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“A more centralized command structure is needed” DESPARDES — Last week we telegraphed three insights on pandemic’s impact on the situation across the Atlantic, and how it is making some
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Cases in the Kingdom could reach 200,000: Minister DESPARDES — A senior Saudi prince who is the governor of Riyadh is in intensive care with the coronavirus, which may have
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IRSHAD SALIM — A seven-year-old Greek piano prodigy has reportedly penned an ‘isolation waltz’. Inspired by the coronavirus pandemic, Stelios Kerasidis says his latest work is ‘for people who suffer
Continue readingThese Humans Are Beating Isolation, and in Awesome Ways
“It is expected that there will be crests and troughs along the way. US role is critical as they have the leverage on Afghan govt”. DESPARDES — The Taliban have
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Authorities have provided free groceries to neighborhoods that were under curfew for 24 hour says a tweet DESPARDES — Saudi authorities have imposed a 24-hour curfew in Riyadh, Tabouk, Dammam,
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In Milwaukee, black Americans make up 26 percent of the county, but a maddening 81 percent of deaths as of Friday SoDATA — The coronavirus pandemic seems to be hitting
Continue readingBlack Americans More Vulnerable to Coronavirus, Racial Data Show
DESPARDES — It’s estimated that about a third of the world’s population is under lockdown in their own homes, and, in many countries, social distancing is being enforced by the
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DESPARDES — Sweeping changes — political measures that once seemed politically untenable — have suddenly become viable and even necessary. These measures have gone global with global implications. Coronavirus pandemic
IRSHAD SALIM — I tend to weigh on the stimulus package for unleashing construction as an industry with caveats. The way I understand from what I’ve read (official SRO is
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DESPARDES — Stressed-out primates have taken to chain smoking cigarettes as the coronavirus crisis rages across the globe. In Cambodia, one man took to social media to share a video,
“This could be coming”, energy analyst Rashid Hussain Syed had said last month SoDATA — President Donald Trump says he will impose tariffs on crude imports if necessary to protect
Continue readingTrump Will Impose Oil Import Tariffs –If Crude Prices Crash
The United Arab Emirates has officially requested to postpone the start of the Expo 2020 Dubai until October next year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the body that oversees the
Continue readingUAE Officially Asks to Postpone Expo 2020 Dubai