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The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 230,370 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report. The previous WHO record for new cases was 228,102 on July 10. Deaths remained steady at about 5,000 a day. Global coronavirus cases were approaching 13 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed more than 565,000 people in seven months.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kept up the administration’s push to reopen U.S. schools in the fall on Sunday, but failed to embrace any blueprint – including federal health guidelines – for how that could be done safely. “We know that children get the virus at a far lower rate than any other part of the population. There is nothing in the data that would suggest that kids being back in school is dangerous to them,” DeVos told CNN’s “State of the Union.” She did not offer any details on how her department would advise or help school districts and states…

The General Directorate of Civil Defense has trained 5,501 volunteers who have carried out 1,118 precautionary sanitization operations across the governorates. Civil Defense Director-General Colonel Ali Mohammed Al Houti said they continued the massive precautionary sanitizing operations with the assistance of volunteers who responded to the National Taskforce for Combating Coronavirus campaign. The Civil Defense has held 344 training courses for 1,030 workers from cleaning and private companies and for 858 mosques’ and worship places workers, he added. He expressed gratitude for the efforts made by authorities, companies and volunteers that reflect the society’s awareness and contribute to mitigating the…

The German meat processing company whose plant was at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak that forced the authorities to reimpose a local lockdown came under fire from politicians on Sunday for requesting government support to cover quarantined workers’ pay. The outbreak at meatpacker Toennies’ slaughterhouse in the western town of Guetersloh in June infected 1,500 workers, resulting in 600,000 people in the surrounding areas having to go into lockdown for two weeks. It also prompted a national debate about conditions in which workers, many of them foreigners, are working in Germany’s meat industry. On Friday, the privately owned company,…

Troubled hospital operator NMC Health’s entity in the United Arab Emirates, NMC Healthcare LLC, is considering applying for restructuring and insolvency proceedings locally, two sources familiar with the matter said. The move comes three months after NMC Health Plc, the London-listed holding company for the hospital group, went into administration in April after months of turmoil over its finances. The two sources told Reuters that NMC Healthcare LLC was looking at options to file under the jurisdiction of Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM), which has its own laws relating to insolvency and corporate restructuring. Such a move would help create…

The search to find “Glee” TV show star Naya Rivera in a Southern California lake ended Saturday without any results, authorities said. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet Saturday night that the search of Lake Piru will resume Sunday morning. Authorities said Thursday they believe Rivera, 33, drowned in the lake. Her 4-year-old son was found alone in a rented boat. The boy, who was found asleep and wearing a life vest late Wednesday afternoon, told investigators that he and his mother went swimming and he got back on the boat, but “his mom never made it…

Saudi Arabia has reported 2,779 new cases and 42 deaths from coronavirus, taking the total cases to 232,259. The death toll raised to 2,223 after reporting the new deaths. Saudi is holding the 14th position for most coronavirus cases worldwide, just below Italy. Meanwhile, 1,742 patients fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 167,138. In line with recent trends, the majority of the new cases are in Riyadh (247), followed by Jeddah (191) and Al Hafouf (164). https://twitter.com/media_ksa/status/1282297298190512129?s=20

Kuwait has reported 836 new coronavirus cases, of which 549 are citizens, taking the total confirmed cases in the country to 54,894, according to the Ministry of Health. 4 patients died of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 390. Kuwait has the world’s 33rd highest number of coronavirus infections just over UAE. Meanwhile, 649 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 44,610. Kuwait has done 3,835 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps up its efforts to test more people and detect cases…

Yemen’s Houthi movement has agreed to provide the United Nations access to a stranded oil tanker that risks causing an environmental disaster off the coast of the war-divided country, two U.N. sources familiar with the matter said. The U.N. earlier this week said it was extremely concerned after water entered the engine room of Safer tanker, which carries 1.1 million barrels of crude oil and has been stranded off the Red Sea oil terminal of Ras Issa for over five years. The sources said that the Iran-aligned Houthi group, which controls the port, sent a letter approving the deployment of…

Lulu Hypermarket’s Dana Mall flagship store has expanded to serve up new shopping experience for Bahrain shoppers. 40% larger store has embraced many new food trends, emphasizing healthy eating, customer-friendly, well convenience shopping experience and maintaining the trademark of Lulu quality and price benefits. “The Lulu journey in the Kingdom of Bahrain began at Dana Mall in 2007”. https://youtu.be/2fxt2QcNuNY Lulu Group International Director Mr. Juzer Rupawala, said: “As part of the economic promise of  Lulu Chairman and Managing Director Mr. Yusuffali M.A., Lulu has transformed this first hypermarket into a place where customers can find variety, quality and a reflection…