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FILE - In this April 15, 2020 file photo, a billboard urges people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Middle East economies are recovering from the coronavirus pandemic faster than anticipated, largely due to the acceleration of mass inoculation campaigns and an increase in oil prices. But the International Monetary Fund warned Sunday, April 11, 2021, that an uneven vaccine distribution would derail the region's rebound, as the prospects of rich and poor countries diverge. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
IMF: Vaccine inequity threatens Mideast's economic recovery

By Isabel Debre Apr. 11, 2021 07:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2015, file photo, new Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein is helped down the steps during inauguration ceremonies for incoming officials at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Bernstein said Thursday, April 8, 2021, that he has been overseas for three months, participating in an international program to improve the perception of people with disabilities while pulling all-nighters to keep up with his work back home. (David Coates/Detroit News via AP, File)
Judge on Michigan's top court works while overseas

By Ed White Apr. 08, 2021 10:41 AM EDT

FILE - In Oct. 5, 2015 file photo, a thick blanket of early morning fog partially shrouds the skyscrapers of the Marina and Jumeirah Lake Towers districts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Police in Dubai arrested a group of people on charges of public debauchery, authorities said Saturday, April 3, 2021, over a widely shared video that showed naked women posing on a balcony in the Marina. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Those involved in naked photo shoot in Dubai to be deported

By Isabel Debre Apr. 06, 2021 09:35 AM EDT

In this Friday, March 12, 2021 photo released by Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, people enter Kuwait Vaccination Centre to get the vaccine in Kuwait. In the tiny, oil-rich sheikhdom of Kuwait, the foreigners who power the country's economy, serve its society and make up 70% of its population are struggling to get COVID-19 vaccines. (KUNA via AP)
Expats struggle to get vaccines in Kuwait, citizens come 1st

By Isabel Debre Apr. 04, 2021 02:05 AM EDT

People visit the 14th edition of Art Dubai at Dubai International Financial Centre, DIFC, which features 50 galleries from 31 countries with a focus on modern and contemporary art, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
In Dubai, an art show's return reflects city's new normal

By Malak Harb Apr. 01, 2021 02:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2020 file photo, an Israeli passenger from a flyDubai flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, waves her Israeli passport on arrival at Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Israel's National Security Agency on Monday, March 29, 2021 advised tourists against travel to the United Arab Emirates and other countries across the region, citing the threat of attack by arch-enemy Iran. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
Israel advises citizens to avoid UAE, citing Iranian threat

Mar. 29, 2021 02:11 PM EDT

This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows the Ever Given cargo ship stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal Monday, March 29, 2021. Engineers on Monday "partially refloated" the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be set free. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)
Suez Canal reopens after stuck cargo ship is freed

By Isabel Debre And Samy Magdy Mar. 29, 2021 11:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 5, 1975 file photo, thousands throng the docks and quays of Port Said at the northern end of the Suez Canal in Port Said, Egypt, as the first passenger ships let off steam and pontoon ramps are kicked away as they get ready for first passage through the canal in years. Since it opened in 1869, the canal has been a source of national pride and a focus of international conflict. Now, a skyscraper-sized container ship called the Ever Given got stuck sideways across the waterway since Tuesday, March 23, 2021 . The obstruction has halted canal traffic, valued at over $9 billion a day. (AP Photo/Horst Faas, File)
Before the Ever Given: A look at the crises that closed Suez

By Isabel Debre Mar. 28, 2021 08:12 AM EDT

This photo released by the Suez Canal Authority on Thursday, March 25, 2021, shows the head of the Suez Canal Authority, Lt. Gen. Ossama Rabei, center, with a team look from another vessel towards the Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, after it become wedged across the Suez Canal. An operation is underway to try to work free the ship, which further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)
EXPLAINER: What we know about a ship blocking the Suez Canal

By Isabel Debre Mar. 25, 2021 10:02 AM EDT

This photo released by the Suez Canal Authority on Thursday, March 25, 2021, shows two tugboats next to the Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, after it become wedged across the Suez Canal and blocking traffic in the vital waterway from another vessel. An operation is underway to try to work free the ship, which further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)
Shipping losses mount from cargo vessel stuck in Suez Canal

By Jon Gambrell And Samy Magdy Mar. 24, 2021 11:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2011, file photo, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and United Arab Emirates minister of finance attends the opening of Arab Finance Ministers Exceptional meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He has died, his brother said on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. He was 75. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Dubai deputy ruler, famed horseman Sheikh Hamdan dies at 75

By Isabel Debre Mar. 24, 2021 04:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Mar. 7, 2021 file photo, smoke rises after Saudi-led airstrikes on an army base in Sanaa, Yemen. Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday, March 22, 2021, to offer Yemen's Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country's yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, the kingdom's latest attempt to halt fighting that has sparked the world's worst humanitarian crisis in the Arab world's poorest nation. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
Saudi Arabia offers cease-fire plan to Yemen rebels

By Jon Gambrell And Isabel Debre Mar. 22, 2021 10:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco and stock market officials celebrate the debut of Aramco's initial public offering on the Riyadh Stock Market, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Aramco paid the Saudi government 30% less in taxes in 2020, the company reported Monday, March 22, 2021, as the region’s largest economy grapples with the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices. Despite Aramco’s steep losses, the company managed to keep its dividend pledge to shareholders by taking on a ballooning amount of debt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Saudi oil giant Aramco reports 30% drop in payments to state

By Isabel Debre Mar. 22, 2021 07:45 AM EDT

In this Sept. 20, 2019, file photo, engineers walk in front of an oil separator at a Saudi Aramco processing facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's state-backed oil giant Aramco announced Sunday, March 21, 2021, that its 2020 profits fell sharply in 2020 to $49 billion, a big drop that came as the coronavirus pandemic roiled global energy markets. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Oil giant Saudi Aramco sees 2020 profits drop to $49 billion

By Isabel Debre Mar. 21, 2021 01:59 AM EDT

Oil giant Saudi Aramco says profits sharply drop to $49 billion amid coronavirus pandemic

Mar. 21, 2021 01:54 AM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco says profits sharply drop to $49 billion amid coronavirus pandemic. ...

UAE and Israel rugby players celebrate with each other after a friendly match in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Israel and UAE rugby teams face off in 1st after new ties

By Isabel Debre Mar. 19, 2021 02:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, from left; Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, sit during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. As Israel heads to the polls next week for the fourth time in two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to capitalize on his new partnership with the United Arab Emirates in his desperate campaign to stay in power. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Despite ties, UAE stays clear of Netanyahu election maneuver

By Isabel Debre Mar. 18, 2021 08:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 15, 2018, file photo, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, DP World’s chairman and CEO, walks off stage after a news conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai-based port operator DP World announced Thursday, March 18, 2021 its profits slid 29% in 2020 from the previous year to $846 million, as the coronavirus pandemic froze supply chains and upended the world’s trade flows. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
Port operator DP World sees 2020 profits drop 29% amid virus

By Isabel Debre Mar. 18, 2021 03:37 AM EDT

A waiter poses with a tray of baby bottles that he brought out from storage, at Einstein Cafe in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 14, 2021. Cafes across several Gulf Arab states have begun selling coffee and other cold drinks in baby bottles, kicking off a new trend that has prompted excitement, confusion and backlash. The fad started at Einstein Cafe, a slick dessert chain with branches across the region. Soon, authorities from Kuwait to Dubai cracked down claiming the trend violates local traditions. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Baby bottle craze sweeps Gulf Arab states, sparks backlash

By Isabel Debre Mar. 16, 2021 06:31 AM EDT

Nishikori rallies to beat Opelka in Dubai

Mar. 14, 2021 03:34 PM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kei Nishikori came back from a set down to beat Reilly Opelka in the first round of the Dubai Championships on Sunday, while...

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Beijing 2022 Schedule *Medal event
  • Luge Luge, Team Captain Meeting Dec. 31 7:00 p.m. EST
  • Bobsleigh Bobsleigh, Team Captain Meeting Dec. 31 7:00 p.m. EST
  • Snowboard Slopestyle, Team Captains Meeting Dec. 31 7:00 p.m. EST
  • Curling Team Meeting Dec. 31 7:00 p.m. EST
  • Speed Skating Speed Skating TLM Dec. 31 7:00 p.m. EST
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