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‘Service to humanity’: Volunteers in Bahrain sign up for vaccine trial
In a Bahrain exhibition centre that used to hold jewellery shows and book fairs before the coronavirus pandemic, Mohammed al-Blooshi and other masked volunteers wait for a dose of a Chinese trial ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Bahrain reports 468 Covid-19 cases, 348 recoveries
The Bahrain health ministry has reported 398 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 348 recoveries. Of the new cases, 123 were among expatriate workers, 340 were contacts of active cases, ... ( read original story ...)
What to expect from Bahrain’s outer circuit
Formula One will race twice at Bahrain this year with one the events taking place on an alternative outer track layout of the Bahrain International Circuit. ( read original story ...)
New employment law effectively ends Qatar’s exploitative kafala system
Workers will be able switch jobs without employers’ permission, but rights groups say measure does not go far enough ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar’s Next Gambit After World Cup? Convincing Expats to Stay
Qatar has set out to create a more permanent worker population with sweeping labor reforms introduced this week as it winds down a building frenzy for the 2022 soccer World Cup. ( read original story ...)
Inner Mongolia protests China’s move to replace native language with Mandarin in schools
Ethnic Mongolians staged protests in northern China this week over Beijing’s new policy to gradually replace their native language with Mandarin in several school subjects. ( read original story ...)
Kuwait: Pakistani man accuses woman of sexual assault
A Pakistani man accused a woman of sexually abusing him and pickpocketing 350 Kuwaiti dinars (Dh4,211), local media reported. The man complained to police that the woman hugged and bewitched him ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait, one of the world’s richest petrostates, is running out of cash
Four years on, one of the world’s richest countries is struggling to make ends meet as a sharp decline in energy prices raises profound questions over how Gulf Arab states are run. Al-Saleh’s long ... ( read original story ...)
Venezuela and Palestine: A Revolutionary Alliance
Juan Guaidó, the US-backed puppet attempting to destabilize the legitimate administration of President Nicolas Maduro, announced the opening of a “virtual embassy” in Jerusalem. This action is one of ... ( read original story ...)