Covid-19

Copies of a new report on government decision-making during the Covid pandemic are pictured next by the National Covid Memorial Wall in central London on November 20, 2025. (Photo by CHRIS J RATCLIFFE/AFP via Getty Images)
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World
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Covid inquiry finds UK inaction cost thousands of lives

About 23,000 deaths could have been prevented in England if the first Covid-19 lockdown had been introduced sooner, a UK public inquiry has found

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 November, 2025
MENA malnourished: Food insecurity leaves 60 million Arabs hungry
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Environment and Climate
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MENA malnourished: Food insecurity leaves Arab region hungry

Mohammed El Said

Mohammed El-Said

12 December, 2023
Qatar Airways
World
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Qatar Airways chief slams Australia for blocking flights

The New Arab Staff
19 September, 2023
MENA
Health
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Has new Covid-19 variant 'Pirola' reached MENA?

The New Arab Staff
04 September, 2023
UAE
MENA
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Dubai airport traffic jumps 50%, tops pre-pandemic levels

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 August, 2023
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United Kingdom
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Johnson at 10: Britain reckons with 'BoJo' and Brexit legacy

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Usman Butt

05 July, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt's inflation rate rises as food prices soar: CAPMAS

Thaer Mansour
12 June, 2023
World Health Organization
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WHO chief hopes for 'historic' pandemic accord

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 May, 2023
Famished Arab world plagued by hunger and drought
hunger
Society
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Arab world famished by conflict-induced hunger and drought

Mohammed El Said

Mohammed El-Said

16 May, 2023
Ibn Sina
Islam
History
Culture
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Ibn Sina: The 10th-century Muslim who reinvented reason

Ufuk Necat Tasci

Ufuk Necat Tasci

23 March, 2023
coronavirus
Health
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WHO: Finding Covid-19's origins is 'a moral imperative'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 March, 2023
Curating a postcolonial vision at Sharjah Biennial 15: an interview with Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi
Sharjah
Art
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Curating a postcolonial vision at Sharjah Biennial 15

Farah Abdessamad

Farah Abdessamad

10 March, 2023
COVID-19 pandemic has worsened rates of human trafficking
Human Trafficking
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COVID-19 pandemic forces human trafficking underground

The New Arab Staff

Nino Orto

14 February, 2023
China
Health
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China says Covid outbreak has infected 80% of population

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 January, 2023
Covid-19
World
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Bangladeshi cleric convicted for spreading Covid disinformation

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 January, 2023
China
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China reports almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths in a month

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 January, 2023
Al Zahrawi: The 10th-century Muslim mastermind behind modern surgery
medicine
History
Culture
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The 10th-century Muslim intellect behind modern surgery

Ufuk Necat Tasci

Ufuk Necat Tasci

10 January, 2023
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi Arabia to host pre-Covid numbers for 2023 Hajj season

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 January, 2023
China
Health
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90% of people in China province infected with Covid: official

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 January, 2023
football
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Bayern says Morocco's Mazraoui had Covid, out with swelling

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 January, 2023
China
Health
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China insists Covid data 'transparent' after WHO criticism

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 January, 2023