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Hajj 2021: Pilgrims must be vaccinated against Covid-19 Saudi Arabia- The Saudi Ministry of Health has announced that the faithful who want to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage this year will need to prove that they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19. The statement did not specify whether the Hajj, which traditionally draws some 2 million pilgrims from across the world, would again exclude pilgrims from outside the Kingdom to prevent the contagion. Last year, Saudi officials permitted a very limited number of pilgrims already within the country to perform the Hajj amid the surging pandemic. The five-day pilgrimage starts this year…

Full list of eligible residents; how to book appointments: All you need to know. The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has included new categories of people who can book an appointment for vaccination. Under the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the DHA announced that all valid Dubai resident visa holders aged 40 and above can now register to receive COVID-19 vaccination at DHA facilities. Who are eligible?  All valid Dubai residency visa holders aged 40 and above.  Dubai visa holders with chronic diseases or people of…

Greenland’s green power attracting outsiders  Greenland’s rocks are attracting outsiders – superpowers riding a green revolution. Greenland has huge resources of metals known as ‘rare earths,’ used to create compact, super-strong magnets which help power equipment such as wind turbines, electric vehicles, combat aircraft and weapons systems. The metals are abundant globally, but processing them is difficult and dirty. The US used to dominate production but handed over that position to China about 20 years ago.  As Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers recede, two Australia-based mining companies are racing for approval to dig into the world’s biggest undeveloped deposits of…

Mining magnets: Arctic island finds green power can be a curse Visual Slideshow Previous Next The world’s biggest island has huge resources of metals known as ‘rare earths,’ used to create compact, super-strong magnets which help power equipment such as wind turbines, electric vehicles, combat aircraft and weapons systems. The metals are abundant globally, but processing them is difficult and dirty – so much so that the United States, which used to dominate production, surrendered that position to China about 20 years ago. As Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers recede, two Australia-based mining companies – one seeking funding in the…

Cyprus gives Saudi Arabia ‘most favourable’ COVID-19 travel status Cyprus has given Saudi Arabia the ‘most favourable’ Covid-19 travel status. People travelling from Saudi Arabia to Cyprus will not have to quarantine after the Kingdom was ranked among the least-risky countries for spreading Covid- 19.  The island nation as from Monday welcoming back tourists using a colour-category system. Saudi Arabia is in the “most favourable” green category along with countries such as Singapore, Australia, Iceland and New Zealand.  44 countries have been put into green, orange or red groups. The rest fall into the grey category, whose citizens would require…

Tuesday’s Briefing VIDEO: Taylor Swift SLAMS Netflix show -COVID to stick around beyond 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gao3wPkb7UQ Budget 2021: Chancellor set to announce £400m for arts sector Brazil Covid variant in at least 15 countries not on UK’s travel red list Spain begins to ease Covid lockdown, but says border with Portugal will be sealed for at least 2 more weeks Gunmen release schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, says governor Yemen minister says Iranian media shows Tehran ‘behind Houthi escalation in Marib’ WHO: World won’t vanquish virus this year Biden Begins Fence-Mending with Mexico Boohoo facing possible US import ban after…

Daily News Briefing Brief. Me – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gao3wPkb7UQ The top stories Budget 2021: Chancellor set to announce £400m for arts sector BBC News says Rishi Sunak is set to announce more than £400m of additional support for the badly-hit culture sector in Wednesday’s Budget. Mr Sunak is preparing to hand out £408m to help museums, theatres and galleries in England reopen once Covid restrictions start to ease. He will also announce a £150m fund to help communities take over local pubs. Read on ……………….. Brazil Covid variant in at least 15 countries not on UK’s travel red list The Guardian says…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reported 2,526 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, signalling the much feared ‘UAE Covid surge’ after conducting further 175,033 tests. These cases raised the total number of infections recorded in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 394,050. Monday’s figures showed that 1,107 patients were cleared of the virus – bringing the total number of recoveries to 382,332. UAE covid surge Monday’s cases were detected after another 175,033 DPI and PCR tests were carried out. The UAE has conducted more than 30.8 million screenings since the outbreak. A nationwide vaccination drive is…

Great start from Everton The first goal in this Monday night Premier League fixture came after just 9 minutes thanks to a composed finish by Everton striker, Richarlison. After fellow striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin won his aerial duel with Southampton defender Mohammed Salisu, the ball was picked up by Gylfi Sigurdsson near the edge of Southampton’s box. The Everton captain then played a perfectly weighted through ball in-behind the Southampton back-line to Richarlison, who timed his run perfectly. The Brazilian striker managed to get to the ball before Southampton keeper Fraser Forster, before taking it around the keeper and smashing it…

Aid from Dubai to help Sudan deal with Covid crisis The UAE Vice-President has ordered aid flights to transport urgent humanitarian aid and medical supplies from the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Logistics Hub in Dubai to Sudan. Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the International Humanitarian City (IHC) chartered two aircraft to deliver the aid. The IHC chartered two aircraft rotations from Emirates SkyCargo, a member of the Dubai Vaccine Logistics Alliance (DVLA), to transport the vital cargo from Dubai International Airport…