Gulf Times - 2020-07-04

• Online learning platform on way for autistic kids
• Qatari women at the forefront of fighting Covid-19 pandemic
• Coronaviru­s surge casts pall over US Independen­ce Day
• Customers praise preventive measures at Al Sailiya Market
• QF expert discusses ways for shift towards electric vehicles
• Qatar wastewater reuse sees robust expansion
• PHCC provides health tips to avoid summer illnesses
• Qatar reaffirms importance of education at all levels
• QU welcomes back 50% staff in sanitised environmen­t
• Qatar says internatio­nal community must not overlook conflict resolution amid Covid-19 fight
• Russian minister welcomes Palestinia­n unity pledge
• ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement stirs Ghanaian artist in Covid-19 limbo
• 30 villagers dead in Mali attacks
• Djibouti ramps up efforts to get seafarers stranded by virus off ships
• Texas now mandates mask wearing
• Canada ends military exports, extraditio­n treaty with Hong Kong
• Apex court blocks Alabama order to ease voting rules
• Thai airport offers rapid Covid test for internatio­nal arrivals
• More bodies found at Myanmar mine disaster
• Indonesia’s plan for giant farm kindles ‘ecological chaos’ fears
• World’s ‘first’ gold-plated hotel opens in Vietnam
• ‘Liberate Hong Kong ...’ slogan is illegal: govt
• Singapore’s ruling party takes punt on early poll
• Taiwan expels two Chinese journalist­s over political shows violating regulation­s
• Singapore opposition hit with misinfo law
• China names head of new national security office in Hong Kong
• Former MP named S Korea’s spy chief
• Quarantine-free list of countries travellers can visit published
• Unions call for early pay rise for NHS staff
• Downing Street plans daily televised briefings
• Bomb-plotter gets life sentence
• Reduced GCSE courses for pupils likely
• Macron replaces PM after local polls rout
• Monument to couriers who ‘fed’ Moscow through virus lockdown
• Putin signs decree to amend the Russian constituti­on
• Gilead’s Remdesivir gets conditiona­l EU clearance
• Merkel snapped wearing a mask
• Govt accused of foul play in Italian marines case
• Health experts cast doubt on timeline for virus jab
• Vijayan has let down diaspora: Congress
• Age of expansioni­sm over, Modi tells troops
• Brazilian military visit angers indigenous leaders
• Bolivia in danger of squanderin­g its head start over coronaviru­s
• Deforestat­ion ‘linked to lower Brazil corn yields’
• Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina top Latin America pandemic response list: poll
• Bogota to fight court order over US troops
• Umar: SOP compliance keeping virus in check
• 22 Sikh pilgrims die in railway crossing crash
• Smart lockdown ends in 89 northwest localities
• Lahore High Court chief justice dismisses accountabi­lity judge Arshad Malik
• Duterte signs contentiou­s anti-terrorism bill into law
• ‘King of the road’ rules again as lockdown eased
• Senator calls for more quarantine facilities across nation
• Health dept reports daily high of over 1,500 virus cases
• Coast guard searches for boat accident victims
• After vote extending his rule, Putin risks era of ‘stagnation’
• Strengthen­ing co-operation against Covid-19 to build a community with a shared future for China and Arab states
• Late Soviet America
• Going viral: Why Canadian sparrows have changed their tune

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