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Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 recorded an unprecedented increase of 50% in international tourists compared to 2019, due to the collaboration between BTEA, Gulf Air, and Bahrain International Circuit (BIC). BIC CEO Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa said that this unprecedented achievement underscores the success of the combined efforts to put on a phenomenal season for this annual event, which Bahrain has hosted since 2004, and in line with the “New Era” of Formula 1, as a radically new set of regulations come into force – all designed to produce even more spectacular racing. Shaikh Salman…

He survived the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. He survived the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp in the same war. And the Bergen-Belsen camp. Last week, Boris Romanchenko, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor, was killed when shelling hit his ordinary flat in the war-ravaged Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. “It is with horror that we report the violent death of Boris Romanchenko in the war in Ukraine,” the memorial for the Buchenwald survivors said on Monday in a statement. The multi-storey apartment building where Romanchenko lived was shelled and caught on fire,” said the statement. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, has…

Louvre Abu Dhabi has announced its latest international exhibition, “Stories of Paper”, organised in partnership with Musée du Louvre and France Muséums, in collaboration with 16 French and international institutions and private collections. To run from April 20 to July 24 the exhibition explores the vast range of artistic expressions of paper, with the aim of cultivating the visitors’ deeper knowledge of a familiar, yet ever more distant material. Approximately 100 artworks and objects, including books, manuscripts, drawings, a reproduction of a house and 13 contemporary artworks and installations made of paper, will be on display, Emirates News Agency (WAM)…

Ukraine’s military warned the public on Tuesday of more indiscriminate Russian shelling from bogged-down Russian troops, and U.S. President Joe Biden issued his strongest warning yet that Russia is considering using chemical weapons. Amid the devastation caused by Russia’s unceasing bombardment of Ukrainian cities, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy highlighted the death of a 96-year-old survivor of Nazi concentration camps, killed in his flat by shelling in Kharkiv. Nearly four weeks into their invasion, Russian troops have failed to capture any major Ukrainian city and have been halted on nearly all fronts, but are hammering residential districts with artillery, missiles and air…

Transportation & Telecommunications and Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) Chairman Minister Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed met with Omar Ahmed Al Mansoori, on his appointment as General Manager of Bahrain Jet Fuel Company (BJFCO). BJFCO Chairman and BAC Chief Executive Officer Mohamed Yousif Al Binfalah was present. The minister congratulated Al Mansoori on his appointment, and wished him success in his new role. “Launched this year, the fuel farm complex is a vital component of the Bahrain International Airport (BIA) Modernization Program. BJFCO will strengthen Bahrain’s position as a major hub for aircraft fuel services in the region, contribute to sustainable economic…

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…