coronavirus (COVID-19)
Foreign workers struggle to return to UAE amid virus limbo
Middle East
July 14, 2020
Foreign workers struggle to return to UAE amid virus limbo
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Eudinson Uy and his pregnant wife planned to return to their home in the…
Egypt’s Health Ministry warns against using disinfection gates
Egypt
July 13, 2020
Egypt’s Health Ministry warns against using disinfection gates
Egypt’s Health and Population Ministry on Monday cautioned against using disinfection gates that spray people with chlorine and other disinfectants.…
Turkish industrial output shrank 20% in May, hit by coronavirus
Middle East
July 13, 2020
Turkish industrial output shrank 20% in May, hit by coronavirus
ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkish industrial production shrank a less-than-expected 19.9 percent year-on-year in May, data showed on Monday, as a…
Egypt’s Helwan University starts clinical trials on drugs to treat coronavirus
Egypt
July 13, 2020
Egypt’s Helwan University starts clinical trials on drugs to treat coronavirus
Egypt’s Helwan University announced that it has obtained approval to start clinical trials on two medications to treat coronavirus, one…
EgyptAir urges passengers departing from Cairo to Dubai to perform PCR test
Egypt
July 13, 2020
EgyptAir urges passengers departing from Cairo to Dubai to perform PCR test
EgyptAir urged passengers departing from Cairo to Dubai starting from July 12 to get a PCR test as part of…
Jordan presses sweeping tax evasion crackdown to aid ailing economy
Middle East
July 13, 2020
Jordan presses sweeping tax evasion crackdown to aid ailing economy
AMMAN (Reuters) — Jordan’s Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz promised on Sunday to deepen a crackdown on tax evasion that officials…
Eleven bodies lifted from waters off Alexandria, one remains missing
Egypt
July 12, 2020
Eleven bodies lifted from waters off Alexandria, one remains missing
Egyptian search and rescue teams on Saturday morning lifted an eleventh body out of the waters off Alexandria, one of…
Poland holds momentous, tight presidential election runoff
World
July 12, 2020
Poland holds momentous, tight presidential election runoff
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Voting started Sunday in Poland’s razor-blade-close presidential election runoff between the conservative incumbent, President Andrzej Duda,…
Abu Dhabi fund suspends debt service repayments for countries, companies
Middle East
July 12, 2020
Abu Dhabi fund suspends debt service repayments for countries, companies
DUBAI (Reuters) — Abu Dhabi Fund for Development has suspended debt service repayments for some countries and companies for the…
Safety first for Spaniards voting amid new coronavirus outbreaks
World
July 12, 2020
Safety first for Spaniards voting amid new coronavirus outbreaks
BILBAO (Reuters) — Voters in northern Spain wore face masks and used hand sanitizer gel before entering polling stations on…