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Novo Nordisk Saudi Honored as the Best Place To Work for Women In 2020
Novo Nordisk Saudi, an affiliate of the global healthcare company with more than 90 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care, has been recently awarded the employer of choice for women in the Kingdom. This marks the second time the
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Biden vows to ‘get right to work’ despite Trump resistance
Vowing “to get right to work,” President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump’s fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as “inconsequential,” even as Democrats elsewhere warned that the Republican
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India records 46,253 new coronavirus cases
India recorded 46,253 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Wednesday, with cases rising again in some parts including the capital New Delhi. With 8.3 million confirmed coronavirus cases, India is the
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Afghanistan mourns after 22 killed in university attack
Stunned students demonstrated outside Kabul University on Tuesday after at least 22 people were killed in a brutal, on-campus attack claimed by
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Germany launches 4-week partial shutdown to curb virus
A four-week partial shutdown has started in Germany, with restaurants, bars, theaters, cinemas and other leisure facilities closing down until the
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Taiwan says won’t be intimidated by China’s ‘hooligan’ diplomats
TAIPEI: Taiwan will not be intimidated by China’s “hooligan” officials and will continue to celebrate its national day around the
Read MoreUS to surpass grim milestone of 200,000 COVID-19 deaths
The death toll from the spread of coronavirus in the United States was approaching over 200,000 lives on Monday, more than double the number of fatalities in India, the country reporting the second-highest number of cases in the world. The United
Read MoreJordan restricts mass social gatherings amid rising COVID-19 cases
Jordan is banning wedding parties, funerals, and other social gatherings with more than 20 people, as the country records a surge in coronavirus cases, state news agency Petra has reported. Minister of State for Media Affairs Adaileh announced
Read MoreIran’s IRGC Accidentally Fires Missile Killing 19 During Naval Exercise
Nineteen sailors were killed and 15 others injured in the Gulf of Oman when an Iranian missile fired during a training exercise struck a support vessel near its target, Iranian state media reported Monday. The missile struck the Konarak, a
Read MoreGlobal Hunger Could Double Due To COVID-19 Blow: UN
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. The impact of lost tourism revenues,
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