TAIPEI (Reuters) - COVID-19 "passports" to show peoples' inoculation and infection history will be hard to do in practice but are a good idea, Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on ... ( read original story ...)
Holidays to the Maldives are back on from today – and they’re more exclusive than ever
Reopened in early November, this upmarket all-inclusive counts Britons as its primary clientele and so the team was ecstatic when the Maldives was added to the UK’s Travel Corridor list in mid-October ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia provides over 1 mln masks, medical supplies to Timor-Leste for COVID-19 fight
Cambodia provided more than 1 million face masks and other medical facilities to Timor-Leste on Wednesday to help fight against the COVID-19, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said. Hun Sen wrote ... ( read original story ...)
Romain Grosjean ‘saw death coming’ after his horrific crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix
Formula One driver Romain Grosjean says the thought of his children inspired him to escape his burning car after a horrific crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Grosjean leaves Bahrain hospital after fireball crash
French Formula One driver Romain Grosjean left hospital in Bahrain on Wednesday after being treated for burns to his hands suffered when his Haas car was engulfed in a fireball. The 34-year-old had ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar to inaugurate fourth World Cup stadium on Dec. 18
Qatar will inaugurate the fourth of its eight World Cup stadiums, the Al Rayyan ground, on Dec. 18, when it hosts the Amir Cup final, organisers said on Wednesday. The date coincides with Qatar ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar sees an almost 4-fold jump in cargo movement through its ports in Nov
Qatar saw an almost four-fold jump year-on-year in general cargo movement through its Hamad, Doha and Al Ruwais ports this November, the second highest handled in one month; indicating buoyancy in the ... ( read original story ...)
Al Rayyan stadium to be inaugurated on Qatar National Day
The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) has announced its latest milestone achievement on the road to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The inauguration of the stadium located in Al Rayyan will ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait’s KPC signs deal to store 3.14 mln barrels of oil in Japan, news agency reports
State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) signed an agreement to store 3.14 million barrels of crude oil in Japan, Kuwait News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing the company's deputy managing director ... ( read original story ...)
Israel hands over more than $1bn to Palestine in tax backlog
Transfer first since June, when Palestinians snubbed handover due to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's annexation plans. ( read original story ...)