JEDDAH: For years, video games have been a great way to pass one’s time and keep people connected. Now, amid global coronavirus restrictions, online gaming is helping millions of people stuck at home to maintain and build relations. With most of the world forced to maintain social distancing, the inherently borderless nature of gaming is…
MANILA: When Muhammad Ali survived 14 brutal rounds with Joe Frazier in the “Thrilla in Manila” 45 years ago, it wrote a page in boxing folklore but left both men forever diminished. Fought in the Philippines’ stifling daytime heat, with barely functioning air conditioning, Frazier was beaten nearly blind and Ali was on the verge of…
BEIRUT: Lebanese rushed to food stores to stock up on vegetables and basic items, hours before the government was to reinstate a four-day nationwide lockdown on Wednesday, following a spike in reported coronavirus cases.The government called on the public to stay home, starting Wednesday evening and until dawn on Monday, reversing measures earlier this month…
RIYADH: Though the King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) remains closed to the public due to the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the center has made significant efforts to keep their goal of connecting cultures across the world alive. As many events have been canceled due to COVID-19, Ithra established the Ithra Connect…
KABUL/JALALABAD: Gunmen attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday where the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders runs a maternity clinic, killing 13 people, including two newborn babies, officials said.In a separate attack the same day, a suicide bomber struck the funeral of a police commander, attended by government officials and a…
CAIRO: In a bustling square of Egypt’s capital, four sphinx-like statues stand in wooden crates ahead of a planned unveiling ceremony following their controversial transfer from historical sites.With the bodies of lions and heads of rams, the statues had for millennia graced Karnak temple in the southern city of Luxor representing the ancient Egyptian god…
JEDDAH/RIYADH: As Saudi Arabia deals with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, concern about the economy is rising. Although many have hunkered down and organized some aspects of their lives, it is still tough to predict how things will pan out. People must, therefore, prepare for the unexpected to ensure they are in the best possible…
SEOUL: South Korea warned of a second wave of the new coronavirus on Sunday as infections rebounded to a one-month high, just as the authorities were starting to ease some pandemic restrictions.“It’s not over until it’s over,” President Moon Jae-in told the nation, saying a new cluster shows the virus can spread widely at any…
HADRAMOUT: As part of the humanitarian and relief aid provided by Saudi Arabia to the people of Yemen, a number of initiatives have been launched by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief).In coordination with the World Health Organization, the Polymerase Chain Reaction unit at the National Center for Central Public Health Laboratories in…
VISAKHAPATNAM: Villagers placed the bodies of three victims of a deadly gas leak from an LG Polymers plant in southern India at the gates of the site on Saturday, and demanded the factory be shut down immediately and its top management arrested.Toxic styrene gas spewed out of the plant near the southern city of Visakhapatnam…
