The efforts of the country’s budding space industry are giving the Republic a larger stake in the space race than many people may think. The ... ( read original story ...)
More frontliners in the UAE given Covid-19 vaccine
The UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention had in September announced an emergency approval for use of a Covid-19 vaccine. ( read original story ...)
Jahanara, Salma to leave for UAE on October 21
Jahanara Alam and Salma Khatun will leave the city for UAE on October 21 to take part in the Indian Women's T20 Challenge. Jahanara Alam will play for Velocity, while Salma Khatun will play for ... ( read original story ...)
Flooding in Cambodia leaves at least 11 dead
Seasonal rains were made worse by a tropical storm, which caused flash floods in several provinces last week, said Khun Sokha, a spokesperson for the National Committee for Disaster Management. ( read original story ...)
Mae Sot bars Myanmar vehicles after Covid found in 3 lorry drivers
Thailand has tightened security at the main border trade gateway with Myanmar in Mae Sot district of Tak province after three Myanmar nationals tested positive for the coronavirus at the Thai border. ( read original story ...)
India’s Coronavirus Infections Cross 7 Million Ahead of Festivals
India's coronavirus caseload topped 7 million on Sunday when the health ministry reported 74,383 new infections in the previous 24 hours, with a rise in infections in southern states offsetting a drop ... ( read original story ...)
The world recorded more than 1 million new cases in the last three days, and India’s total infections passed 7 million.
The world recorded more than one million new cases of the coronavirus in the last three days, as one-day records for new infections were set in France, Russia, Nepal and several U.S. states, and as ... ( read original story ...)
How Australia-China relations have hit ‘lowest ebb in decades’
China relationship is unravelling at a pace that could not have been contemplated just six months ago," academic James Laurenceson wrote recently. Take the escalation in recent weeks alone. Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
The Times view on China’s return to the United Nations: Hostile Makeover
This week countries will gather at the United Nations headquarters to elect next year’s representatives to the organisation’s top human rights body. The UN Human Rights Council’s utility has long been ... ( read original story ...)
HBKU’s College of Islamic Studies webinar joins dots between Islamic Social Finance and UN SDGs
The potential for Zakat financing to fill funding gaps for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was the opening subject of a three-part webinar series co-organized by the College of ... ( read original story ...)