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LONDON: A new study has found that smokers are more likely to develop COVID-19 symptoms and end up in hospital, contradicting previous research that suggested smoking reduces the risks posed by the

ISTANBUL: The European Union will impose tariffs from Friday on hot-rolled iron and steel products from Turkey based on an ongoing investigation into dumping. The duties will range from 4.8 percent

DUBAI: Syrian designer Rami Al-Ali has launched a new initiative to support and celebrate Syrian talent in the region. Ard Dyar, a series of intimate dinners, aims to encourage open conversations

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed a new daily record of 4,166 coronavirus infections Wednesday, as medics warn that the health care system is struggling to cope.Since the start of the

JEDDAH: The Ministry of Finance (MoF), represented by the National Debt Management Center (NDMC), on Wednesday announced the signing of a long-term financing agreement with the Korea Trade Insurance

We are less than a week into 2021, but if what has happened so far is an indicator of things to come (and I hope it is) we are in for a good year.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has taught us how quickly things can change. In the oil industry, things were looking so good in mid-December when the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee of

SEOUL: Seoul is preparing to take legal action against Iran over the seizure of a South Korean oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. The South Korean-flagged

ALULA, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a meeting with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at the Maraya Hall in the historic city of Al-Ula on Tuesday, Saudi Press

DUBAI: As COVID-19 threw fragile global supply chains into disarray, many companies were stunned by their own vulnerability. The risk of depending on a supply base that is concentrated in one

LONDON: UK scientists have warned that the South African strain of COVID-19 might prove resistant to current vaccines, the Daily Telegraph reported. It is known to carry three separate mutations, one

TOKYO: Top-ranked sumo wrestler Hakuho has the coronavirus.Hakuho took a COVID-19 test after losing his sense of smell, the Japan Sumo Association said on Tuesday.The 35-year-old Mongolian-born

DUBAI: Iran has registered its first case of a highly contagious coronavirus variant that emerged in Britain, in an Iranian who arrived from the UK, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Tuesday.

LONDON: Early-stage trials indicate that a cheap and readily available drug has the potential to make “transformative” changes to COVID-19 mortality rates, according to a leaked presentation by

WASHINGTONG: The US reversed a decision to bring an aircraft carrier home from the Gulf Sunday, with the Pentagon saying that due to “recent threats” by Iran the USS Nimitz would stay in position.

DUBAI: Iran has resumed 20 percent uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow nuclear facility, the government spokesman told the semi-official Mehr news agency on Monday, a level of purity that is

ANKARA: Academic freedom in Turkey was dealt a huge blow with a politically motivated appointment to one of the country’s handful of independent universities, Bogazici University, which is more than

ISLAMABAD: For 15 years, Mushtaq Khan has worked as a daily wage laborer on construction sites in Islamabad, sending money home to his family in northwestern Pakistan and making enough to be able to

ISTANBUL: A car bomb targeting workers of a Turkish company killed four people including one Turkish citizen on Saturday in Somalia, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said. The company’s staff were working

DUBAI: Egyptian-Canadian actor Mena Massoud is set to star in a new Egyptian feature film titled “Fe Ez el Dohr.” He will reportedly fly to Cairo to begin pre-production.   “Fe Ez el Dohr” is the

DUBAI: She’s appeared in plenty of blockbuster films and now French-Algerian actress Sofia Boutella is set to star in a new campaign video for Parisian fashion label Chloe. The 38-year-old actress

The Saudi Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf), represented by the Saudi e-training platform Doroob, has announced that the third phase of the program will kick off on Friday via the link:

RIYADH: Expats in Saudi Arabia have welcomed a ministry move to study changing the payment schedule for dependent and government fees, saying it will reduce the financial burden on them. The Ministry

DUBAI: The world is preparing for an unprecedented celebration of New Year’s Eve, previously marked with grand public events. This year many countries have put restrictions to avoid mass gatherings