The United Arab Emirates said on November 15, 2020 it will grant all doctors and infectious disease experts living in the country a 10-year visa, who are helping to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Foreigners in the UAE, like most Gulf countries, are generally only given limited residence visas tied to their current employment, and long-term residency is difficult to obtain. But to attract wealthy businesspeople and highly skilled workers, the UAE last year launched the `Golden` 10-year visa programme, which is now being expanded.
The federal government on November 23, 2020 announced closure of educational institutions from Nov 26, 2020 to Jan 10, 2021 postponing the exams scheduled during this period.
The decision was taken at an online conference of provincial and federal education ministers, headed by ShafqatMahmood.
Britainannounced its biggest military spending increase since the Cold War on November 19, 2020.
BorisJohnson said the extra spending reflected the need to upgrade military capabilities even as the Covid19 pandemic pummels the economy and strains public finances.
Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and it's one of only two countries in the world that displays its own map on its national flag.
England cricketers will tour Pakistanin 2021 for the first time since a deadly 2009attack on the Sri Lankan team bus, the English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on November 18, 2020.
Englandwill play two Twenty20Internationals in Karachi on Oct 14 and 15.
Trumpsplit with Mark Esperover a range of issues and was particularly angered by his public opposition to Trump`s threats to use active duty military forces this summer to suppress street protests over racial injustice after police killed George Floyd in Minneapolis.