The oil-rich country has enforced some of the strictest regulations in the Gulf to combat the spread of the coronavirus, imposing a months-long nationwide lockdown earlier this year. ( read original story ...)
Kuwait election: Voting starts amid pandemic
Kuwait is holding parliamentary elections today under the shadow of Covid-19, with facilities laid on for citizens infected with the disease to vote in special polling stations.The country has ... ( read original story ...)
Grab-Singtel Group to Hire 200 People for Singapore Digital Bank
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. venture, one of two successful bidders for a digital full bank license in the city state, will hire 200 people before the virtual lender’s launch in early 2022. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Greenlights World’s First Sales of Lab-Grown Chicken
People have quickly become OK with fake plant-based meats, but it remains to be seen how people feel at large about lab-grown meat. ( read original story ...)
Laos PM calls for equitable Covid-19 vaccine access
Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has underlined the need for multilateral cooperation in developing Covid-19 vaccines and providing them at an affordable price during an address to the United ... ( read original story ...)
UAE leads innovation in $546bln global smart cities market
Abu Dhabi and Dubai rank in the world’s top 50 Smart Cities, thanks to digital transformation of the government, Smart Dubai initiatives, and Expo 2020 Dubai as one of the world’s best connected event ... ( read original story ...)
Obama and Jordan basketball vests sell for record
Two basketball vests - one worn by the NBA superstar Michael Jordan and the other by former US president Barack Obama - sold for record sums at a Los Angeles auction on Friday.Jordan's number 23 vest, ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly Yemen attack sparks calls to ‘name and shame’ Houthi militia
Short Url https://arab.news/rmw3r googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1581406606963-5');); AL-MUKALLA, Yemen: missile strike by Iran-backed Houthis that killed 10 workers in ... ( read original story ...)
The nearly man: will Anwar Ibrahim ever lead Malaysia?
There is little doubt that 2020 will go down as an annus horribilis for Malaysia. It's been harder hit by the Covid-19 pandemic than neighbours such as Thailand and Singapore, with part of the damage ... ( read original story ...)
Connecting Malaysia with the rest of the world
IN 1882, a “revolution” in telecommunications technology in the then pre-Malaya days took place to bring Penangites closer with Perak. ( read original story ...)