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Virus lockdown worsens suffering for Johannesburg beggars
World

Virus lockdown worsens suffering for Johannesburg beggars

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Inock Mukanhairi shows the small amount of food that he has for himself, his wife, Angeline, and…
As society opens, Saudi women surge into job market
Middle East

As society opens, Saudi women surge into job market

Like thousands of Saudi women, Rouaa al-Mousa entered the workforce as reforms sweep the ultra-conservative kingdom and is certain that…
Jordan eases coronavirus curfew and reopens more businesses
Middle East

Jordan eases coronavirus curfew and reopens more businesses

AMMAN (Reuters) — Jordan on Monday eased restrictions on movement aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus and allowed…
Middle East economies take massive hit with oil price crash
Middle East

Middle East economies take massive hit with oil price crash

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is planning painful cuts in social benefits relied on by millions of government workers. Saudi Arabia…
Countries take different approaches in lifting lockdown
World

Countries take different approaches in lifting lockdown

MADRID (AP) — Without a tried-and-tested action plan for how to pull countries out of lockdown, the world is seeing…
Coronavirus shakes Saudi state’s foundations
Middle East

Coronavirus shakes Saudi state’s foundations

More than elsewhere, the coronavirus outbreak has put Saudi Arabia’s vision for the future in jeopardy. The collapse in oil…
Coronavirus shakes the conceit of ‘American exceptionalism’
Features/Interviews

Coronavirus shakes the conceit of ‘American exceptionalism’

WASHINGTON (AP) — What if the real “invisible enemy” is the enemy from within — America’s very institutions? When the…
Iran, like wider Middle East, relies on deliveries amid pandemic
Middle East

Iran, like wider Middle East, relies on deliveries amid pandemic

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — For some US$15 a day, deliverymen don masks and gloves in Iran’s capital to zip across…
Too poor to buy, too scared to meet: Palestinians face joyless Ramadan
Middle East

Too poor to buy, too scared to meet: Palestinians face joyless Ramadan

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) — The electric lanterns and ornate decorations of Ramadan would normally be hanging in the streets of Gaza,…
UK economy crumbles under coronavirus strain; questions mount over lockdown exit
World

UK economy crumbles under coronavirus strain; questions mount over lockdown exit

LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s economy is crumbling under the strain of the coronavirus lockdown and government borrowing is…
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