The National - News - 2020-07-01

• EU TO OPEN BORDERS TO VISITORS FROM 14 COUNTRIES
• Leaked documents show NMC Healthcare transferre­d money to Shetty family members
• Company clears $8.2bn of debt two years early
• Saudi fashion and tales of empowermen­t
• Preparatio­ns for Fight Island in ‘final stages’
• Baghdad is battling to save its sovereignt­y
• Syria pledges fall far short of UN’s $10bn aid ambition
• ISRAEL STILL DIVIDED ON THE EVE OF WEST BANK ANNEXATION
• Macron accuses Turkey of ‘criminal responsibi­lity’ in Libya
• Iranian court issues death sentence to protest journalist
• Swine flu strain with pandemic potential discovered in China
• City of Leicester is back under lockdown after it accounts for 10% of all UK cases in a week
• Tokyo to rely on expert panel for Covid-19 policy
• IRAQ’S VALLEY OF PEACE AT THE HEART OF BATTLE TO STEM COVID-19
• Iran records its highest daily death toll since the outbreak began
• Dubai residents stuck in India pool funds to book private flights home
• Nurse who caught Covid-19 while pregnant shares joy of having healthy baby
• No visitors at this year’s Liwa Date Festival
• RESIDENTS COUNT THE COST OF FINANCIAL SCAMS
• Pompeo calls Taliban leader as Russian bounty scandal rages
• Egypt says Ethiopia’s Nile dam project puts millions of lives at risk
• China passes ‘urgently needed’ national security legislatio­n for Hong Kong
• Without an IMF deal, Lebanon will go bankrupt and the country will collapse
• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
• What is happening to the ‘rule of law’ in the West?
• KHALIFA FUND SAYS SMEs TO RECOVER BY NEXT YEAR
• Opec secretary general says oil markets still far from out of the woods as demand for energy plummets
• ADGM grants crypto-asset exchange DEX approval as trading volumes increase MARKETS
• Aramex and Mubadala team up to distribute medical supplies for coronaviru­s patients
• Savills expects further Middle East investment from China and east Asia
• UK’s ageing workforce could hold back recovery
• Islamic finance needs an effective framework to realise its full potential
• The Debt Panel I have not been paid since January and cannot repay the Dh60,000 I owe
• Strong US dollar set to dominate markets for the foreseeabl­e future
• Hatta’s mountain resorts to open for group reservatio­ns starting from October
• Bringing Palestinia­n cities to life through the power of prose
• How artists are sampling the sweet taste of smog
• TURNING REGIONAL TALENT INTO GLOBAL SUPERSTARS
• Second phase of National Creative Relief Programme to offer grants up to Dh75,000
• BATTLE TO BEAT THE DROP SET FOR TENSE LAST STAND
• Ancelotti’s Everton seek inspiratio­n from Leicester for Premier League progress and Euro qualificat­ion
• Williams makes a welcome return to the tennis court in Abu Dhabi after birth of her first child
• Khalifa Sat owner ‘honoured’ to fly UAE flag in Epsom Derby
• CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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