Japan’s elderly workers, once key to Abenomics, suffer as pandemic closes businesses
World
May 22, 2020
Japan’s elderly workers, once key to Abenomics, suffer as pandemic closes businesses
TOKYO (Reuters) — On a recent Saturday in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district more than 100 people, many of them elderly men,…
Egyptians rush to buy treats before Eid al-Fitr curfew
Egypt
May 21, 2020
Egyptians rush to buy treats before Eid al-Fitr curfew
CAIRO (Reuters) – Families rushed to buy sweets and biscuits in Cairo as they prepared to celebrate the end of…
Chafing under lockdown, Palestinians long for Eid celebrations
Middle East
May 21, 2020
Chafing under lockdown, Palestinians long for Eid celebrations
BETHLEHEM, West Bank/GAZA (Reuters) – Bethlehem is struggling back to life just in time for the Muslim holiday of Eid…
Coronavirus catastrophe unfolding in south Yemen: medical charity MSF
Middle East
May 21, 2020
Coronavirus catastrophe unfolding in south Yemen: medical charity MSF
DUBAI (Reuters) – The main coronavirus treatment center in southern Yemen has recorded at least 68 deaths in just over…
Lebanon central bank to give dollars for food imports, defend currency
Middle East
May 21, 2020
Lebanon central bank to give dollars for food imports, defend currency
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s central bank will start providing dollars for food imports as part of “necessary measures” to defend…
Some 10,000 Iranian health workers infected with coronavirus: state media
Middle East
May 21, 2020
Some 10,000 Iranian health workers infected with coronavirus: state media
DUBAI (Reuters) – Around 10,000 Iranian health workers have been infected with the new coronavirus, the semi-official ILNA news agency…
Turkey eases quarantine restrictions on arrivals from abroad
Middle East
May 20, 2020
Turkey eases quarantine restrictions on arrivals from abroad
ANKARA (Reuters) — Turkey will ease existing 14-day quarantine restrictions for citizens coming from abroad as the country starts softening…
Ceasefire, diplomacy needed to end Libyan crisis: UAE official
Middle East
May 20, 2020
Ceasefire, diplomacy needed to end Libyan crisis: UAE official
CAIRO (Reuters) — The United Arab Emirates believes the only acceptable path forward in the Libyan crisis involves “an immediate,…
Gaza girl, 13, teaches neighborhood children during school closure
Middle East
May 19, 2020
Gaza girl, 13, teaches neighborhood children during school closure
GAZA (Reuters) — In a wooden shack in the Gaza Strip, a 13-year-old girl holds classes for neighborhood children who…
Former Syrian secret police officer testifies he’s innocent
Middle East
May 19, 2020
Former Syrian secret police officer testifies he’s innocent
BERLIN (AP) — A former Syrian secret police colonel testified in a German court Monday that he was not involved…