A worker wearing a protective suit wipes down a key board in a local bank as a precaution against COVID-19, following the outbreak, in Kuwait City. Image Credit: Reuters Abu Dhabi: The front page ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the robot dog enforcing social distancing in Singapore
Singapore is testing Spot, a four-legged robot, in a public park to assist safe distancing efforts. (Roslan Rahman / AFP/) Leaves crunch underfoot as Spot marches through the park, back straight as a ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon launches IMF talks to rescue economy; more talks in coming days
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said it has begun remote discussions this week with Lebanon, which is seeking some $10 billion of aid to help it out of the worst financial crisis in its ... ( read original story ...)
Raab’s praise of UAE ‘concerning’, says pardoned British prisoner
Matthew Hedges says foreign secretary calling gulf state ‘true friend’ of UK following PPE donation ignores human rights abuses ... ( read original story ...)
Rep. Jordan slams House coronavirus subcommittee as ‘unfair’ and ‘partisan’ as experts warn about need for more tests
Ohio, pulled no punches Tuesday when he laid into Democrats on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis for assembling what he said was an “unfair” and “partisan” hearing meant to ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal’s COVID-19 Struggle Continues Amid a Concerning Surge
Nepal recorded its largest single-day spike in COVID-19 infections with 83 new cases on Tuesday. The persistent drumbeat of positive tests in recent days has created widespread fears in the country. ( read original story ...)
Yemen’s PM says the key to restoring peace is to end the armed militia rebellion
Yemen's Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik said on Wednesday the key to restoring peace in Yemen is to restore the country and its institutions and to end the armed militia rebellion, according to a ... ( read original story ...)
‘There’s no humanity left’: A family buries a mother and her unborn child in Afghanistan
Hajar Sarwari was in labor with her second child at a west Kabul maternity ward on Tuesday morning when gunmen shot her twice in the abdomen, killing her and her unborn child. Sarwari’s family buried ... ( read original story ...)
Norway’s top military official in Iraq says virus helps ISIS
Islamic State militants hide in sparsely populated farmlands in Iraq from where they stage attacks on Iraqi forces scrambling to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country, the head of the ... ( read original story ...)
Germany and South Korea excelled at Covid-19 containment. It still came back.
The recent spike in Covid-19 cases in some of the countries thought to have best contained the virus — first Singapore, now South Korea and, potentially, Germany — is a glimpse into America’s possible ... ( read original story ...)