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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States would impose visa restrictions on Chinese companies like Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, which he accused of facilitating human right violations. Pompeo also said telecommunications companies around the world “should consider themselves on notice” that if they do business with Huawei, “they are doing business with human rights abusers.” Pompeo told a news conference the State Department would “impose visa restrictions on certain employees of Chinese technology companies like Huawei that provide material support to regimes engaging in human rights violations and abuses globally.” Pompeo also said that “faster…

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he expected a World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus in China to be “completely whitewashed.” Nearly 580,000 people globally have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and more than 13 million have been infected following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, last year. The Geneva-based WHO said it was sending an team to China in early July to investigate how the outbreak started. “This is a regime that failed to disclose the information they had about a virus that has now…

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Supreme Commander, today paid a visit to the General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF). Upon arrival, HM the King was welcomed by the BDF Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Minister of Defence Affairs, Lieutenant-General Abdulla bin Hassan Al Nuaimi, National Security Advisor and Royal Guard Commander, Major-General HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, and Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Dheyab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi. HM King Hamad was accompanied by Royal Court Minister, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, and Royal Guard Special Force Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel HH…

The suspension of prayers in mosques and mass worship would continue until the number of infections is reduced as decided by medical authorities, according to the Supreme Council for Islam Affairs (SCIA). The Council added that people should continue to rise to the highest levels of responsibility and take the health measures seriously for the sake of their families and their country in order to overcome the pandemic. The suspension of prayers came into action in March, as part of the kingdom’s measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Chairman of the Labour Fund ‘Tamkeen’, Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa, held a meeting with Tamkeen’s Board of Directors, and Chief Executive, Dr. Ebrahim Mohammed Janahi, remotely, to discuss the labour fund’s strategic initiatives to minimize the impact of the repercussions presented by the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the economy. During the meeting, Shaikh Mohammed announced an increase in the budget of Tamkeen’s Business Continuity Support program as an ongoing incentive which underscores Tamkeen’s commitment to continue providing support to the economic sectors most adversely affected by the global pandemic. The step taken by Tamkeen is in line with…

The UAE’s Hope Probe will be able to give crucial inputs to India’s next Mars mission and open up new avenues of cooperation between both nations, a top scientist at Indian Space Research Organisation told Emirates News Agency, WAM. “Data from Hope Probe on transport of dust and its large-scale movements on Mars and results on the loss of volatiles from Mars, will be an important input as India finalises its plans for the next Indian mission to Mars,” said R. Umamaheswaran, Scientific Secretary at ISRO. “Joint research programmes linked to these studies would be a new avenue for bilateral…

Saudi Arabia has reported 2,671 new cases and 42 deaths from coronavirus, taking the total cases to 240,474. The death toll raised to 2,325 after reporting the new deaths. Saudi is holding the 14th position for most coronavirus cases worldwide, just below Italy. Meanwhile, 5,488 patients fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 183,048. In line with recent trends, the majority of the new cases are in Jeddah (250), followed by Riyadh (226) and Al Hafouf (211). https://twitter.com/media_ksa/status/1283383570187325442?s=20

Students of the Indian School Bahrain (ISB) displayed exemplary performance in the class X CBSE examination held in March 2020. The school scored 100% results in the exam as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the results on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. As against a total of 776 students who appeared for the examination, the school achieved a pass percentage of 100% including exactly 100 students scoring ‘A’ grade in all subjects and 172 students scoring above 90% marks in aggregate. Nandana Subha Vinukumar topped the school with 98.6% scoring 493 out of 500. This is the highest…

The Dubai Police’s emergency hotline 999 received 2,447,646 calls during the second quarter of this year, while the force’s non-emergency hotline 901 received 379,122 calls in the same period. These statistics were revealed during the Operations Department performance appraisal meeting, headed by the Dubai Police Commander-in-Chief, Lt. Gen. Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, in the presence of Major General Mohamed Saif Al Zafin, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Operations, Major General Kamel Butti Al Suwaidi, Director of Operations, and several senior officers. Officials of Dubai Police’ Command and Control Centre said that during the third quarter of 2019, Dubai Police’s emergency hotline 999…

Kuwait has reported 703 new coronavirus cases, of which 434 are citizens, taking the total confirmed cases in the country to 56,877, according to the health ministry. 3 patients died of the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 399. Kuwait has the world’s 34th highest number of coronavirus infections just over Ukraine. Meanwhile, 736 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 46,897. Kuwait has done 4,041 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps up its efforts to test more people and detect cases early.…