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3-week-old baby in Qatar dies after contracting Covid-19

The newborn is the second child to die due to Covid-19, after an 11-year-old passed away last year from the virus. A three-week-old baby died in Qatar on Sunday as a result of a severe Covid-19 infection, the Qatari Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported in a tweet. According to the health ministry, the baby had ..
Source: Albawaba
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Saudi Arabia’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai receives two mln visitors in 86 days

Saudi Arabia’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai announced that it received two million visitors in 86 days, nearly 30 percent of the total visitors to Expo since its October opening, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The Kingdom’s pavilion celebrated this milestone with fireworks and laser lights, the press agency said.Last week, Expo 2020 Dubai organizers have recorded more than seven million visits to the site since the launch of the global event, as some activities at the world fair are suspended as a precautionary measure in the wake of the heightened COVID-19 concerns. Since Expo – the largest major global event to be held since the start of the pandemic – launched on October 1, organizers have clocked 7,167,591 visits to the site in the period up to December 20.Organizers at Expo 2020 Dubai have announced they will ring in 2022 with a line-up of live activities on December 31, including a music festival featuring two DJs, two fireworks displays and a midnight ‘ball drop’ at al-Wasl Plaza.Last month, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Sunday visited the pavilions of the Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates at Expo 2020 Dubai.“Foreign Minister HH Prince Faisal bin Farhan visits the pavilions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates at Expo 2020 on the sidelines of His Highness’ visit to the UAE,” Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a tweet.Read more:Expo 2020 Dubai to host New Year’s Eve spectacular despite COVID-19 concernsSaudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal visits Expo 2020 DubaiExpo 2020 Dubai sees 7 mln visits, organizers impose heightened COVID-19 measures
Source: Al Arabiya
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New countries to be added to Qatar's COVID travel red list

The updated red travel list will come into effect at 6pm on Sunday December 26. According to Qatar Airways, an update to Qatar’s COVID travel list will come into effect on Sunday evening. The new list will see some countries move from Green to Red, requiring vaccinated citizens and residents to undergo a PCR test ..
Source: Albawaba
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#Save_Burqa: social media users in Qatar lead calls to save Palestinian village

Settlers continue to attack Palestinians under the protection of the ISraeli occupation forces. Social media users in Qatar have been tweeting under the hashtag #Save_Burqa amid escalating attacks carried out by Israeli settlers against Palestinians living in various villages in the illegally occupied West Bank. In Qatar, journalists and activists called for an immediate halt ..
Source: Albawaba
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Arab Coalition: Lebanon’s Hezbollah trains Yemen’s Houthis to target Saudi Arabia

The Arab Coalition revealed on Sunday evidence proving the involvement of Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah militia in Yemen and in using the country’s airport to target Saudi Arabia.The Coalition showed pictures of Hezbollah members training the Houthi militia to launch explosive-laden drones.Coalition spokesman Brigadier General Turki al-Malki said in a press conference: “The Houthis do not have the ability to make the decision to be part of the political solution in Yemen.”“The terrorist organization Hezbollah has spread destruction in the region and the world, and it bears the responsibility for targeting civilians in Saudi Arabia and Yemen,” he added.Malki stressed that “the Iranian regime sponsors its proxies in the region to carry out destruction and devastation”, adding that “the Houthi militia adopted its sectarian ideology from Iran.”The Coalition said that the Houthis had fired 430 ballistic missiles and 851 explosive laden drones at Saudi Arabia since the Yemen war began in 2015, leading to the deaths of 59 Saudi civilians.Yemen’s Houthis have in recent months ramped up their attacks on the Kingdom and launched dozens of cross-border aerial attacks on Saudi Arabia.The Iran-backed militia targeted civilian areas and energy facilities in the Kingdom with explosive-laden drones and ballistic missiles.The Arab Coalition has been conducting strikes against Houthi militia’s sites in Yemen targeting their weaponry and their core bases.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Read more:Houthi attacks on civilian targets in Saudi Arabia doubled this year: ReportArab Coalition says destroyed drone targeting Saudi Arabia’s Abha airportTwo killed after Houthi projectile hit Jazan: Arab Coalition
Source: Al Arabiya
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