CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World

Coronavirus curbs shutter thousands of Bangkok restaurants 03 Jun 2021 - 09:48 am
A closed sign is seen at the Chu Chocolate Bar & Cafe, days after it was permanently closed due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangkok, Thailand, June 1, 2021. Picture taken June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Australia's Victoria state posts lowest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in a week 03 Jun 2021 - 09:36 am
Healthcare workers administer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests at a drive-through testing centre on the first day of a seven-day lockdown, as the state of Victoria looks to curb the spread of an outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, May 28, 2021. REUTERS/
India orders 300 million doses of vaccines after court rebuke 03 Jun 2021 - 09:13 am
File photo: A woman wearing a protective face mask in a market, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, August 20, 2020. Reuters/Hemanshi Kamani/File Photo
Over half of adult Americans now fully vaccinated, Biden says 02 Jun 2021 - 11:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: Victoria Zaca, 12, receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a clinic run by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health in partnership with the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to encourage all eligible teenagers to get vaccinate
Summit secures $2.4 bln for COVID shots for poor countries 02 Jun 2021 - 10:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian Airlines staff unload AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines under the COVAX scheme against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from a cargo plane at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 7, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File P
Portugal takes further step to ease COVID-19 rules 02 Jun 2021 - 09:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: A tram is seen amid the coronavirus pandemic in downtown Lisbon, Portugal, May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
Ontario to keep schools closed for in-person learning until autumn 02 Jun 2021 - 09:13 pm
FILE PHOTO/REUTERS
Canada's top health officials say second COVID-19 vaccine doses should be done soon - statement 02 Jun 2021 - 08:46 pm
Adrian Wyld/Pool via REUTERS
COVID-19 cases rising again, says Americas health agency, but not in North America 02 Jun 2021 - 07:49 pm
A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks past a grocery store painted with graffitis depicting Diego Maradona, Carlos Tevez and Juan Roman Riquelme in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 31, 2021. REUTERS/
Lebanon's caretaker PM calls on 'friends' to stand by Lebanese 02 Jun 2021 - 07:42 pm
Peninsula
Argentina to begin Sputnik V vaccine production after getting Russian OK 02 Jun 2021 - 07:30 pm
file photo / Reuters
Florida man accused of storming US Capitol pleads guilty 02 Jun 2021 - 07:24 pm
Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUT
IATA chief says COVID-19 test data support easing of travel curbs 02 Jun 2021 - 05:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: An airplane prepares to land at Cointrin airport in Geneva, Switzerland, December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy
Sinopharm can provide more than 1 bln COVID-19 shots beyond China in second half of year 02 Jun 2021 - 05:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen at the Biblioteka kod Milutina restaurant in Kragujevac, Serbia, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Kuwait approves Sotrovimab Covid-19 treatment: State media 02 Jun 2021 - 05:08 pm
Peninsula
Philippines Duterte urges vaccine uptake after missing targets 02 Jun 2021 - 05:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during their joint press statement with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (not pictured) at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan May 31, 2019. Kazuhiro Nogi /Pool via Reuters
Bitter pill: Lebanon's medical crisis set to get even worse 02 Jun 2021 - 03:17 pm
A healthcare worker wheels a patient inside a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon May 31, 2021. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
Russia's CoviVac more than 80% effective against COVID-19: Ifax 02 Jun 2021 - 03:10 pm
Peninsula