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Egypt to extend operating hours for cafes, restaurants
Egypt

Egypt to extend operating hours for cafes, restaurants

Egypt on Wednesday decided to allow cafes, cafeterias, restaurants, shops, pastry shops and mobile food carts to operate daily until…
2 Mideast countries, world’s top virus rates per population
Middle East

2 Mideast countries, world’s top virus rates per population

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The small, neighboring sheikhdoms of Bahrain and Qatar have the world’s highest per capita…
UN: Arab economies to shrink by 5.7% amid virus fallout
Economy

UN: Arab economies to shrink by 5.7% amid virus fallout

BEIRUT (AP) — The pandemic will exact a heavy toll on Arab countries, causing an economic contraction of 5.7 percent…
N. Korea’s Kim visits chicken farm, calls for improvements
World

N. Korea’s Kim visits chicken farm, calls for improvements

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a new chicken farm being built in…
In struggle against pandemic, populist leaders fare poorly
World

In struggle against pandemic, populist leaders fare poorly

The countries that top the rankings of COVID-19 deaths globally are not the necessarily the poorest, the richest or even…
Egypt reduces Red Sea and South Sinai protectorate usage fees by 50%
Egypt

Egypt reduces Red Sea and South Sinai protectorate usage fees by 50%

Egypt’s Ministry of Environment on Wednesday reduced usage fees in Red Sea and South Sinai protectorates by 50 percent, following…
UAE’s migrant workers fret over future in coronavirus economy
Middle East

UAE’s migrant workers fret over future in coronavirus economy

DUBAI (Reuters) — When Kapil left his Nepali village for an airport job packing cargo in the United Arab Emirates,…
Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast
Middle East

Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s hospitals, long considered among the best in the Middle East, are cracking under the country’s financial…
Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit
Middle East

Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government agreed Tuesday to hire a New York-based company to conduct a forensic audit of the…
Gulf economies seen shrinking sharply in 2020, to pick up in 2021: Reuters poll
Middle East

Gulf economies seen shrinking sharply in 2020, to pick up in 2021: Reuters poll

DUBAI (Reuters) — Economic activity in the Gulf will contract sharply this year before recovering in 2021, hit by the…
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