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Bahrain will ban outdoor work during the afternoon in July and August. The ban of work under direct sunlight and in open places will run from noon until 4 pm, the Ministry of Labour said. The aim is to protect workers and ensure their safety from heat stress, sunstroke and various summer diseases, and to reduce occupational accidents during the hottest months of the year, the ministry added. Bahrain is committed to banning afternoon work under searing temperatures and high humidity in line with human rights principles and the need to provide a safe and healthy work environment, Labour Minister…

The 1st Behavior Forum kicked off with the participation of 45 public schools. The forum was organized by Education Ministry in support of the efforts made to promote positive behavior, address bad attitude, and enriching the good educational values ​​among students. The first day, was attended virtually by 381 participants, who discussed boosting positive behavior initiatives from 13 schools.

His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, arrived in Cairo. At Cairo International airport, HRH Crown Prince was received by President Abdulfattah Al-Sisi of Egypt and senior government officials, Saudi press agency (SPA) reported. Saudi Crown Prince is visiting Egypt as part of a regional tour, as he is scheduled to travel to Turkey to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The crown prince’s talks in Cairo and Amman aim at coordinating their positions on key issues, the AP reported. Prince Mohammed bin Salman will be having…

Expo City Dubai will be opened in October, HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has said. The new city is an ideal smart and futuristic destination for business and innovation, driven by sustainability, innovation, education and entertainment, UAE news agency WAM reported. “Brothers and Sisters, after the historical success of Expo 2020 Dubai, which was visited by more than 24 million visitors, and which left an indelible mark in the 170-year history of World Expositions, today we announce the transformation of the exhibition site into Expo City Dubai, a city that…

The head of Tunisia’s constitution committee delivered the draft of a new constitution to President Kais Saied, the presidency said, with expectations that the document will grant more powers to the president. Saied, who seized executive power last year, dissolved parliament and ruled by decree. He said on Monday some chapters needed amendments, Reuters reports. The president intends to put the new constitution to a referendum on July 25, though the opposition has said it will boycott the plebiscite. Saied named law professor Sadok Belaid to draft the new constitution, without including Tunisia’s main political parties such as the Islamist…

Russia summoned the European Union’s ambassador in Moscow on Tuesday, fuming over what it calls an illegal rail blockade of a Russian outpost on the Baltic Sea, the latest stand-off over sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine. On the ground in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s separatist proxies said they were advancing towards Kyiv’s main battlefield bastion. A Ukrainian official described a lull in fighting there as the “calm before the storm”. The latest diplomatic crisis is over the Kaliningrad enclave, a port and surrounding countryside on the Baltic Sea that is home to nearly a million Russians, connected to the…

Germany faces certain recession if already faltering Russian gas supplies completely stop, an industry body warned on Tuesday, as Italy said it would consider offering financial backing to help companies refill gas storage to avoid a deeper crisis in winter. European Union countries from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Adriatic coast in the south have been outlining measures to cope with a supply crisis after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine put energy at the heart of an economic battle between Moscow and the West. The EU relied on Russia for as much as 40% of its gas needs…

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it did not know the location of two Americans captured while fighting in eastern Ukraine, but that they were mercenaries and could be sentenced to death in Russian-backed breakaway territories. Americans Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, went missing this month while fighting near Kharkiv. Russian state media later showed video interviews with the pair, saying they had been captured by Russian-backed forces. Citing an unidentified source, the Interfax news agency reported that the men were in the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine. Britons Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin and…

Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has moved to help protect foreign players affected by the conflict in Ukraine by allowing them to suspend their contracts until June 2023. Earlier this month, Andriy Pavelko, president of Ukraine’s football federation, revealed details of discussions with the heads of FIFA and UEFA about resuming men’s and women’s matches in the country in a safe manner in August. Foreign players contracted to Ukrainian clubs have mostly fled since Russia invaded the country back in February, with it remaining uncertain as to whether they will return, should the league begin again in two months time.…

Dmitry Muratov, the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and the editor of one of Russia’s last major independent newspapers, auctioned off his Nobel medal for a record $103.5 million to aid children displaced by the war in Ukraine. All proceeds from the auction, which coincided with the World Refugee Day on Monday, will benefit UNICEF’s humanitarian response for Ukraine’s displaced children, Heritage Auctions, which conducted the sale in New York, said in a statement. Muratov’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper, fiercely critical of President Vladimir Putin and his government, suspended operations in Russia in March after warnings from the state…