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UN-Chief-on-religion
COVID-19

UN chief calls on religious leaders to unite in the fight against COVID-19

António Gutteres made the call in a special appeal issued on Saturday, and at a time when Christians are celebrating Easter, Jews are marking Passover, and Muslims will soon begin the holy month of Ramadan. &#8...

Ahmed-Auda
COVID-19

Sense of continuity for employees, customers, second to keeping them safe

Business as usual is no longer an option. As the COVID-19 pandemic has aggressively spread across the world, we are all attempting to adapt and adjust to what is a continually evolving situation. As schools and...

Jesper-Andersen
COVID-19

COVID-19 showing networking transformation incomplete, says Infoblox’s CEO

I am writing this from home. So what, you may be thinking, I am reading this at home. But as companies around the world have sent employees home to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are living throug...

King-Salman-bin-Abdulaziz
COVID-19

81% confident Saudi to recover more quickly than others in region, APCO survey

Decisive action, solid economic foundations and a multi-billion-dollar stimulus package has made Saudi Arabia better equipped than other countries in the region to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, according ...

MBC-Group
COVID-19

MBC Group’s #StayAtHome entertainment grows Week on Week in March

At the onset of the unprecedented COVID-19 situation, in March, MBC Group launched #STAY_AT_HOME operation, with the aim of providing the ultimate in entertainment and informative content, luring people-in to s...

Respect-Medical-Staff
COVID-19

UN: COVID-19 impact could see 195 million job losses, says ILO chief

The warning comes almost three weeks after the International Labour Organization (ILO) predicted that 25 million jobs were threatened by the new coronavirus. According to the agency, the latest dire assessment ...

Social-Distancing
COVID-19

CDC’s guide on preparing small businesses and employees for effects of COVID-19

During an infectious disease outbreak, such as the current outbreak of COVID-19, small business owners must prepare for disruption in their business as well as prepare to protect their employees’ health and saf...

Etihad-Airway
COVID-19

Etihad Airways to trial devices that identify travellers with medical issues

Etihad Airways has partnered with Australian company Elenium Automation to trial new technology which allows self-service devices at airports to be used to help identify travellers with medical conditions, pote...

IMA
COVID-19

IMA offers educational and networking resources free of charge to nonmembers

The Institute of Management Accountants, IMA, wants to help those in the accounting and finance profession cope with the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, IMA is making many valuable educat...

snapchat
COVID-19

Snapchat adds AR lenses to boost donations to COVID-19 response efforts

Snap has launched new augmented reality lenses in partnership with the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund in support of the World Health Organization, WHO. The campaign leverages the ...