Air Arabia announced a temporary suspension of flights to Oman and Kuwait, following the closure of the countries' borders this week.Travel updates posted on the Sharjah-based airline's website noted ... ( read original story ...)
Emirates suspends flights to Saudi, Kuwait and Oman
Dubai-based Emirates has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman. The move came after the three Gulf countries shut their borders over a new, more infectious strain of Covid-19 that's ... ( read original story ...)
Andhra Police finds 32-year-old Kuwait returnee
Andhra Pradesh police found the 32-year-old woman who was missing from Vijayawada International Airport on December 16 and took her to her husband house in We ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman close borders
Three Gulf states - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman - are closing their land and sea borders and suspending commercial flights over fears about a new strain of Covic-19. Get Breaking News Alerts From ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait embassy in Washington urges citizen to contact
The Kuwait embassy in Washington urged on Monday Kuwaiti citizens who have travel plans to contact it if they need any help after the Kuwaiti government decision to suspend all commercial flights from ... ( read original story ...)
New Covid strain: 4 cases in Oman suspected
Oman is investigating whether a new, highly infectious Covid-19 strain has been detected in the country, its health minister has said. Four individuals, who had come from the United Kingdom, are ... ( read original story ...)
Oman says it suspects 4 cases of new mutated COVID-19
Oman’s Ministry of Health announced that it suspected four cases of the new mutated strain of COVID-19 coming from the UK, Oman’s News Agency reported. The suspected cases are under study to determine ... ( read original story ...)
German firm says indoor vertical farm in Singapore will produce 1.5 tons of ‘leafy greens’ every day
Henner Schwarz, CEO of German firm &ever, said that his company's new indoor vertical farm in Singapore will produce 1.5 tons of "leafy green" produce per day. ( read original story ...)
Singapore is first Asian country to receive batch of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
As the United States races to get doses of the COVID-19 vaccine distributed across the country, the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines landed in Singapore on Monday, according to statement from ... ( read original story ...)
From shortlisting promising candidates to negotiations: How Singapore procured its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment
SINGAPORE: When Singapore’s first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech touched down at Changi Airport on Monday (Dec 21), the relief ... ( read original story ...)