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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi got an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to attend the next Group of Seven summit, India’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. Over a telephone call, Modi told Trump that New Delhi would be happy to work with the United States and other countries to ensure the success of the next G7 summit, it said in a statement. Trump said on Saturday he was postponing until September the summit that had been scheduled for late June in Camp David, the U.S. president’s country retreat, and that he wanted to invite Australia, Russia, South Korea…

Bahrain has reported its third-highest daily cases, after reporting 82 new cases of coronavirus cases among 37 expatriate workers and 43 contacts of active cases and 2 are travel-related, taking today’s cases to 446. By today’s cases, the country surpassed 12,000 confirmed cases. Meanwhile, 10 additional recoveries from COVID-19 was reported, taking today’s recoveries to 337. The newly registered cases bring the total cases to 12,311 of which 7,407 have recovered making over 60 percent of the confirmed cases to recover from the virus. Currently, there are 4,885 active cases. There are currently 48 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment, of which 10 are in a…

The Sharjah Finance Department (SFD) has set up a framework worth AED4 billion to enhance liquidity for the banking system in the emirate. The move aims to provide additional financial assistance to all businesses which were impacted by the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Issued as 12-month dirham-denominated paper in several tranches, the Sharjah Liquidity Support Mechanism, SLSM, Sukuk represents the first rated short term local currency tradeable instrument in the UAE, which can be used for liquidity management by banks. In a statement today, The Sharjah Finance Department (SFD said the framework paper has a short term investment grade…

American cities erupted in violence and destruction in a seventh straight night of unrest, with several police officers shot or run over, amid boasts and threats from President Donald Trump to send in troops to “dominate the streets,” the Associated Press (AP) reported. In New York, nonviolent protests Monday night were punctuated by people smashing shop windows near Rockefeller Center and breaching the doors of Macy’s flagship store on 34th Street, littering the pavement with broken glass. An SUV plowed into a group of officers at a demonstration in Buffalo, injuring three, including a state trooper who suffered a broken…

The World Bank said on Tuesday that it expects the coronavirus and resulting recessions to leave “lasting scars” on developing and emerging market countries, with the worst damage on oil exporters and those suffering financial crises. In analytical chapters of its new Global Economic Prospects report, the bank said that the average emerging market country suffering a financial crisis could see potential output fall by 8% over a five-year period, with lost output for developing oil exporters falling 11%. World Bank officials said that because the growth outlook had already dimmed significantly due in part to trade conflicts, the shock…

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, today chaired a meeting of the Government Executive Committee, held remotely. During the meeting, HRH the Crown Prince reaffirmed that Bahrain has mobilised the full strength of its resources in order to safeguard public health and overcome obstacles imposed by the global spread of COVID-19, under the leadership of HM King Hamad. HRH the Crown Prince stressed that at this current stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, the responsibility of each member of Bahraini society is to protect themselves, their family…

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, participated today in the virtual Donors Conference for Yemen 2020, which was hosted by the brotherly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The conference took place under the presidency of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud, and with the participation of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, the Prime Minister of Yemen, Maeen Abdulmalik, the Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian…

Emirates will make a decision on the size of its future fleet in the next few months once there is greater clarity on whether demand for travel will start to rebound next year, the airline’s president said on Tuesday. “We need a little more time to see how this is all going to pan out,” he said in an online interview with industry publication Aviation Week. Also Read: Emirates could take 4 years to resume flying to entire network Movement permits required in Abu Dhabi from tomorrow No evidence potency of coronavirus changing: WHO

6 people have been fined for violating the home quarantine rules imposed on them after having contact with a coronavirus patient. The six violators have been fined with 1,000 Bahraini Dinars each. On the other hand, the Public Prosecution began investigating reports received from the Public Health Department against twenty-seven defendants for their lack of commitment to the home quarantine, because they left their homes at different times of the period, and the investigation was also conducted with five accused who violated the ministerial decision to close shops to prevent the outbreak of the pandemic. Also Read: HH Southern Governor visits Khalifa…

Southern Governor, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, today paid a field visit to Khalifa Town, in the presence of Deputy Governor, Brigadier Isa Thamer Al-Dossari, officers and officials. HH Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali met a number of Khalifa Town citizens virtually and was informed about their remarks, suggestions and needs in the security, social and service fields. In the security field, HH Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali stressed the Southern Governorate’s keenness on fruitful coordination and cooperation with the security authorities at the Interior Ministry, such as the Southern Governorate’s Police Directorate, to meet all the…