Health

Schools close as smog-laden India capital considers lockdown
Nov 17, 2021

Schools close as smog-laden India capital considers lockdown

Authorities in New Delhi have closed schools indefinitely and shut some coal-based power plants to combat worsening pollution while the top court considers a lockdown


Airbus, Jazeera Airways reach $3.3 billion aircraft deal
Nov 16, 2021

Airbus, Jazeera Airways reach $3.3 billion aircraft deal

Airbus has raked in more orders at the Dubai Air Show, reaching one valued over $3.3 billion to sell 28 new aircraft to Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways


'We don’t deserve this': Inflation hits Turkish people hard
Nov 16, 2021

'We don’t deserve this': Inflation hits Turkish people hard

Many people in Turkey are facing increased hardship as prices of food and other goods have soared


Airbus strikes 2nd major aircraft deal of Dubai Air Show
Nov 15, 2021

Airbus strikes 2nd major aircraft deal of Dubai Air Show

Airbus has clinched a major deal valued into the billions of dollars to sell 111 new aircraft to the Air Lease Corporation, its second blockbuster order at the Dubai Air Show


Dubai airport CEO: More passengers, but years to recover
Nov 15, 2021

Dubai airport CEO: More passengers, but years to recover

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, has handled 20% more passenger traffic in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same period last year


Nov 15, 2021

India opens to vaccinated foreign tourists after 18 months

India has began allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country on regular flights, in the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions as infections fall and vaccinations rise


Dubai Air Show opens to industry on the mend amid COVID-19
Nov 14, 2021

Dubai Air Show opens to industry on the mend amid COVID-19

Dubai’s biennial Air Show has opened to a world still reeling from the pandemic and an aviation industry hard-hit by the coronavirus -  but on the mend


Nationwide polio eradication campaign starts in Afghanistan
Nov 7, 2021

Nationwide polio eradication campaign starts in Afghanistan

The Taliban-run Afghan public health ministry has announced the start of a four-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign aimed at inoculating children under age 5


Nov 6, 2021

Fire in Indian hospital COVID-19 ward kills 10 patients

Officials in western India say 10 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward


Nov 6, 2021

Officials in western India say 10 patients have died after fire breaks out in COVID-19 hospital ward

Officials in western India say 10 patients have died after fire breaks out in COVID-19 hospital ward