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UAE’s Foreign Exchange and Remittance Group announces new office bearers

adminFebruary 25, 2021

Mohamed Ali Al Ansari, Chairman, FERG Image Credit: Supplied The Foreign Exchange and Remittance Group (FERG), a non-profit organization comprising of companies engaged in the business of money exchange and remittances in the UAE, announced...

Saudi citizens married to non-Saudis can now travel abroad: Government directive

adminFebruary 25, 2021

The General Directorate of Passports in Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday, the issuance of a Royal Decree allowing Saudi women married to non-Saudis to travel with their husbands. Wives can also now join their husbands located...

Myanmar military-linked accounts and ads banned by Facebook

adminFebruary 25, 2021

Social media giant Facebook announced Thursday it was banning all accounts linked to Myanmar’s military as well as ads from military-controlled companies in the wake of the army’s seizure of power on Feb. 1. It...

April will see UN Chief host Cyprus meeting

adminFebruary 25, 2021

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will convene an informal meeting in April involving Greece, Turkey and Britain to explore a possible end to deadlocked Cyprus peace talks, his spokesman said Wednesday. Cyprus has been divided...

Illegal gold mine in Indonesia collapses, killing 3 workers

adminFebruary 25, 2021

An illegal gold mine in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island collapsed on nearly two dozen people working inside, killing three and leaving another five missing, officials said Thursday. Survivors estimated about 23 people were trapped in the...

Satellite images show secretive Israel nuclear facility undergoing major construction

adminFebruary 25, 2021

A secretive Israeli nuclear facility at the center of the nation’s undeclared atomic weapons program is undergoing what appears to be its biggest construction project in decades, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show....

Chinese president Jinping boasts of ‘miracle’ in tackling poverty

adminFebruary 25, 2021

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday declared his country had achieved the “human miracle” of eliminating extreme poverty, though questions continue to surround the Communist Party’s criteria for making the claim. In a glitzy ceremony...

Biden reverses Trump orders on ‘anarchist’ cities, architecture and green cards

adminFebruary 25, 2021

President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally revoked a series of presidential orders and memorandum signed by Donald Trump, including one that sought to cut funding from several cities the 45th president deemed “anarchist” havens and...

‘Mafia-type’ gangs likely behind cyber attacks on French hospitals: Minister

adminFebruary 25, 2021

Mafia-type organisations, often based in eastern Europe, are likely to have been behind a recent wave of cyber-attacks on French hospitals, rather than foreign powers, said the French minister for digital technology Cedric O on...

Flu disappears in US amid COVID-19 pandemic

adminFebruary 25, 2021

February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors’ offices and hospitals packed with suffering patients. But not this year. Flu has virtually disappeared from the US, with reports coming in at far lower...

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UAE’s Foreign Exchange and Remittance Group announces new office bearers

Saudi citizens married to non-Saudis can now travel abroad: Government directive

Myanmar military-linked accounts and ads banned by Facebook

April will see UN Chief host Cyprus meeting

Illegal gold mine in Indonesia collapses, killing 3 workers

Satellite images show secretive Israel nuclear facility undergoing major construction

Chinese president Jinping boasts of ‘miracle’ in tackling poverty

Biden reverses Trump orders on ‘anarchist’ cities, architecture and green cards

‘Mafia-type’ gangs likely behind cyber attacks on French hospitals: Minister

Flu disappears in US amid COVID-19 pandemic