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Couturier Rami Al-Ali launches new initiative to support Syrian talent

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

January 08

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Lebanon hits daily record of COVID-19 infections

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

January 08

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Saudi Ministry of Finance signs $3bn Korean financing agreement

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

January 08

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2021: Things can only get better

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.

January 07

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Extraordinary times call for extraordinary leadership in OPEC+ — and

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

January 07

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South Korea prepares legal action against Iran over oil tanker seizure

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

January 07

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Saudi crown prince holds meeting with Qatari emir at GCC summit

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

January 05

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Shockproof: How to make sure your supply chain is resilient

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

January 05

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South Africa coronavirus strain could resist vaccines: Scientists

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

January 05

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Top-ranked sumo wrestler Hakuho tests positive for coronavirus

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

January 05

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Iran finds first case of new coronavirus variant in traveler from UK

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.

January 05

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Cheap drug could be ‘transformative’ COVID-19 treatment

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

January 04

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US aircraft carrier to stay in Gulf: Pentagon

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.

January 04

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Iran resumes 20% uranium enrichment at Fordow nuclear site

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

January 04

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Turkey’s academic freedom under spotlight with new appointment

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

January 04

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Pakistan workers left in the cold as housing program falters

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

January 04

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Car bomb targeting Turkish company kills four in Somalia

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

January 03

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‘Aladdin’ star Mena Massoud to star in new Egyptian film

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

January 03

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French-Algerian actress Sofia Boutella to star in new video for Chloe

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

January 03

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Saudi Human Resources Development Fund launches third phase of Doroob

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:

January 02

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Expats welcome ministry move to study quarterly payment of levy

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

January 02

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AS IT HAPPENS: The world slams the door on 2020 in hope of a better

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

January 01

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Danube stores see 23.5% sales surge during pandemic

Saudi supermarket operator BinDawood Holding is pushing ahead with expansion plans after a 23.5 percent rise in sales at its Danube outlets during the pandemic. The Danube stores reported the surge

January 01

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Philippine islands self-isolate after new COVID-19 variant found in

MANILA: A province of islands in the southern Philippines will seal itself off for an initial two weeks from Monday to keep out a new COVID-19 variant found in nearby Malaysia, its governor

January 01

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UAE records over 1,700 new coronavirus cases

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Health and Prevention confirmed 1,723 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, state news agency WAM reported. The new cases were detected after the ministry

December 31

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UAE records 1,723 new coronavirus cases, 1,607 recoveries and 3 deaths

UAE records 1,723 new coronavirus cases, 1,607 recoveries and 3 deaths

December 31

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Wuhan virus cases may be 10 times higher than reported: China health

BEIJING: The number of coronavirus cases in the city where the outbreak was first detected may have been 10 times higher than official figures suggest, according to a study by Chinese health

December 31

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UN chief: Healing ‘must be our New Year’s resolution’

NEW YORK: As the coronavirus pandemic upended the world in 2020, hardly a week passed without the UN secretary-general sounding the alarm over another, related pandemic: That of an inequitable world

December 31

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Weather warnings issued across Saudi Arabia until Friday

RIYADH: Weather warnings have been issued for several regions across Saudi Arabia from Wednesday until Friday, the Kingdom’s civil defense said on Tuesday. The authority warned of thunderstorms with

December 31

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Madinah municipality signs deal with United Othaim to establish

MADINAH: Madinah Regional Municipality signed an investment contract with United Othaim Co. to set up and operate a hotel and a commercial market. The project is located in the southwestern central

December 30