Author: News Desk

U.S President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on all Americans to reject the “poison” of white supremacy, addressing families and local officials at the Buffalo, New York, site of what police say is a racially motivated mass shooting over the weekend. “White sumpremacy is a poison. It’s a poison – it really is – running through our body politic,” Biden said. He said the white gunman who killed nine Black Americans and a white security guard trying to protect them was fueled by “hate that through the media and politics, the internet has radicalized angry alienated, lost and isolated individuals…

Russia is not planning to block Alphabet Inc’s YouTube, the minister for digital development said on Tuesday, acknowledging that such a move would likely see Russian users suffer and should therefore be avoided. Russia has blocked other foreign social media platforms, but despite months of fines and threats against YouTube for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal and for restricting access to some Russian media, it has stopped short of delivering a killer blow to the video-hosting service. With around 90 million monthly users in Russia, YouTube is extremely popular and plays an important role in the digital economy.…

The European Union is likely to make significant financial contributions to keep Ukraine going, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday, adding she would look to G7 members like Britain Canada and Japan to step up help too. G7 finance ministers and central bank governors are to meet on Thursday and Friday in Germany, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine high on their agenda. Yellen said the United States has made a strong commitment to Ukraine funding and it was clear that the EU was “very serious about wanting to provide the necessary aid as well.” “We’ll need to…

The European Commission said on Tuesday opening accounts in roubles at a Russian bank to pay for gas would breach the bloc’s sanctions against Moscow, after Brussels released updated guidance on how companies can legally keep buying Russian fuel. Countries and companies have for weeks been asking for clarity on how they can proceed, after Moscow at the end of March demanded foreign buyers start to pay for gas in roubles or risk losing their supply. In updated guidance, shared with EU countries on Friday, the Commission confirmed its previous advice that EU sanctions do not prevent companies from opening…

Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra returned to their homeland on Monday after an emotional Eurovision Song Contest victory, greeted at the border with Poland by servicemen and women whose cause the band had championed in Turin. Frontman Oleh Psiuk was presented with a bouquet of yellow and blue flowers – the colours of Ukraine’s flag – and reunited with his girlfriend before he and his band launched into an impromptu version of “Stefania”, their winning song. On Saturday, they had ridden a wave of popular support to win the annual songfest in the northern Italian city, giving their compatriots a much-needed morale…

Manama: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, was recently honoured at Changi Airline Awards ceremony which took place in Singapore, winning in the “Connectivity Award” and the “New Airline Award”. Commenting on this achievement, Gulf Air Acting Chief Executive Officer Captain Waleed AlAlawi said “We are pleased to have the Gulf Air services and products recognized by the Changi Airline Awards. We are constantly striving to deliver excellence to our passengers by enhancing a broad spectrum of deliverables from our convenient flight schedules, numerous international and regional flights, and a variety of products and services both on the…

Brussels: Speaker Fawzia bint Abdullah Zainal met with Speaker of the Belgian Parliament, Eliane Tello, and President of the Belgian Senate, Stephanie D’Hose. The meeting highlighted the importance of the partnership between the two kingdoms’ parliaments, stressed that this meeting constitutes a step towards translating the common will to build on the distinguished relations that unite the two countries, and the continuous endeavor to develop relations of cooperation and coordination in all fields, and move to develop them. Zainal reviewed the achievement made by Bahrain in addressing COVID-19, stressing that the national efforts headed by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin…

Manama: The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, and the Central Bank of Bahrain, held a workshop to discuss proposed reform to the current legal provisions that regulate the liability of Directors and Managers within the Company Law. The proposed reform was presented for discussion after the participants benefited from the insight of legal experts on how the issue of Directors and Managers Liability is regulated around the world. The workshop commenced with a presentation by Dr. Riyadh Seyadi, a judge at the commercial courts of the Kingdom of…

BRAVE Combat Federation is making its much-anticipated return to South America as it announces an upcoming event in Goiânia, Brazil this July in association with a new hosting partner, Liliane Mesquita Producao. Organization officials have confirmed that BRAVE CF will be landing in Goiânia on July 30th, however, it has not been confirmed whether other events will be taking place prior to that.   The Bahrain-based promotion ventured into Brazil for its promotional debut in 2017. Brazil was the first country to host a BRAVE CF event outside of its headquarters making BRAVE CF 3 in Curitiba, Brazil the first international destination of…

Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has passed away on Friday, May 13, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. In a statement issued today, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced the death of Sheikh Khalifa. “The Ministry of Presidential Affairs mourns the death of the nation’s President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan,” the statement read. The Ministry has also declared an official mourning period for the late His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan with the flag flown at half-mast for 40 days starting from today. Work in ministries, departments, federal…