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U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Wednesday removed Liz Cheney from their leadership, punishing her for rejecting what she called former President Donald Trump’s “big lie” that last year’s election was stolen from him through election fraud. The action signaled that Trump, despite his decisive election loss to Democrat Joe Biden in November, has solidified his hold over House Republicans as he jockeys to play a major role in the 2022 congressional elections and flirts with another run for the presidency in 2024. After her ouster as the No. 3 House Republican was carried out in mere minutes in a…

The Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, has added a new feature to the ‘BeAware Bahrain’ application, enabling users to update their COVID-19 vaccination and recovery status. The iGA said it continues to ease the process of validating COVID-19 vaccination data to facilitate entry into venues restricted to vaccinated or recovered persons. Vaccinated persons only become eligible for entry 14 days after they have completed the vaccination process. The new feature has been made available in the application’s latest version for all IOS and Andriod users. Read More: Bahrain’s firm support to Palestinian issue…

Bahrain’s unflinching support to Arab and Islamic issues, including mainly the Palestinian Cause and Jerusalem, has been emphasised anew. Participating in an emergency session of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU), which convened remotely today at a request by AIPU President Saqr Ghobash, the Speaker of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates, the Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh underlined Bahrain’s firm stance towards the Palestinian issue and its continuous call on the Israeli government to prevent its forces from attacking worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. The AIPU meeting, held to discuss developments in Jerusalem and the…

Moderna Inc will supply Australia 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, of which 10 million doses against the original strain of the virus will be delivered this year, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. Australia currently has two authorized vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca. It has been trying to speed up the rollout of jabs after it was stalled by supply hold-ups in Europe and concerns about blood clots tied to the AstraZeneca shot. The deal also includes the supply of 15 million doses of Moderna’s updated variant booster vaccine candidate to be delivered in 2022, the company said. The pact…

Bahrain on Tuesday approved the emergency use of the new single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine produced by the Gamaleya National Center for Epidemiological and Microbiology Research, at the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The decision to approve the new Sputnik vaccine and allow its use was based on the thorough analysis data provided by the manufacturing company. On receipt of the vaccine files and the results of the expanded study, the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) undertook a review and evaluation process, including the evaluation of efficacy data, safety throughout the clinical trials and vaccine manufacturing quality and product…

Speaker Fawzia bint Abdullah Zainal will participate on Wednesday, in the emergency session of the Arab Parliamentary Union to discuss the situation in Jerusalem (Al-Aqsa Mosque). The virtual meeting is scheduled to be attended by heads of councils and parliaments in the Arab countries, will be held to discuss developments in the situation regarding the Palestinian issue. Read More: Zoho plans to open office in Bahrain Bahrain Youth Minister receives EDB Advisor Gulf Air to support airlift of urgent medical supplies to India

The UAE tourism sector has continued to recover during Q1, 2021, with the average hotel occupancy rates across the country nearing 63 percent, according to initial data released by the local tourist authorities. Average length of stay in hotels during Q1 increased 27.6 percent to 4.3 nights as compared to the same period last year, with March recording a growth of 34 pct in the number of hotel guests comparatively with March 2020, Emirates News Agency reported. UAE nationals accounted for 25.6 percent of total guests in the reference period -one million guests- with March seeing a thumping 112 pct…

China’s weak population growth is falling closer to zero as fewer couples have children, government data showed Tuesday, adding to strains on an ageing society with a shrinking workforce. The population rose by 72 million people over the past 10 years to 1.411 billion in 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics announced after a once-a-decade census. It said annual growth averaged 0.53%, down by 0.04% from the previous decade, according to The Associated Press (AP). Chinese leaders have enforced birth limits since 1980 to restrain population growth but worry the number of working-age people is falling too fast, disrupting efforts…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday said it expanded the emergency use authorization for the use for the BioNTech/Pfizer coronavirus vaccination to include children and adolescents aged 12 to 15. The vaccine by German vaccine maker BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer had previously only been approved in the country for people aged 16 and older. Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock called the expansion “a significant step in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.” “Today’s action allows for a younger population to be protected from COVID-19, bringing us closer to returning to a sense of normalcy and to…

11 people have been killed and many more wounded after one or more gunmen opened fire in a school in the Russian city of Kazan, the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the emergency services ministry. Two children could be seen leaping from the third floor of the four-storey School Number 175 as gunshots sounded, in a video filmed by an onlooker that was circulated by RIA. Some Russian news agencies reporting two teenage gunmen were involved and others said a sole shooter took part. RIA said one 19-year-old gunman had been detained and that an explosion had been…