State-funded prekindergarten and child care teachers in Georgia will get $1,000 bonuses alongside K-12 teachers, thanks to a big increase in federal coronavirus aid. ( read original story ...)
Palestine welcomes US President Biden’s commitment to two-state solution
The Palestinian leadership on Wednesday welcomed the new US administration’s intention to reopen the offices of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington, closed under former president ... ( read original story ...)
Palestine signs 23-mln-euro deal with EU to improve water in West Bank
Palestine signed a 23-million-euro agreement on Wednesday with the European Union and the French Development Agency (AFD) on supporting a water improvement project in the West Bank. The agreement, ... ( read original story ...)
What the Lincoln Project Gets Wrong About Israel-Palestine
Ever since a group of Republican operatives launched the Lincoln Project, more than a year ago, to defeat Donald Trump, skeptical progressives have ... ( read original story ...)
Palestine welcomes U.S. announcement on restoring ties: senior official
A senior Palestinian official welcomed on Wednesday the announcement of the new U.S. government under President Joe Biden on restoring ties with Palestine. Sabri Seidam, deputy secretary-general of ... ( read original story ...)
Oman prohibits group events in new coronavirus measures
Oman on Wednesday prohibited all group events, postponed students' return to universities and advised citizens and residents against foreign travel, in a tightening of measures against the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
HBKU college recognised at Oman’s National Research Award 2020
One PhD student and one faculty member at the College of Science and Engineering at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) have been recognised with Oman’s National Research Award 2020 in the Young ... ( read original story ...)
Renewed Selling Pressure Anticipated For Singapore Shares
The Singapore stock market on Wednesday wrote a finish to the three-day slide in which it had stumbled almost 75 points or 2.5 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 2,960-point ... ( read original story ...)
Security forces clash with protesters in locked-down Lebanon
Lebanese security forces clashed for the third night with protesters in Tripoli angry about a coronavirus lockdown, with witnesses and local media reporting that riot police fired live bullets as ... ( read original story ...)
Protesters in Lebanon clash with police over virus lockdown
Lebanese security forces fired tear gas and water cannons in clashes Wednesday with dozens of protesters who took to the street in the country's north for a third consecutive day ... ( read original story ...)