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Articles of the author Lauren Holtmeier
Qatar's coronavirus app prompts questions of privacy breach
DUBAI — Qatar's new coronavirus contact tracing app was unveiled with a security risk that allowed for the data of more than 1 million users to be potentially harvested and requests a slew of odd and seemingly unnecessary app permissions. Following (...)

27 - 05 - 2020
Wife of imprisoned Sheikh Talal asks for his release amid coronavirus fears
DUBAI — The wife of detained Qatari Sheikh Talal Al-Thani has asked her husband be released as fears of coronavirus spreading through the prison intensify. "For sure he is not safe, as I said before, and as it turned out, I was right," Asma Arian, (...)

23 - 05 - 2020
Food prices in Lebanon spike by 55%; locals struggle to feed families
BEIRUT -- Food prices have been on the rise in Lebanon, and an increasing number of Lebanese are struggling to provide for their families, and some are foregoing other expenses like necessary medication to put food on the table. With compounding (...)

16 - 05 - 2020
Saad Hariri's brother backs the ‘just revolution'
DUBAI -- Bahaa Hariri, son of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri has said the world is close to gradually going back to normalcy in a post-coronavirus world, but in Lebanon, there is no strong government that can help boost economic (...)

10 - 05 - 2020
Lebanon signs request for IMF assistance
DUBAI — Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab and Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni on Friday signed a request for assistance from the International Monetary Fund, according to a statement. "This is a historic moment in the history of Lebanon. We have (...)

01 - 05 - 2020
Lebanon makes biggest drug bust in its history
& Leen Alfaisal DUBAI -- Lebanese police intercepted around 25 ton of drugs in an eight-truck convoy that were set to be smuggled to an African country, Lebanese security forces said on Friday. Security forces closely monitored the situation for (...)

11 - 04 - 2020
False positives undermine corona antibody tests: Experts
SINCE coronavirus started its sweep across the globe, researchers have been racing to learn everything they can about the new virus – especially how we can become immune to it. Yet there are still many unanswered questions. So far, researchers know (...)

08 - 04 - 2020
Smokers may have more severe corona symptoms, urged to quit
DUBAI -- The world's estimated 1 billion smokers are likely to experience more severe symptoms of coronavirus and should quit the toxic habit, warn health officials. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization (...)

07 - 04 - 2020
Informal workers in Arab world hit hardest by coronavirus crisis
and Mona Alami CORONAVIRUS lockdowns hit poor people working in the informal economy hardest, but they are also the least likely to receive aid or healthcare from the government or heed calls to stay home, experts say. In the Middle East, (...)

04 - 04 - 2020
Lightning, thunder and hail hit Dubai
DUBAI -- Dubai was hit by bright lightning and booming thunder Saturday night, and floods occurred across the city. It had rained on and off during the day, but Saturday night brought more rain, hail, and the accompanying lightning show that lit up (...)

22 - 03 - 2020
Lebanese analysts question Qatar Airways Tehran-Beirut flight
and Ismaeel Naar DUBAI -- A weekly scheduled Qatar Airways flight arrived in Beirut from Tehran on Friday night with Lebanese authorities claiming it was carrying cargo, raising suspicions among analysts as the Rafic Hariri International Airport is (...)

21 - 03 - 2020
International community may not bail out Lebanon: Experts
LEBANON faces further economic disaster and is unlikely to secure international help due to the new government's links with Hezbollah and inability to enact reforms, experts say. The country, mired in economic crisis, needs $20–24 billion in (...)

28 - 01 - 2020
There's nothing diplomatic about Trump-Khamenei Twitter war
Despite calls to de-escalate tensions, US President Donald Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have been engaging in an undiplomatic spat on Twitter. As Iran attacked bases hosting US troops in Iraq following the assassination of Iranian (...)

21 - 01 - 2020
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