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Detroit : General Motors and South Korea’s Samsung SDI plan to invest more than $3 billion in building a new electric vehicle battery cell plant in the United States, the companies said Tuesday. They did not announce the intended location of the new factory, which is expected to begin operations in 2026, GM and Samsung SDI said in a statement. According to The Associated Press (AP), GM and Samsung SDI plan to jointly operate the factory, which is expected to make nickel-rich prismatic and cylindrical cells. The companies said it was expected to create thousands of jobs. The project is…

Washington : US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the warring factions in Sudan agreed to a ceasefire, “starting at midnight on April 24, to last for 72 hours.” The agreement between the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, came “following intense negotiation over the past 48 hours,” Blinken said. “The United States urges the SAF and RSF to immediately and fully uphold the ceasefire,” Blinken said. “To support a durable end to the fighting, the United States will coordinate with regional and international partners, and Sudanese civilian stakeholders, to assist in the…

London: Finance and National Economy Minister Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa met Lord Mayor of the City of London Alderman Nicholas Lyons  Lord Mayor of the City of London. The meeting was also attended by Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Governor Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj, Economic Development Board (EDB) Chief Executive Officer Khalid Ibrahim Humaidan and Prime Minister’s Office Director-General Hamad Yacoub Al Mahameed. During the meeting, the minister highlighted longstanding historic relations binding the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Kingdom, commended the advanced level joint financial cooperation. The two sides reviewed ways of further joint ties and…

Rome: With the return of calm seas, migrant smugglers launched dozens of boats from Tunisia during the weekend and some 1,200 people ended up on a tiny Italian island while several were reported missing at sea, the Italian Coast Guard said Monday. Coast guard officials said in a statement that they responded to 35 boats that had left Tunisia, three of which came to grief. In one shipwreck some 20 nautical miles off Lampedusa island coast guard and border police vessels said three migrants were missing. In a second, in Malta’s search-and-rescue area, survivors said some 20 people were missing,…

Tokyo : Japanese startup ispace inc (9348.T) is preparing to land its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) spacecraft on the moon early on Wednesday, in what would be the world’s first lunar landing by a private company if it succeeds. The M1 lander is set to touch down around 1:40 a.m. Japan time (1640 GMT Tuesday) after taking off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a SpaceX rocket in December, Reuters reported. Success would mark a welcome reversal from the recent setbacks Japan has faced in space technology, where it has big ambitions of building a domestic industry, including a goal of…

Cairo : Under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence will hold a ceremony to inaugurate “The Kingdom of Bahrain Declaration” in Egypt, in the presence of ambassadors, diplomats, officials and affiliates of the King Hamad Chair for Interfaith Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence. The Declaration, which is a document that expresses the thought and philosophy of HM King Hamad, includes a set of principles that form the pillars of coexistence as a method for peace in the world, and stem from historical foundations of coexistence in Bahrain and…

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he will seek a second White House term in 2024, a decision that will test whether Americans are ready to give the 80-year-old Democrat, already the oldest US president ever, another four years in office. Biden made his announcement in a slickly produced video released by his new campaign team, in which he declares it is his job to defend American democracy. “When I ran for president four years ago, I said we’re in a battle for the soul of America, and we still are,” Biden said. “This is not a time to be…

Manama: A showcase of world food trends was inaugurated at LuLu Hypermarket in Dana Mall by the Capital Governor H.E. Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa and LuLu Group Executive Director  Ashraf Ali M.A. and Director  Juzer Rupawala. The aim of the showcase was to highlight the different food trends tapped by LuLu and available to shoppers in Bahrain: whether ketogenic diet specials or a wide range of “free-from” foods such as sugar free, lactose free, gluten free etc., additives-free, organic foods, the latest trend in plant-based faux meat foods, super foods, local products as well as global flavours, LuLu has…

Manama: The Bahrain Comic Con Festival will be held on 28th and 29th of Oct 2022 at the Bahrain International Circuit. The event will be held through a partnership between the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority (BTEA) and DALLAH. The unique event will feature activities, celebrities, and many surprises! Bahrain Comic Con will be packed with content that will entice attendees from all over the world to visit Bahrain. The event will feature Hollywood movie studios and international gaming companies. This will also include a variety of workshops, such as sound dubbing for cartoons, writing scenarios, facial expressions, sketching anime,…

MANAMA: The Final Series of SSL GOLD CUP 2022, which is the inaugural Sailing Championship, has received the strategic partnership of the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority (BTEA). The Sailing Athletes Foundation (SAF), in conjunction with the Bahrain Maritime Sports Association, is hosting the SSL GOLD CUP, a World Sailing Special Event, for the first time in Bahrain’s history. It will be held from October 28 to November 20. The SSL GOLD CUP gives a singular equal opportunity challenge for all the 40 nations, who race on the same boat, the SSL47, a 14-meter performance racing boat, provided by the organizers. The World’s Top…