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Qatar Foundation Global Health Initiative Launches New Competitions for Innovators
DOHA, Qatar, March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), the Doha-based global healthcare initiative of Qatar Foundation, has announced it is now accepting applications for the WISH Innovation Spark Competition and the WISH Innovation Booster Competition — two
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Sunflowers a sombre symbol of remembrance for families of MH17 victims
AMSTERDAM: Sunflowers normally bring out smiles, with their cheerful yellow hues. Not so for Piet Ploeg, who lost his older brother Alex, his sister-in-law and nephew when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down out of the sky over eastern Ukraine on July
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Saigon Food responds to COVID-19
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Saigon Food is a local company with more than 2,500 employees from all over the country. After lunar new year, from January 20, the workers returned to the Company fully
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Oil price plunge, coronavirus fears unleash market chaos
TOKYO: Financial markets have been thrown into turmoil following Saudi Arabia’s response, to the collapse of OPEC+ talks and concerns about the global spread of the coronavirus. Following are comments from analysts: John Lekas, CEO, Leader Capital, Vancouver, WA: “We
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2020 Asian Beach Games to be held as planned in Sanya, China
KUALA LUMPUR: The sixth edition of the Asian Beach Games will be held as planned in Sanya City, Hainan province in China at the end of this year. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) director-general, Husain Al-Musallam said, they had been
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Malaysian athletes dominate 5th Labuan Duathlon 2020
LABUAN: Malaysian athletes dominated the podium at the 5th Labuan Duathlon (LDU) by winning four of the six categories yesterday. Thirty-two-year-old army personnel (ATM Melaka) Mohd Feldarus Abdul Rahman, who is from Miri, won the men’s Open title while his base camp mate Mohd
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Ten die at collapsed China quarantine hotel; virus spread slows
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Ten people have died and 23 remain trapped after the collapse of a hotel that was being used to quarantine people under observation for the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, authorities said yesterday. More than 70 people
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Rejuvenate Inside and Out at Conrad Bali
BALI, Indonesia, March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Sprawled across seven hectares of tropical gardens and fronted by 350 meters of fine white sand, Conrad Bali is an escape to paradise. The luxury resort today announces the completion refurbishment, which comprises
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Saudi Arabia locks down Qatif region, suspends schools over coronavirus
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown yesterday on the eastern oil-producing province of Qatif, home to all 11 people in the kingdom who have tested positive for the coronavirus, and suspended all schools and universities nationwide. The interior ministry
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Muhyiddin to announce new Cabinet later today
PUCHONG: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will announce the new Cabinet list today around 5pm at the Prime Minister’s office, after getting consent from the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. Muhyiddin will meet the Agong
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