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Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani met the GCC Secretary-General Dr. Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad. They discussed issues related to strengthening joint Gulf cooperation, and the efforts made by the General Secretariat to implement the decisions of the Supreme Council of the GCC and the Ministerial Council. The decisions aim to advance the process of joint action to meet the councils goals, and to strengthen cooperation between the GCC and other countries.

Secretary-General of the Higher Education Council (HEC) and Vice-Chairperson of its Board of Trustees Dr. Shaikha Rana bint Isa bin Daij Al Khalifa visited Bahrain Training Institute. The Secretary-General inspected the institute’s facilities, noting its readiness to provide quality educational services in a way that ensures health and safety of all. She expressed her appreciation for the efforts of all those in charge. Dr. Shaikha Rana praised the high-level equipment provided by the Institute, wishing all its personnel further success.

Saudi teachers won two international awards in the category of Microsoft Experts for Creative Learning and Microsoft Schools at the World Experience Exchange Conference 2022, recently concluded in Seattle, USA. Iman Khair Al-Din introduced Encyclopedia of Science schools and won the grand prize for Microsoft schools worldwide, for her project that is designed to integrate children with disabilities in schools or regular classes with their peers. Maymouna Awaji and Jawaher Al-Manea from Riyadh Education Department, Mohammed Al-Mahmadi and Majed Al-Juhani from Makkah Al-Mukarramah Education Department, depicted as Microsoft experts for creative learning, ranked first in the world in the field…

Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data in 6,475 cities showed on Tuesday, and smog even rebounded in some regions after a COVID-related dip. The WHO recommends that average annual readings of small and hazardous airborne particles known as PM2.5 should be no more than 5 micrograms per cubic metre after changing its guidelines last year, saying that even low concentrations caused significant health risks, according to Reuters. But only 3.4% of the surveyed cities met the standard in 2021, according to data complied by…

The Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa Academy for Diplomatic Studies took the participants of the International Diplomats Program (IDP) on a field trip to visit the Supreme Council for Women where they were welcomed by the SCW’s Assistant Secretary-General Shaikha Deena bint Rashid Al Khalifa. The participants were briefed on the SCW’s establishment, strategy, objectives, programs and activities. The visit is part of MBMA’s efforts to highlight the Kingdom’s efforts in supporting Bahraini women in all fields and the SCW’s commitment, under Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of HM the King and SCW President, to…

Rescuers scoured heavily forested mountain slopes in southern China on Tuesday looking for victims and flight recorders from a China Eastern Airlines passenger jet that crashed a day earlier with 132 people on board. Parts of the Boeing 737-800 were strewn among trees charred by fire after China’s first crash of a commercial jetliner since 2010. Burnt remains of identity cards and wallets were also seen, state media said. Flight MU5735 was travelling to the port city of Guangzhou from Kunming, capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, when it suddenly plunged from cruising altitude and crashed in the mountains…

A superyacht linked to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich docked in the Turkish tourist resort of Marmaris on Tuesday, a port source said, a day after another of his yachtsarrived in nearby Bodrum, also in the county’s southwest. The Eclipse, which is one of the world’s biggest at 162.5 metres (533 feet) long and sails under a Bermuda flag, arrived in Marmaris after cruising southeast of the Greek islands of Crete and Rhodes, according to Marine Traffic data. The data also showed the superyacht Solaris remained moored in Bodrum, some 80 km (50 miles) away, having skirted the waters of European…

Neon signs were turned off, lights dimmed and thermostats dialled down in Japan on Tuesday after the government issued an urgent call to save energy, warning of blackouts after an earthquake last week caused a serious power shortage. As snow fell in Tokyo and the temperature dropped to 2 Celsius (35.6 Fahrenheit), Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said demand had spiked and up to 3 million households could lose power after 8 p.m. (1100 GMT) if usage rates did not come down. “At this rate, we are coming closer to a state where we will have to conduct power outages similar…

U.S. President Joe Biden has said only India among the Quad group of countries was “somewhat shaky” in acting against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, as India tries to balance its ties with Russia and the West. While the other Quad countries – the United States, Japan and Australia – have sanctioned Russian entities or people, India has not imposed sanction or even condemned Russia, its biggest supplier of military hardware. “In response to his aggression, we have presented a united front throughout the NATO and in the Pacific,” Biden told a business forum on Monday, referring to Russian…