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US, Canada restrict travel from southern Africa as new variant sparks concern

The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries to restrict travel from southern Africa, where a new Covid strain labelled a "variant of concern" has been discovered.

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What happened at Travis Scott concert: How crowd surges can kill people

NEW YORK (AP) - The crowd deaths at a Houston music festival added even more names to the long list of people who have been crushed at a major event.Tragedies like the one Friday night at the Astroland Music Festival have been happening for a long time. In 1979, 11 people died in a scramble to enter a Cincinnati, Ohio, concert by The Who.

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Martin Boyle to beat the Covid quarantine as Hibernian star named in Australia squad

Socceroos boss manager Graham Arnold has named Martin Boyle in his Australia squad– despite the Covid outbreak at Hibernian.

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9/11 documents: FBI releases hundreds of newly declassified pages

WASHINGTON - The FBI released hundreds of pages of newly declassified documents Wednesday about its long effort to explore connections between the Saudi government and the Sept.

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Saudi approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11

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Saudi Arabia to ease coronavirus curbs from 17 Oct

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Saudis triumph in oil market with comeback from covid crisis

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FBI releases first declassified record on 9/11 attack after Biden order

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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US pulls missile system from Saudi Arabia amid attacks from Yemen rebels

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, even as the kingdom faced continued air attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show.The redeployment of the defenses from Prince Sultan Air Base outside of Riyadh came as America's Gulf Arab allies nervously watched the chaotic withdrawal of U.S.

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Kerala: Man vaccinated from Covaxin now wants Covishield Covid-19 vaccine

Saudi Arabia and as per his visa stipulation, he has to return to Saudi Arabia before August 30, or he will lose his job.

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Covid vaccination guidelines against third dose, Centre tells HC

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Covid-19: Saudi Arabia announces 3-year travel ban for citizens visiting 'red list' countries, including India

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2021 FIFAe World Cup and FIFAe Nations Cup cancelled again amid global pandemic

The 2021 FIFAe World Cup and 2021 FIFAe Nations Cup esports events have been cancelled, FIFA have confirmed tonight.

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Covid-19 pandemic transforms hajj in Mecca and future of the pilgrimage

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Immunised pilgrims gather for Hajj as Covid restrictions limit numbers

coronavirus, it made us very scared and made the situation very difficult," said Palestinian pilgrim Hassan Jabari.

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This is the world's most vaccinated nation. But Covid cases remain high

Persian Gulf nation has so far administered 15.5 million doses, enough to cover 72.1% of its mostly expatriate population of 10 million based on a two-dose regimen. The Seychelles has administered enough doses to cover 71.7% of its population of just under 100,000.

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Take Covid vaccine, even my mother and I have got it: PM Modi

COVID vaccine doses have been administered in India, which is more than the population of countries like Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Canada. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who chaired a review meeting regarding the progress of vaccination and COVID-19 situation in the country, was informed about the same by the top officials on Saturday.

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India welcomes Saudi Arabia's decision to cancel Haj 2021 due to Covid: Union Minister

Haj this year amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and said the Indian government supports the move.Speaking to news agency ANI, Naqvi said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and I had already said that we are with the decision of Saudi Arabia. We had done all the arrangements for Haj 2021, we were only waiting for Saudi Arabia's decision and we are with their decision."Saudi Arabia has taken the decision in the interests of people's safety and health, the Union Minister stated.Naqvi expressed happiness that Saudi Arabia has allowed women to go on Haj without accompanied by 'Marham' (male partner)."India has already taken this decision three years ago under the leadership of PM Modi.

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No new community cases; 2 new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation; update on Victoria travellers

There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.

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US general: As US scales back in Mideast, China may step in

RIYADH – As the United States scales back its military presence across the Middle East to focus on great power competition with China and Russia, it risks giving those two countries a chance to fill the gap and expand their influence around the Gulf, the top U.S. commander for the region said Sunday.

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Trilogy: Fury to fight Wilder for a 3rd time on July 24

World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has signed a contract to fight Deontay Wilder for the third time, the British boxer's American promoter said Sunday.

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No longer silent, Gulf Arab citizens express anger at Israel

DUBAI – The ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip has unleashed a chorus of voices across Gulf Arab states that are fiercely critical of Israel and emphatically supportive of Palestinians.

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Saudi Arabia eases travel ban for vaccinated citizens

JIDDAH – Vaccinated Saudis will be allowed to leave the kingdom for the first time in more than a year on Monday as the country eases a ban on international travel aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus and its new variants.

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Turkey seeks better Saudi ties despite Khashoggi slaying

ANKARA – Turkey's top envoy is traveling to Saudi Arabia as Turkey seeks to mend ties with the kingdom that hit an all-time low over the 2018 killing in Istanbul of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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US officials in Mideast to reassure jittery allies over Iran

ABU DHABI – Top Biden administration officials and U.S. senators crisscrossed the Middle East on Monday, seeking to assuage growing unease among Gulf Arab partners over America’s re-engagement with Iran and other policy shifts in the region.

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PGA Tour offering $40 million in bonus money to top stars

The PGA Tour is awarding a $40 million bonus pool to the top 10 players who move the needle in golf, regardless of how they perform inside the ropes.

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Ambassador: UAE played part in India-Pakistan cease-fire

DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates played a role in getting longtime Asian rivals India and Pakistan to agree to a cease-fire amid tensions over the disputed region of Kashmir, the Emirati ambassador to Washington said.

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South Korean tanker once held by Iran now on the move

DUBAI – A South Korean oil tanker held for months by Iran amid a dispute over billions of dollars held in Seoul was freed and sailed away early Friday, just hours ahead of further talks between Tehran and world powers over its tattered nuclear deal.

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Iran state TV acknowledges ship attacked in Red Sea

DUBAI – An Iranian cargo ship believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and anchored for years in the Red Sea off Yemen has been attacked, Iranian state television acknowledged Wednesday.

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Saudi minister urges caution on oil production levels

FRANKFURT – Saudi Arabia's energy minister took a cautious view of any increase in oil production as members of the OPEC cartel met Thursday with allied non-member countries to decide production levels.

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Saudi Arabia: Unemployment falls as coronavirus cases decline

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Saudi Arabia offers cease-fire plan to Yemen rebels

DUBAI – Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday to offer Yemen's Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country's yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, the kingdom's latest attempt to halt fighting that has sparked the world's worst humanitarian crisis in the Arab world's poorest nation.

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Saudi oil giant Aramco reports 30% drop in payments to state

DUBAI – Saudi Arabia’s state-backed oil giant Aramco paid the Saudi government 30% less in taxes in 2020, the company reported Monday, as the region’s largest economy grapples with the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices.

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Oil giant Saudi Aramco sees 2020 profits drop to $49 billion

DUBAI – Saudi Arabia’s state-backed oil giant Aramco announced Sunday that its profits nearly halved in 2020 to $49 billion, a big drop that came as the coronavirus pandemic roiled global energy markets.

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Biden defends inaction against Saudi crown prince in killing

President Joe Biden defended his decision to waive any punishment for Saudi Arabia's crown prince in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, claiming that acting against the Saudi royal would have been diplomatically unprecedented for the United States.

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News Scan for Mar 15, 2021

Out of 67 intensive care unit (ICU) patients who underwent simultaneous SARS-CoV-2 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) testing in Saudi Arabia, 8 (11.9%) had coinfections, according to a new Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease study.The study didn't find any anomalous symptoms or mortality

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On International Women's Day, laments of retreat on rights

CAMEROON – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on International Women’s Day that the COVID-19 pandemic has seen “a rollback in hard-won advances in women’s rights” even as calls for women's empowerment echoed around the globe, from Myanmar and Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia and the United States.

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Oil slips after hitting pandemic high above $70 after Saudi attack

LONDON : Oil prices slipped on Monday after earlier climbing above $70 a barrel for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began after attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.Yemen's Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of the Saudi oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports. Riyadh said there were no casualties or loss of property.Benchmark Brent climbed as high as $71.38 a barrel in early Asian trade, its highest since Jan.

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Oil prices surge after attack on Saudi oil site

BANGKOK – Oil prices pressed higher Monday after strikes on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, shook energy markets already rattled by a decision by oil producers last week to not lift output.

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US implicates Saudi crown prince in journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia's crown prince likely approved an operation to kill or capture a U.S.-based journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday that could escalate pressure on the Biden administration to hold the kingdom accountable for a murder that drew bipartisan and international outrage.The central conclusion of the report was widely expected given that intelligence officials were said to have reached it soon after the brutal Oct.

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US implicates Saudi crown prince in journalist's killing

WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia's crown prince likely approved an operation to kill or capture a U.S.-based journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday that could escalate pressure on the Biden administration to hold the kingdom accountable for a murder that drew bipartisan and international outrage.

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Long-serving Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani dies at 90

DUBAI – Ahmed Zaki Yamani, a long-serving oil minister in Saudi Arabia who led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis, the nationalization its state energy company and later found himself kidnapped by the assassin Carlos the Jackal, died Tuesday in London. He was 90.

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WHO and donors continue to provide critical support to countries fighting COVID-19

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2,072 Indians died of coronavirus infection abroad: Govt

NEW DELHI : A total of 2,072 Indians died due to the coronavirus in various countries with the highest death toll of 906 being reported in Saudi Arabia followed by 375 in the United Arab Emirates, the government said on Thursday.Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said 369 Indians died of coronavirus infection in Kuwait while 166 deaths were reported from Oman.An estimated 8.5 million Indians live and work in the Gulf region.

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In Athens, Turkey foes plan regional alliance

ATHENS – Foreign ministers and senior officials from several Persian Gulf countries are meeting in Athens on Thursday, as Greece seeks to expand alliances to counter tension with regional rival Turkey.

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COVID-19: Saudi Arabia bans travel from 20 countries, including India

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Timeline: Yemen war began in 2014 when Houthis seized Sanaa

CAIRO – Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire. The attack came just a few days after President Joe Biden announced the U.S. would end its support for the Saudi-led coalition’s war against the Houthi rebels.

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UBC grad and prominent Saudi women’s rights activist released from prison

Loujain al-Hathloul said Wednesday on social media that the 31-year-old was back home after more than 1,000 days in jail.The @LoujainHathloul at home after 1001 days in prison pic.twitter.com/SIm274rAEw— Lina Alhathloul لينا الهذلول (@LinaAlhathloul) February 10, 2021Al-Hathloul had been detained on charges that included seeking to change the Saudi political system and harming national security.In December, al-Hathloul was sentenced to nearly six years in prison, according to state-linked media, under a vague and broadly worded counterterrorism law.

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