April 2020

As the PA struggles to cope with an ongoing financial crisis, the novel coronavirus is making things worse. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: COVID-19 expenses upending PA budget formulation

As countries across the world go into partial or total lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, one country is being held up as a model of how to control…

Arif Naqvi was a personal investor in the company founded by his former personal assistant Source: Arabian Business Full Article: Abraaj-backed The Modist shuts down after financial struggles

Coronavirus lockdowns hit poor people working in the informal economy hardest, but they are also the least likely to receive aid or healthcare from the government or heed calls to…

The first payments will be sent to companies in May Source: Arabian Business Full Article: Saudi government to cover 60% of private sector salaries hit by Covid-19

OSN set to relaunch is streaming platform today Source: Arabian Business Full Article: OSN signs exclusive Middle East rights to Disney+ Originals

Al Futtaim Health have opened six drive throughs where residents can get tested for $100 Source: Arabian Business Full Article: Three new Covid-19 drive-through test centres to open in Dubai

The country's lockdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic ends on April 15 Source: Arabian Business Full Article: India mulls resumption of passenger flights from UAE

In taking action to combat the coronavirus outbreak in Israel, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has shown that he can be creative, determined and effective in using the military’s human and…

With rabbis and residents disobeying instructions over the coronavirus, Israeli paratroops were dispatched to the town of Bnei Brak to restrict entry and exit. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: IDF…