News 09 Jul 2020 Coronavirus: Natural herd immunity ‘unethical’ and ‘unachievable,’ says Lancet study Achieving herd immunity to coronavirus through natural infection is “unethical,” “unachievable,” and risks a second wave of COVID-19, according to two scientists who analyzed recent studies of immunity levels in… Meet the Middle East
News 09 Jul 2020 Coronavirus: Dubai’s Emirates resumes flights to 6 more cities, bringing total to 58 Dubai’s Emirates airlines announce Thursday that it would resume flights to six more cities around the world following a period of shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.The cities are Geneva… Meet the Middle East
News 09 Jul 2020 Coronavirus: UAE confirms 532 new COVID-19 cases after 49,000 additional tests The United Arab Emirates administered an additional 49,000 COVID-19 tests that detected 532 new coronavirus cases, raising the total to 53,577, the health ministry announced on Thursday.Read the latest updates… Meet the Middle East
News 09 Jul 2020 Palestinian workers stay in Israel for three weeks in a row Some 46,000 Palestinians are now lodged on construction sites in Israel; they must stay where they work for three weeks before going back home. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Palestinian… Meet the Middle East
News 09 Jul 2020 Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia COVID-19 cases reach 223,327, death toll 2,100 Saudi Arabia confirmed 3,183 new coronavirus cases, raising the total to 223,327, the health ministry announced on Thursday.Read the latest updates in our dedicated coronavirus section.Of the new cases, 364… Meet the Middle East
News 09 Jul 2020 Tensions escalate between Egypt, Ethiopia with no end in sight of Nile dam dispute Ethiopia has recently accused Egypt of unilaterally using Nile River waters via a project approved in 1995; Cairo says upstream countries are not affected and that it has all the… Meet the Middle East
News 09 Jul 2020 Israeli army hit hard by coronavirus The second wave of the novel coronavirus is affecting the IDF, which has ordered 10,000 soldiers into quarantine. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Israeli army hit hard by coronavirus Meet the Middle East
News 09 Jul 2020 Experts fear Caesar Act would make Syrians suffer, not topple Assad fall Although the aim of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, known as the Caesar Act, is to sanction Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime, experts warn that it could… Meet the Middle East
News 09 Jul 2020 Hariri: Aoun mulling economic system change Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Thursday accused President Michel Aoun and the government of contemplating a change in the country’s free economic system in favor of another system, in the… Meet the Middle East
News 09 Jul 2020 Iranians' dissatisfaction with government a 'threat for everyone', says Tehran mayor Tehran's mayor has said in an interview that low voter turnout among…. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Iranians' dissatisfaction with government a 'threat for everyone', says Tehran mayor Meet the Middle East
