Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Mask from the moment you go inside. Bars are full and pulsing like 2019. Social media stars waving bottles of champagne. DJ Spinning party tunes through multi-hour brunch. After becoming one of the first destinations in the world to open up to tourism, Dubai …
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Mask from the moment you go inside. Bars are full and pulsing like 2019. Social media stars waving bottles of champagne. DJ Spinning party tunes through multi-hour brunch. After becoming one of the first destinations in the world to open up to tourism, Dubai …
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The world’s second-largest economy expanded 2.3% in 2020 from a year earlier, according to government figures released on Monday. That’s China’s slowest annual growth rate in decades – 1976 hasn’t been a bad year for the country, when GDP fell 1.6% during times of social and economic unrest. But China …
Read More »At the virus tipping point, Lebanon imposes a curfew all day
Beirut (AP) – The choice between a spiraling virus outbreak in a country that has been stagnant and weakening economically over the past year and restarting a dying economy was the choice. Lebanese officials chose the latter. Now, virus patients wait outside hospitals in a conflict of breath – hoping …
Read More »Unemployment in California, New York, other states 300 Unemployment Rise
Brian Van der Brug | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images A handful of states have begun offering 300 weekly incentives to unemployment benefits or indicated workers will receive early payments from this week. Others expect help to begin later this month. Workers from Arizona, California, New York and Rhode …
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