson nudges workers back to office as lockdown eases
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that people will no longer be told to work from…
Egypt’s academic year to start October 17, but decisions remain to be made
Egypt
July 17, 2020
Egypt’s academic year to start October 17, but decisions remain to be made
Egypt’s Higher Council for Pre-University Education, headed by Education Minister Tarek Shawky, announced on Thursday that Egypt’s coming academic year…