CNN is closing its offices in the United States to all nonessential employees as COVID-19 cases increase, the network said on Saturday in an internal memo to staff seen by Reuters.CNN, part of AT&T Inc’s WarnerMedia division, will close its offices to …
Manama, A cycling parade was organized on the occasion of the kingdom’s National Days, in commemoration of the establishment of the modern Bahraini State as an Arab and Muslim state, founded by Ahmed Al Fateh in 1783, and the anniversary of His Majest…
Paris, “Arabic Calligraphy: Knowledge, skills and practices” has been officially inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.The decision follows intense collaboration between Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bahrain…
The head of the South African Medical Association says there is a major difference between the delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus and warns politicians against hyping the threat from the new strain.Dr. Angelique Coetzee criticized Tuesday wh…
SYDNEY, Four children died, in the Australian state of Tasmania, today, in a tragic incident, which saw a bouncy castle, blown into the air by strong wind.Tasmanian police said, the children fell from a height of 10 metres, during a fun day, on the las…
NAIROBI, KENYA — A freelance video journalist accredited to The Associated Press in Ethiopia has been detained by police in the capital, Addis Ababa, the news organization said Wednesday.Amir Aman Kiyaro was detained under the country’s new war-related…
GAZA, The second phase of an Egyptian reconstruction plan kicked off in Gaza, to help rebuild the territory, following an Israeli offensive, earlier this year.Ibrahim al-Shuniqi, head of the Egyptian reconstruction committee, told Palestinian faction l…
Dubai, Under the patronage of the Chairperson of the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) Her Highness Shaikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum …
A new study out of South Africa shows that Pfizer’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine provides a high degree of protection against hospitalization from the fast-spreading omicron variant.The real-world study, conducted by the South African Medical Research Cou…
WASHINGTON, Amid a severe food security crisis in the south of Madagascar, the World Bank is providing $100 million in additional financing to the Support for Resilient Livelihoods in the South of Madagascar (Mionjo) Project.“The government has priorit…