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- Kingdom seeks to support private-sector workers by paying April wages through its unemployment fund
- Analysts say the measure boosts economic resilience by seeking to prevent layoffs during a temporary shock
- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed the army “to act with full force, both on the ground and from the air
- Nationwide alert over flash floods, hail, and strong winds
- Remote learning triggered in affected governorates
- The publisher cited Article 54 of the Constitution, which states that "publishing activity may be prohibited only by virtue of a court decision". Koukou has been subject to other acts of censorship in recent years
- Last year’s blaze in the suburban district of Tai Po spread rapidly across seven of eight buildings in an apartment complex, killing 168 people
- Iran’s announcement that it would open Hormuz had sent stocks and bonds surging on Friday and oil prices down
- British nationals, including a 16-year-old, tried to set fire to offices of Persian-language outlet by throwing an “ignited container” that landed in a car park
- Attack part of a “sustained effort to intimidate Iran International and silence independent Persian-language journalism beyond Iran’s borders,” outlet said
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