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‘2020’: UAE hits recap on a year of triumph over threat

Brew Admin   Thu 31 Dec 2020    

“The year 2020 — a year of challenges and accomplishments”, said His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of its buzzing, commercial city of Dubai. “(It is) a year in which the […]

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COVID-20: New virus strain hits hard as world nations ban flights to UK

Brew Admin   Mon 21 Dec 2020    

In yet another sobering hurdle for Great Britain — thought to finally be on the cusp of recovery from their leaden pandemic blues — a new strain of the coronavirus has cropped across the nation, thought to be more infectious than […]

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‘Green’-light? Heathrow set to build third runway amid environmental concerns

Brew Admin   Wed 16 Dec 2020    

Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports, has received the go-ahead to build a third runway in a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that overturned a legal decision to block the plans on environmental grounds. The challengers have criticised the UK […]

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US rolls out Pfizer vaccine in historic “warp speed” campaign

Brew Admin   Mon 14 Dec 2020    

The first batch of Pfizer vaccines rolled out in temperature-controlled vessels, on their way to distribution sites across the United States Sunday, as the nation’s COVID-19 outbreak claims close to 300,000 victims. The vaccine, first to be approved by the […]

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Words that went viral in the COVID year

Mohd Asim   Fri 11 Dec 2020    

Coronavirus has not only changed our lives, but also our vocabulary. This, perhaps, is best reflected in the word “lockdown” becoming Word of the Year in 2020 as per Collins Dictionary. Mariam Webster and Dictionary.com have chosen “pandemic” as their Word of […]

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In a year of losses, the Earth reaps some wins — but is it enough?

Brew Admin   Thu 10 Dec 2020    

A year of turbulence, of tragedy, a year that tested resolve and grit, that pushed nations and their people to take a knee before its overwhelming onslaught. The buckling challenges of pandemic aside, the world has been lashed with natural […]

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Singapore’s “cruise to nowhere” cut short after passenger tests COVID+

Brew Admin   Wed 09 Dec 2020    

In yet another blow to the flailing travel industry, a “cruise to nowhere” set off from Singapore’s shores was called back Wednesday after a passenger on-board tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The voyages — starting and ending at the […]

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‘Zombie mink’ rise from Denmark graves post controversial mass-culling over virus fears

Brew Admin   Wed 02 Dec 2020    

Denmark now plans to dig up thousands of culled mink to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after the animal carcasses began to bloat out of their mass graves. According to Danish state broadcaster TV2, the gas used to kill the […]

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UAE honours martyrs, frontline heroes on eve of Commemoration Day

Brew Admin   Wed 02 Dec 2020    

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended the “Martyr’s Day” ceremony in Oasis of Dignity in the capital Abu Dhabi this week, where he awarded the “Order of the […]

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World AIDS Day 2020: A call to revive the fight, pandemic or not

The Brew News Team   Tue 01 Dec 2020    

Each year on the first of December, we as a sprawling but interlinked society must take a moment to step back and reflect upon the millions of lives lost to an epidemic spanning over an age of four decades. To […]

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Santa’s mailbag filled with children’s pandemic worries

Brew Admin   Sun 29 Nov 2020    

Jim, from Taiwan, slipped a face mask inside the greeting card he sent to Santa and marked “I (heart) u.” Alina, 5, asked in her Santa letter written with an adult’s help that he please use the front door when […]

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