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Bahrain : UAE President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has approved a wide-ranging reform of the country’s legal system, which aims to strengthen economic, investment and commercial opportunities, in addition to maximizing social stability, security and ensuring the rights of both individuals and institutions. The draft of new laws and legislative amendments came during the “Year of the 50th” and are intended to keep pace with the developmental achievements of the UAE and reflect the country’s future aspirations. Over 40 laws are included in the changes, which together represent the largest legal reform in the young nation’s…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands :  With each passing hour, new restrictions were being slapped on travel from countries in southern Africa as the world scurried Saturday to contain a new variant of the coronavirus that has the potential to be more resistant to the protection offered by vaccines. A host of countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada Iran, Japan, Thailand and the United States, joined others, including the European Union and the U.K. in impose restrictions on southern African countries in response to warnings over the transmissability of the new variant — against the advice of the World Health Organization. Despite the…

Bahrain :  President of the Supreme Council of Health (SCH), Lieutenant General Dr. Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, has affirmed the government’s keenness to provide the best health services and ensure comprehensive health coverage, in line with the continuous directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. In this context, the SCH President paid an inspection field visit to Shaikh Abdullah bin Khalid Health Centre, in Riffa, in the presence of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal…

Madrid :  His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain met here yesterday the Speaker of the Council of Representatives, Fawzia bint Abdulla Zainal, on the sidelines of the 143rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), hosted by Spain. HM King Felipe VI met a number of heads of parliaments during the opening ceremony of the 143rd IPU Assembly. Speaker Fawzia bint Abdulla Zainal affirmed that the Bahraini-Spanish relations are progressing steadily across various fields, thanks to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s visions and keenness to open up wider horizons of cooperation and coordination with various countries, based…

Bahrain : Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) Chief Executive, Mohammed Ali Al Qaed, welcomed Smart Way Consulting CEO, Waleed Khalaf and Vice President, Daneh Al Rayes to his office at the iGA’s Isa Town premises, where they discussed plans for cooperation. Smart Way is the organizer of the annual Bahrain Smart Cities Summit. The meeting included discussions on how to promote the development of smart cities in the Kingdom, and raise awareness of their many benefits among the public and private sectors, individuals, and Non-Government organizations to help Bahrain keep pace with global developments. Al Qaed said that the Kingdom…

Australia imposed new restrictions on Saturday on people who have been to nine southern African countries, as the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 raises concerns about another wave of the pandemic. The countries are South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, the Seychelles, Malawi and Mozambique. Effective immediately, the government will ban non-citizens who have been in those countries from entering and will require supervised 14-day quarantines for Australian citizens and their dependents returning from the countries, said Health Minister Greg Hunt. These restrictions also apply to people such as international students and skilled migrants arriving from countries with which Australia has…

BRUNSWICK : Ahmaud Arbery’s mother woke up Thursday with a new, very important blessing on Thanksgiving Day. But there will still be an empty chair at the family’s celebrations. It is a reminder that while she feels justice was served when the three white men who helped shoot her son were convicted Wednesday for cornering and killing him as he ran through a coastal Georgia neighborhood, she will never be made whole again because her son is gone. “This is the second Thanksgiving we’ve had without Ahmaud. But at the same time I’m thankful. This is the first Thanksgiving we are saying…

Bahrain : The embassy of India in Bahrain celebrated the Constitution Day at the diplomatic mission in Manama. During the ceremony, a user-friendly mobile application ‘EoIBhCONNECT’ for facilitating the consular appointment service was launched. Marking the occasion, the ambassador read out the preamble of the constitution and flowers were offered to the ‘Father of the Nation’. The embassy also took part in the Constitution Day celebration held at Central Hall of Parliament via live streaming. In his address to the community, the ambassador highlighted the importance of the Constitution Day and thanked the Indian associations and community members for joining the…

London : Work is underway to look at tweaking vaccines against the new concerning strain of coronavirus that has sparked travel bans, said dpa international. The variant, named Omicron and designated a “variant of concern” by the London, Nov. 27 (BNA): Work is underway to look at tweaking vaccines against the new concerning strain of coronavirus that has sparked travel bans, said dpa international. The variant, named Omicron and designated a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organisation (WHO), has reached Belgium after being discovered in South Africa. The WHO warned that preliminary evidence suggests the variant has an…

Abu Dhabi : The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) have announced the suspension of entry for travellers and transit passengers from South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique. This includes suspending the entry of travellers who were in these countries 14 days before coming to the UAE. Flight operations will continue to transport passengers from the UAE to these seven countries, Emirates News Agency (WAM) said. The GCAA affirmed that UAE nationals, diplomatic missions, official delegations between UAE and the seven countries and golden residence holders are…