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article author:  Agencies Fri, 2020-11-13 21:52 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Friday he might attend a rally planned on Saturday in Washington by supporters of his unsubstantiated claim that the US election was rigged against him. “Heartwarming to see all of the tremendous support out there, especially the organic Rallies that are springing up all over the Country, including a big one on Saturday in D.C. I may even try to stop by and say hello,” Trump tweeted. Main category:  World Tags:  US US President Donald Trump US2020Election from ArabNews https://ift.tt/3kot9SM

article author:  Aamir Saeed Fri, 2020-11-13 21:44 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government has allocated initial funding of $150 million to purchase a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine directly from the international market by the second quarter of the next calendar year, to begin immunizing its population of 220 million people, a top government official said on Friday. Main category:  World Tags:  Pakistan Coroanvirus from ArabNews https://ift.tt/32ZPMar

Author:  article author:  Sayed Salahuddin Fri, 2020-11-13 21:41 KABUL: The head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation on Friday questioned the purpose of intra-Afghan talks when the Taliban were making “no effort” to reduce violence and reach a peace agreement with the government. Taliban offensives in various parts of Afghanistan have escalated in recent weeks even as negotiators began meeting in Doha, Qatar, on Sept. 12, hoping to agree on a cease-fire and a power-sharing deal to bring an end to the protracted conflict. Main category:  World Tags:  Taliban Afghanistan Special from ArabNews https://ift.tt/2IB9WQE

article author:  MENEKSE TOKYAY Author:  Zaynab Khojji ID:  1605289822508340200 Fri, 2020-11-13 21:11 ANKARA: A US statement saying that its Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to “promote our strong stance on religious freedom” during his visit to Istanbul next week has drawn the ire of Ankara. Pompeo’s visit is part of his planned tour of seven nations, including countries in the Middle East and the Gulf. During his time in Istanbul on Monday and Tuesday, the top diplomat is scheduled to meet the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, but no Turkish officials. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry criticized the US statement “as extremely inappropriate.” Main category:  Middle-East Tags:  Turkey US Special from ArabNews https://ift.tt/2Iyjwno

article author:  NAJIA HOUSSARI Author:  Zaynab Khojji ID:  1605289148558290300 Fri, 2020-11-13 20:58 BEIRUT: France urged Lebanon to “speed up the formation of an efficient government, accepted by all political parties” to enact badly needed reform and provide proper leadership amid tensions and a severe economic crisis. The adviser to the French president for the affairs of the Middle East and North Africa, Patrick Durel, held a series of meetings on Thursday and Friday, with officials and the heads of the eight parliamentary blocs, including the representative of Hezbollah, Mohammed Raad, and the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil. Main category:  Middle-East Tags:  Lebanon France Saad Hariri Patrick Durel Special from ArabNews https://ift.tt/2K5RikC

Author:  AFP article author:  AFP ID:  1605277753187311200 Fri, 2020-11-13 14:27 TUNIS: Five fishing boats crammed with 300 Tunisian football fans who set sail for Italy to protest at sanctions against their club returned home Friday after a day at sea. The supporters of the Croissant Sportif Chebbien (CSC) team, returned after leaving their home town of Chebba on Thursday after “assurances” from the authorities, one of the leaders of the football supporters said. Main category:  Middle-East Tags:  Tunisia Italy from ArabNews https://ift.tt/3kpNEON

article author:  Zaira Lakhpatwala Fri, 2020-11-13 18:59 RIYADH: Advertising and media giant WPP’s AKQA and Grey are uniting to form a new network model, AKQA Group. The move follows other recent mergers of WPP agencies such as Wunderman Thompson, VMLY&R, and BCW. Grey is best-known for its creative storytelling and global brand building at scale, and AKQA for its innovation and experience design skills. Main category:  Media Tags:  media from ArabNews https://ift.tt/38GorNP

Author:  Zaynab Khojji article author:  Cornelia Meyer ID:  1605281994207687900 Fri, 2020-11-13 19:00 The week that was: Markets displayed the usual coronavirus disease (COVID-19) yoyo, rallying on news that a vaccine was 90 percent effective and losing some of their gains once the reality of manufacturing and distribution set in. The Eurozone economy grew 12.7 percent in Q3 according to Eurostat. This is hindsight; the new restrictions and lockdowns across the continent will adversely affect GDP numbers going forward. India’s GDP contracted 8.6 percent during 3Q, compared to 24 percent during 2Q, putting the economy into recession. Tags:  coronanomics Analysis from ArabNews https://ift.tt/3ltTFeU

Author:  Zaynab Khojji article author:  Arab News ID:  1605281069597616700 Fri, 2020-11-13 18:47 LONDON: Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah has tested positive for COVID-19, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced on Friday. The international football star tested positive after undergoing a test along with the rest of Egypt’s national football team who all tested negative for the virus. The EFA added that Salah was asymptomatic and his diagnosis comes before Egypt face Togo in the African Cup of Nations Qualifiers game on Saturday. Main category:  Sport Tags:  Mohamed Salah Egypt Liverpool from ArabNews https://ift.tt/3pzirwH

article author:  Arab News Fri, 2020-11-13 16:21 LONDON: An Iranian state television quiz show has been slammed over its use of images of jailed British woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in a question on espionage. A video clip from the “Rokhdad” history and current affairs quiz program, which airs on the newly launched Ofogh network, shows contestants being asked to identify individuals arrested on suspicion of spying in Iran. Main category:  Middle-East Tags:  Middle East Iran Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from ArabNews https://ift.tt/2IAWDzH

Author:  AP article author:  AP ID:  1605203309598423800 Thu, 2020-11-12 14:08 BUIZINGEN, Belgium: To ensure the merriment of millions of Belgian kids, the government is offering a special exemption from the stringent coronavirus measures to beloved St. Nicholas, who always delivers bountiful presents on the morning of Dec. 6. Main category:  Offbeat Tags:  Belgium St. Nicholas COVID-19 from ArabNews https://ift.tt/3ksf3jk

Author:  Reuters article author:  Reuters ID:  1605200878918224500 Thu, 2020-11-12 15:15 STOCKHOLM: Immunity to COVID-19 in Sweden is likely lower than previously estimated, the country’s top epidemiologist and architect of its unorthodox pandemic strategy said on Thursday, as daily deaths in the disease rose to their highest level in months. Chief Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, whose rejection of lockdowns and widespread use of face masks made Sweden a European outlier, also acknowledged the country was battling a second wave of the pandemic after suggesting in August such a scenario was unlikely. Main category:  World Tags:  Sweden Coronavrius from ArabNews https://ift.tt/2IAJOVN

article author:  Arab News Thu, 2020-11-12 20:07 JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has been able to achieve unprecedented economic and social advances in a short period of time, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Thursday. Commenting on King Salman’s address to the Shoura Council, the crown prince said that the Kingdom has experienced exponential economic growth in the past three years and he is optimistic that this will accelerate after the coronavirus pandemic ends. Main category:  Saudi Arabia Tags:  Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from ArabNews https://ift.tt/32DkpCg

Author:  Mariam HARUTYUNYAN | AFP article author:  AFP ID:  1605200646898204600 Thu, 2020-11-12 15:41 YEREVAN: Armenia on Thursday arrested 10 leading opposition figures for violently protesting against a Russian-brokered peace deal that ended weeks of fighting with Azerbaijan and sparked fury with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Prosecutors announced the arrests hours ahead of a fresh demonstration by the opposition against the accord that sees Armenia give up swathes of disputed territory in Nagorno-Karabakh to their long-standing foe. Main category:  World Tags:  Armenia Karabakh from ArabNews https://ift.tt/3f53EFb

Author:  By NOHA ELHENNAWY | AP article author:  AP ID:  1605199019258073800 Thu, 2020-11-12 16:28 CAIRO: At least 74 migrants drowned after their Europe-bound ship broke down off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the UN migration agency said, in the latest in a series of at least eight shipwrecks in the Central Mediterranean since last month. The boat was carrying over 120 migrants, including women and children, when it capsized off the coast of the Libyan port of Al-Khums, said the International Organization for Migration. Only 47 people were rescued by the Libyan coast guard and fisherman and brought to shore. Main category:  Middle-East Tags:  Libya migrants from ArabNews https://ift.tt/2K3sJoo

article author:  Arab News Thu, 2020-11-12 18:30 LONDON: The Arab British Centre (ABC) has begun taking applications for the winter edition of a digital residency mentoring program for creatives in the UK and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The Connect ME Winter Residency, in partnership with the British Council, has been established in response to the coronavirus pandemic as a continuation of the ABC’s Making Marks creative exchange program, which promotes collaboration between UK and GCC artists. Main category:  Art & Culture Lifestyle Tags:  Arab British Centre (ABC)  Connect ME Winter Residency ABC’s Making Marks from ArabNews https://ift.tt/2K3HVSr

article author:  Ali Khaled Thu, 2020-11-12 19:07 DUBAI: Riyad Mahrez, Mohamed Salah, and now Hakim Ziyech. It seems left-footed Arab forwards from North Africa are a must-have if you want to win the English Premier League. Chelsea and manager Frank Lampard are betting on it. Main category:  Sport Tags:  football soccer Chelsea Premier league Hakim Ziyech from ArabNews https://ift.tt/32H1Q02

Author:  Reuters article author:  Reuters ID:  1605196144957829100 Thu, 2020-11-12 15:40 CAIRO: About 11,000 people have crossed from Ethiopia to Sudan fleeing the conflict in their home country and an estimated 50% of them are children, a UN refugee agency official said on Thursday. “They are coming with very, very little possessions and while most of them have actually come in in a healthy condition, we have had information on some who have been injured,” UNHCR representative Axel Bisschop told reporters in a virtual briefing. The agency had built a response plan for about 20,000 people, Bisschop said. Main category:  Middle-East Tags:  Sudan Ethiopia Tigray from ArabNews https://ift.tt/3np00sF

article author:  Arab News Thu, 2020-11-12 18:29 CAIRO: Jordan’s interior minister announced Thursday his resignation after several COVID-19 curfew violations were committed in the Kingdom, state-run Petra News Agency reported. Jordanian Prime Minister Bishr Al-Khasawneh said that the minister, Tawfiq Al-Halalmeh, had resigned “out of a moral and political responsibility” due to curfew violations that occurred over the past two days as Jordanians celebrated election results. Main category:  Middle-East Tags:  Jordan Update from ArabNews https://ift.tt/2JUYeki

article author:  Chito P. Manuel Author:  Wed, 2020-11-11 23:02 KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY: As history beckons with the start on Thursday of the first-ever women’s golf tournament in Saudi Arabia, the man chiefly responsible for making it happen thanked the government for the opportunity and support to deliver the event despite the coronavirus pandemic. “First of all, we have to thank the crown prince for giving us the opportunity to deliver the event,” Majed Al-Sorour, CEO of Golf Saudi and the Saudi Golf Federation, told Arab News on Wednesday. Main category:  Sport Tags:  Golf Saudi Majed Al-Sorour Aramco Saudi Ladies International from ArabNews https://ift.tt/35nWbh0