U.N. health agency lauded Beijing's information sharing but left out frustration over expediency, because it needed further cooperation. ( read original story ...)
China is using Huawei to drive a wedge in the UK-U.S. special relationship: senator
China is using telecoms giant Huawei [HWT.UL] to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States, Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday. Cotton is one of several ... ( read original story ...)
China Spotlights U.S. Unrest in Pushback to Criticism on Hong Kong
Beijing is calling attention to unrest in the U.S., the police response and President Trump’s call for a tougher crackdown on protesters to highlight what it regards as American hypocrisy. ( read original story ...)
China gutted Hong Kong’s autonomy. Trump’s reaction failed on every count.
CHINA’S GUTTING of Hong Kong’s autonomy demanded a strong response from the United States, one that imposed tangible consequences while avoiding inflammatory rhetoric or linkage to unrelated issues. ( read original story ...)
Government approves NIS 300 million financial aid for Israeli hotels
About 50% of all visitors to hotels are tourists, which means that without them, it is nearly impossible to maintain the everyday operational fees that the hotels require. ( read original story ...)
Israel approves 58-mln-USD package to aid culture amid COVID-19 crisis
Israel's culture institutions will receive 200 million new shekels (about 58 million U.S. dollars) in government aid to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, the ministries of finance and culture said ... ( read original story ...)
Norway urges Israel not to annex parts of the West Bank
Norway, which chairs a group of international donors to the Palestinians, urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. "Any unilateral step would be detrimental to the (peace) ... ( read original story ...)
Rice in the Desert: Virus Spurs UAE to Grow More Food
The United Arab Emirates doesn’t spring to mind as an obvious place to farm rice, but the coronavirus is prodding the arid nation to explore new ways of feeding itself.In a pilot project with South ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 response: UAE Ministry of Finance announces fee reductions
The decisions included: reduction of fees of Registering suppliers in the Federal Supplier Register at MoF and the Ministry of Infrastructure Development by 50 per cent from Dh1,0 ... ( read original story ...)
Ministry of Finance reduces some UAE federal fees
UAE’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has reduced some federal fees as part of its ongoing support for businesses in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic. In particular, the ministry reduced the fees ... ( read original story ...)