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#CoronaWedding: Pakistani doctors say 'I do' online to inspire fight against virus

  • ISLAMABAD: As Pakistani-American physician, Dr. Kashif Chaudhry, married the love of his life, Dr. Naila Shereen, at her home in New Jersey on Sunday, his family watched online from London as the two exchanged vows and whispered “Qubool Hai” (I do) to each other. This, however, was not how th...
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#COVIDkindness trends as people share uplifting stories amid pandemic

  • TUNIS: With more than a million confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), humanity is facing one of its most challenging tests in recent memory. Nevertheless, when Queen Elizabeth II addressed the UK on Sunday, she favored a comforting and positive message over mentions of the na...
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#PresidentHarris trends after VP commits fat faux-pas at Joe Biden’s first press conference

  • DUBAI: Everyone knows the office of the President of America is not one person – but you don’t turn your back on the man… Right? Well someone had better tell Vice President Kamala Harris that little gem of etiquette, as she appeared to forget it after Biden’s speech on Thursday. After, what w...
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#Stayhome: Gulf influencers take the glamor factor indoors

  • DUBAI: From extravagant trips to the Amalfi Coast and sunset photoshoots on Dubai’s beaches to an almost complete lockdown — the coronavirus has forced the Gulf’s social media influencers indoors, but hasn’t lowered their glamor factor. While they can no longer upload pictures of themselves z...
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$ 2.3 bn blow as strike over economic reforms hits India

  • NEW DELHI: Schools, businesses and government offices were shut in many parts of India yesterday as protesters blocked roads and trains as part of a one-day nationwide strike against sweeping economic reforms announced by the government last week. The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
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$ 2.5 bn UAE aid to lift Bahrain

  • The UAE yesterday signed an agreement with Bahrain under which it will donate $ 2.5 billion to its neighbor as part of a Gulf aid program to it and Oman, the BNA said....
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$ 5.3 bn pipeline’s benefits questioned

  • NEW YORK: Backers of the controversial $ 5.3 billion Keystone XL pipeline project weighed by the Obama administration could boost US jobs and energy independence, but critics say the uplift will be short-lived. Opponents of the project to build a 3,200-km conduit for oil from Canada’s tar...
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$ 82 bn: Dubai to treble tourism income by 2020

  • DUBAI: Dubai aims to treble its annual income from tourism to AED 300 billion ($82 billion) by 2020, which would involve doubling the number of its hotel rooms, a senior official said....
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$1.41m Sunrisers Hyderabad man Rashid Khan skittles Zimbabwe to give Afghanistan win

  • SHARJAH: Leg-spin sensation Rashid Khan took five wickets as Afghanistan cruised to a six-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the third one-day international at Sharjah on Tuesday....
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$1.4bn port city project: Lanka seeks compromise

  • COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is offering a compromise that could allow a major Chinese-backed real estate project to restart after months of delays, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake told Reuters on Monday.The minister's comments come a week before a parliamentary election in which the ruling party...
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