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Bahrain has announced the death of a 46-year-old female citizen from coronavirus. The total deaths have soared to 58. The MOH expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased. The total cases have driven to 20,916 of which 15,287 have recovered, which means that over 73 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,571 active cases. Also, there are 174 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment, of which 35 are in a critical condition. So far the country has conducted 462,627 tests, according to the government statics. “The cases in Bahrain have seen a rise due to non-compliance…

Off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) coral freshly removed from a reef is cut into pieces and replanted by a group of divers in the waters below. The divers, from the Fujairah Adventure Centre, are building artificial reefs they hope will spur a resurgence in sea life degraded over the years by climate change and development. The small team and other volunteers have planted more than 9,000 corals over about 600 square metres in the past year. Within five years, they hope to cover 300,000 square metres with 1.5 million corals. “It’s a fertile environment for…

India’s prime minister said Friday that the entire country is “hurt and angry” at the killing of 20 soldiers by Chinese forces in a disputed Himalayan border region, while denying assertions that any Indian territory had been lost. Addressing a meeting of top opposition leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that “the country today has such capability that no one can even dare look towards an inch of our land.” Modi underscored that India wants peace and friendship, but upholding sovereignty is foremost. Sonia Gandhi, the main opposition Congress party chief, had earlier questioned whether intelligence failures had allowed China…

Lightweight Mario “Rudeboy” Saeed has signed an exclusive multi-fight deal with BRAVE Combat Federation, promotion officials have confirmed. A submission specialist, fighting out of Gloucester, United Kingdom, Saeed holds a professional record of 13 wins and only four losses and is currently enjoying a four-fight win streak. Competing professionally since 2011, The Trojan MMA affiliated traveled across the United Kingdom, fighting under many different British banners and winning national titles in the process. https://www.facebook.com/starvisionnews/videos/3101009953270073/ For the first time in his pro career, he will be joining an international organization, testing himself against the best from around the world and fighting…

More than 150,000 new coronavirus cases were reported to WHO yesterday — “the most in a single day so far,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a Friday briefing. “Almost half of those cases were reported from the Americas, with large numbers also being reported from South Asia and the Middle East,” he added. Tedros warned, “The world is in a new and dangerous phase. Many people are understandably fed up with being at home. Countries are understandably eager to open up their societies and economies. But the virus is spreading fast, it is still deadly, and most people…

The coronavirus pandemic has entered a “new and dangerous phase” as daily COVID-19 cases hit record highs, the World Health Organization warned Friday. The number of new cases reported Thursday “were the most in a single day so far,” WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference from the agency’s Geneva headquarters. Almost half of the total cases were reported from the Americas, Tedros said, with a large number coming from Southern Asia and the Middle East. “Many people are understandably fed up with being at home. Countries are understandably eager to open up their societies and economies. But the…

The Director-General of the Southern Governorate Police stated that the police arrested two individuals aged 26 and 27 years, the two individuals attacked three people(aged 29, 29 and 43 years) with sharp objects, stealing a phone and a sum of money, in the area of Souq Al Shaab, Isa town.⠀ ⠀ He clarified that upon receiving a report of the incident, search and investigation operations were conducted that resulted in the identification and arresting of the two individuals mentioned, within two hours of receiving the complaint.⠀ ⠀ The Director-General of the Southern Governorate Police Directorate confirmed that all necessary legal…

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday the scale of the clear-up operation after a huge fuel spill in the Arctic was unprecedented for Russia, with Greenpeace estimating the environmental damage to waters in the region at $1.4 billion. A vast fuel tank lost pressure on May 29 and unleashed 21,000 tonnes of diesel into rivers and subsoil near the city of Norilsk, an incident that Greenpeace has compared to the devastating 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska. “Russia has not yet had an experience of clearing up such vast pollution from bodies of water as far as I understand,”…

British actor Ian Holm, best known for his roles in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and “Alien”, has died aged 88. The actor, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance in the 1981 film “Chariots of Fire”, had died from a Parkinson’s related illness, the paper said. “It is with great sadness that the actor Sir Ian Holm CBE passed away this morning at the age of 88,” his agent told the paper. “He died peacefully in hospital, with his family and carer. Charming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely.” Holm began his career on…

Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) Chief Executive, HE Mohammed Ali Al Qaed participated in the ‘Future Vision of Digital Government Through the Lens of COVID-19’ webinar, which was organized by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s eGovernment Programme ‘YESSER’ and the World Bank. Shedding light on the role of modern technology in combatting the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the webinar was attended by digital government experts from KSA, UAE, UK, Finland, and Australia, as well as speakers from the World Bank Group, World Bank, and the United Nations. During the first session titled ‘Digital Government Practices: COVID-19 – An Immediate…