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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told shareholders Monday that air travel could take two to three years to recover from the current situation, another challenge for the manufacturer that was reeling from the 737 Max grounding before the coronavirus pandemic. Investors approved the company’s board. Boeing is scrambling to cut costs to meet the weak demand for new jetliners. Air travel in the U.S. is about 5% of what it was a year ago and airlines have parked more than a third of the country’s fleet and some are planning to defer orders of new planes. “When it does recover, the commercial market will…

With soccer facing a congested program of games caused by the coronavirus pandemic, FIFA wants to let teams use five substitutes. FIFA detailed a temporary plan Monday to help prevent more injuries due to “potential player overload” as soccer competitions catch up with a backlog, according to AP. The proposal gives competition organizers the option of letting teams use five substitutes instead of three in 90 minutes, and a sixth in knockout games that go to extra time. “One concern in this regard is that the higher-than-normal frequency of matches may increase the risk of potential injuries due to a…

Al Mabarrah Al Khalifia Foundation (AAF) has received the second batch of 60 laptops that were donated by Southern Governor HH Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa in response to an initiative by AAF to support students. The donation is an assertion of the role of community partnership in boosting positive cooperation with the non-government organisations (NGOs). AAF extended sincerest congratulations to the Southern Governor for his kind gesture and unlimited support to social and humanitarian initiatives. This came in the presence of AAF Chief Executive Saba Siyadi, Social Programmes Director at the Southern Governorate Mohammed Hassan Al-Faw, Shaikh…

Data suggest U.S. industries appear to be adapting to business amid the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Monday, repeating his expectation that while U.S. growth will likely fall to Great Depression-era levels this quarter, it should rebound in the third quarter. “At the beginning of this, there was rapid, rapid spread sadly in the places where there are a lot of essential workers. But the variance has really, really declined over time suggesting people have learned … about safe practices,” he told CNBC, without offering any specific data.

NHS doctors have been warned to look out for a rare but dangerous reaction in children that may be linked to coronavirus infection. An urgent alert sent out to GPs said that intensive care departments in London and other parts of the UK have been treating severely sick children with unusual symptoms. This includes “multi-system inflammation” with flu-like symptoms. Some, but not all, tested positive for coronavirus. It is unclear how many children have been diagnosed with the new syndrome, although the numbers will be low. The alert, which was issued to GPs in North London by their clinical commissioning…

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said former prime minister Manmohan Singh has accepted his request for guiding a group of experts formed to come out with a post-COVID-19 revival strategy for the state, reported Indian Express. “I had written to Dr Manmohan Singh Ji to guide us along with the group of experts headed by Montek Singh Ahluwalia & I am grateful to him for accepting. We have been working hard to steer Punjab to the path of economic growth & post-COVID-19 we will again focus on same,” he tweeted. On April 25, the state government had constituted…

The Dubai Outlet Mall has been opened to the public after conducting a proper sterilisation and disinfection programme. The mall management assured the public that all safety and hygiene measures are in place as per the UAE government guidelines. The mall timings are from 12 pm to 9 pm. The mall is executing various steps to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) such as temperature check for all its customers and staff, 24-hour sanitisation of common areas, social distancing policies, signages for visitors, and asking staff to wear masks and gloves. However, the mall has restricted the entry of elderly people above…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today interacted with Chief Ministers of states via video conferencing to discuss the emerging situation and plan ahead for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the fourth such interaction of the Prime Minister with the Chief Ministers. Prime Minister underlined that the lockdown has yielded positive results as the country has managed to save thousands of lives in the past one and a half months. He added that India’s population is comparable to that of the combined population of several countries. The situation in many countries, including India, was almost similar at the start of…

Bahrain has announced 61 new COVID-19 cases of which 51 are expatriate workers and 3 are contacts of active cases and 7 are travel-related. 29 new recoveries from COVID-19 was reported. Bahrain tested a total of 117374 until now. There are 1482 active cases. These include 1480 stable cases and 2 critical cases. 1218 people have been discharged. Only 8 deaths have been reported until now. This takes the total cases in Bahrain to 2708. Read the New Guidelines in Bahrain – Click Here Bahrain has announced the death of a 36-year-old expatriate male on 23rd April, a registered active…

Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of issues at local, regional, and international arenas. Al-Bilad and Al-Yaum newspapers said in their editorials that the partial lifting of the curfew measures began yesterday, as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launches a qualitative leap in the process of confronting the Coronavirus pandemic. The papers pointed to the royal directives that orders to immediately provide the tests, devices, supplies, and medications to tackle the emerging novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The papers also said that in implementation of the royal directives, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has signed a SR 995 million…