Tag: COVID-19
Bahrain invests in Brazilian iron ore as part of economic recovery
Bahrain raised its imports of Brazilian products by 169 percent in the first half of 2021. Iron ore, which accounted for 93 percent of...
COVID-19 will leave deep scars on mental health; WHO
The European office of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus epidemic will likely have long-term effects on mental health worldwide.
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Drinking Coffee, Eating Vegetables may lower COVID-19 chances; Study
Drinking coffee might protect from COVID-19, according to a recent study conducted by experts at Northwestern University in Illinois. Healthy vegetables also played a...
Toyota to halt Japanese subsidiary plant production due to parts shortage
Toyota Motors, the Japanese leading automotive company, has announced that a subsidiary’s plant will be closed for a total of five days due to...
Global CO2 emissions to surge as only 2% is earmarked for...
Global carbon emissions are expected to surge as only 2 percent of COVID-19 stimulus measures are set to power energy transition, according to a...
Swift action helped fight the pandemic and curbed damage to global...
The cost of the COVID-19 pandemic to the global economy in lost output over the 2020-24 period compared to pre-pandemic projections is $15 trillion...
Saudi Arabia extends residency permits, visas for expats stranded abroad
Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Passports has started to automatically extend the validity of residence permits (Iqama) for expatriates, who are outside the Kingdom...
Carbon emissions will hit record high by 2023; IEA
Greenhouse gases emission is likely to rise to record levels in the next two years as governments fail to “build back better” from the...
