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Ghotki: A collision between two passenger express trains in southern Pakistan killed at least 30 people on Monday, and the death toll was likely to rise as rescuers were still trying to access several mangled coaches, a police official told media. The accident in the Ghotki district of the southern Sindh province occurred after the coaches of one train, the Millat Express, derailed and fell across the opposite track, where they were hit by another train, the Sir Syed Express, a spokesperson for Pakistan Railways said in a statement, according to Reuters. At least 30 dead had been transported to surrounding hospitals,…

Manama: A specialized COVID-19 medical center was opened today at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre (BIECC). Supreme Council for Health (SCH) President, Head of the National Medical Taskforce For Combating COVID-19, Lieutenant-General Dr. Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, inaugurated the hub which will follow up on light and medium coronavirus cases.  He paid tribute to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for his support, extending thanks to His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister for his constant follow-up on the Team Bahrain’s national efforts. The center includes 8 stations…

Manama: Secretary-General of the Higher Education Council (HEC) and Deputy Chairperson of its Board of Trustees, Dr. Shaikha Rana bint Isa bin Duaij Al Khalifa, received here today the Indian Ambassador to Bahrain, Piyush Srivastava. Dr. Shaikha Rana lauded the distinguished long-standing solid Bahraini-Indian relations of friendship, and their steady progress, particularly at the political, economic, educational and cultural levels. She underlined the Higher Education Council’s keenness to develop educational and research cooperation with friendly India in order to support the educational process and serve efforts to achieve sustainable development in the two countries. The two sides also discussed higher education topics of…

Manama: HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of HM the King for Humanitarian Works and Youth Affairs has received Team Bahrain Victorious’ cyclist Damiano Caruso on the occasion of his visit to Bahrain. During the meeting, HH Shaikh Nasser hailed the unique results achieved by Damiano Caruso, who finished second in the Giro d’Italia tour. Moreover, HH Shaikh Nasser stressed that Damiano is among the pillars of Team Bahrain Victorious thanks to his enormous capabilities and performances. Furthermore, HH Shaikh Nasser expressed appreciation for the prominent efforts exerted by the team’s cyclists and technical staff, thanks to which it achieved great…

G7 agrees to tax big firms and squeeze havens The US, Britain and other large, rich nations reached a landmark deal on Saturday to squeeze more money out of multinational companies and reduce their incentive to shift profits to low-tax offshore havens. Hundreds of billions of dollars could flow into the coffers of governments left cash-strapped by the pandemic after the G7 advanced economies agreed to back a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15%. Facebook said it expected it would have to pay more tax, in more countries, as a result of the deal, which comes after…

Labour and Social Development Minister, Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, has stressed the importance of consolidating the ongoing national efforts to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) by raising the level of the precautionary and pre-emptive measures at worksites to protect workers’ safety and health. He affirmed Bahrain’s keenness to promote a healthy and safe work environment that is free of various occupational accidents and communicable diseases, as part of the precautionary measures recommended by the National Medical Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the Ministry of Health. In a statement, the minister urged employers in…

Some of the world’s richest nations are within touching distance of a historic deal to close the net on large companies which do not pay their fair share of tax, France and Germany said on Friday after a day of talks in London. Finance ministers from the Group of Seven rich nations are meeting in person for the first time since the start of the COVID pandemic, after U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration gave fresh impetus to stalled global tax talks this year. Rich nations have struggled for years to agree a way to raise more tax from large multinationals…

BRAVE CF 51: The Future is Here marked the much-anticipated debut of the truly global Mixed Martial Arts promotion in Belarus and the fight night delivered in every single aspect, from memorable bouts, to amazing finishes, and a completely unexpected last-minute sour surprise, with the cancellation of the main event of the evening a few moments before the walkout. Hometown hero Denis Maher was still celebrating his triumph over Rinat Sagyntay in the co-main event of the evening when BRAVE CF’s color commentator Kirik Jenness broke the news: there was something wrong with one of the headliners and the main…

Kuwait has renewed commitment to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), said a senior Kuwaiti diplomat on Friday. Cooperation and joint action are the best means to counter this dangerous crime that jeopardizes safety of communities, especially recently on the backdrop of COVID-19, said Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi, Kuwait’s Permeant Delegate to UN before the organization’s 32nd General Assembly on anti-corruption. Terming UNCAC a “cornerstone” in the fight against corruption, yet the phenomenon, according to Al-Otaibi, is still prevalent and becoming more complex due to advancing technology, making it a trans-border crime, branching out to terrorism financing, money laundering, arms dealing…

U.S. President Joe Biden offered to scrap his proposed corporate tax hike during negotiations with Republicans, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, in what would be a major concession by the Democratic president as he works to hammer out an infrastructure deal. Biden offered to drop plans to raise corporate tax rates as high as 28% and instead set a minimum 15% tax rate aimed at ensuring all companies pay taxes, sources said. In return, Republicans would have to agree to at least $1 trillion in new infrastructure spending, one source said. And Biden has not given…