The country, which receives about 4 million tourists annually, rolled out the plan last month, NPR reports. "The Cyprus government is committed to taking care of all travelers who test positive during ... ( read original story ...)
Armenia May Face a New Lockdown, Prime Minister Says
Armenia may have to impose a new total lockdown if people do not follow hygiene rules, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Tuesday after the number of confirmed coronavirus cases topped 10,000. ( read original story ...)
Uber fee, freight bill top Georgia lawmakers’ transportation priorities
Georgia's General Assembly will likely take up a 50-cent ride-for-hire fee when it resumes its session this month. ( read original story ...)
Israel-Palestine: Four ‘crucial’ points concerning conflict explained
THE ISRAEL and Palestine conflict rages on, with an unarmed Palestinian man killed by Israeli forces last week, sparking further outrage. Despite the complexity of the situation, a Zionist appearing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Wealth Fund GIC in Talks to Buy StorageMart Stake
Singaporean sovereign-wealth fund GIC Pte is in talks to acquire a stake in StorageMart, which describes itself as the largest privately owned storage company in the world, according to people with ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Defends Its Coronavirus Response
Singapore’s ambassador reacts to a magazine essay about the city-state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak among migrant workers in crowded dormitories. ( read original story ...)
Two Americans facing charges for violating Singapore’s social distance rules
Linda Givetash and Ed Flanagan An American man and woman accused of violating social distancing regulation designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus in Singapore faced the charges in court on ... ( read original story ...)
Turkmenistan: Ride a white swan
Ashgabat is reviving talk of the TAPI gas pipeline; a sheep dip for trucks; and an official doesn’t like farmers growing food. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing ... ( read original story ...)
Israel battles surge in coronavirus infections in schools
Israel has told almost 10,000 students and teachers to quarantine at home as it struggles to stem an outbreak of coronavirus in schools three weeks after reopening its economy. Children returned to ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus herd immunity? Not in Israel, according to a serological study
Herd immunity is the idea that when a threshold proportion of a population is immune to a certain pathogen this protects even non-immune individuals against the infection by limiting the spread. ( read original story ...)