Israeli-backed UAE scooter start-up expands to Turkey
Middle East
August 2, 2021
Israeli-backed UAE scooter start-up expands to Turkey
DUBAI, Aug 2 (Reuters) – FENIX, a United Arab Emirates-based e-scooter company backed by Israeli venture capital funding, has acquired…
Delta spreads ‘like wildfire’ as doctors study whether it makes patients sicker
World
August 2, 2021
Delta spreads ‘like wildfire’ as doctors study whether it makes patients sicker
LOS ANGELES, Aug 2 (Reuters) – With a new wave of COVID-19 infections fueled by the Delta variant striking countries…
Republican report says coronavirus leaked from China lab; scientists still probing origins
World
August 2, 2021
Republican report says coronavirus leaked from China lab; scientists still probing origins
WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – A preponderance of evidence proves the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic leaked from a…
US, Britain believe Iran attacked Israeli-managed tanker off Oman
Middle East
August 2, 2021
US, Britain believe Iran attacked Israeli-managed tanker off Oman
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The United States and Britain said on Sunday they believed Iran carried out an attack…
UAE rolls out Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17
Middle East
August 2, 2021
UAE rolls out Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17
DUBAI, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates will start providing China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17,…
Death toll in Turkey wildfires rises to eight, coastal resorts affected
Middle East
August 2, 2021
Death toll in Turkey wildfires rises to eight, coastal resorts affected
ISTANBUL, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The death toll from wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast rose to eight on Sunday as…
MIDEAST STOCKS Abu Dhabi hits record high, boosted by telco Etisalat
Middle East
August 1, 2021
MIDEAST STOCKS Abu Dhabi hits record high, boosted by telco Etisalat
Aug 1 (Reuters) – Most major stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Sunday, with Abu Dhabi…
Anger over Tunisia’s pandemic failures fuels political crisis
Middle East
August 1, 2021
Anger over Tunisia’s pandemic failures fuels political crisis
JENDOUBA, Tunisia, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Waiting in line to receive a COVID-19 jab from the Tunisian army, Zubeir Bin…
Myanmar army ruler pledges elections, ASEAN cooperation
World
August 1, 2021
Myanmar army ruler pledges elections, ASEAN cooperation
BANGKOK, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday again promised new multi-party elections and said…
Tunisia’s Ennahda puts off party meeting amid crisis
Middle East
August 1, 2021
Tunisia’s Ennahda puts off party meeting amid crisis
TUNIS, July 31 (Reuters) – The head of Tunisia’s biggest party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda, on Saturday postponed a meeting…