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Mideast’s largest mall operator to expand amid vaccine hopes
Middle East

Mideast’s largest mall operator to expand amid vaccine hopes

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East’s largest operator of malls expects revenue and earnings to climb back…
Are the Olympics cancelled? Japan official’s comments sow doubts
World

Are the Olympics cancelled? Japan official’s comments sow doubts

TOKYO (Reuters) – A senior Japanese ruling party official said on Thursday that cancelling this year’s Olympics in Tokyo remains…
Covid-19 in Egypt: 831 cases confirmed on Wednesday, cases rise for tenth consecutive day
Egypt

Covid-19 in Egypt: 831 cases confirmed on Wednesday, cases rise for tenth consecutive day

Reporting an increase for the tenth consecutive day, Egypt’s Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed 831 new coronavirus cases, up from…
J&J vaccine to remain in limbo while officials seek evidence
World

J&J vaccine to remain in limbo while officials seek evidence

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine will remain in limbo for a while longer after government health advisers declared Wednesday that…
Ethiopians head home after Yemen migrant life becomes untenable
Middle East

Ethiopians head home after Yemen migrant life becomes untenable

ADEN (Reuters) – When Ethiopian migrant Jamal Hussein boarded a UN-run repatriation flight out of Yemen, he ended a journey…
COVID-19 in Egypt: 823 cases, 40 deaths on Tuesday
Egypt

COVID-19 in Egypt: 823 cases, 40 deaths on Tuesday

Egypt’s Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed 823 new coronavirus cases, up from 818 on Monday and 801 on Sunday. The…
Turkey imposes partial Ramadan lockdown amid record cases
Middle East

Turkey imposes partial Ramadan lockdown amid record cases

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president announced a partial lockdown Tuesday during the first two weeks of the Muslim month…
Kurds impose 10-day curfew in NE Syria amid coronavirus wave
Middle East

Kurds impose 10-day curfew in NE Syria amid coronavirus wave

BEIRUT (AP) — A 10-day curfew in areas controlled by US-backed fighters in northeast Syria went into effect Tuesday in…
Muslims open Ramadan with social distanced prayers, vaccines
Middle East

Muslims open Ramadan with social distanced prayers, vaccines

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims began marking Ramadan with communal prayers Tuesday in a socially distanced contrast to the empty…
Physicians and scholars try to quell Muslim fears over vaccines and Ramadan
Health & Fitness

Physicians and scholars try to quell Muslim fears over vaccines and Ramadan

Islamic scholars and physicians in the United Kingdom have come together in an attempt to dispel fears that taking the…
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