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Bahrain : His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, sent a cable of congratulations to President David W. Panuelo of Federated States of Micronesia, on his country’s Independence Day. HM the King wished the president good health and happiness.

Bahrain :  Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) is all geared up to bring the curtain down on the 2021 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) this weekend with the highly anticipated Bapco 8 Hours of Bahrain in Sakhir. This year’s hugely exciting campaign is set for a thrilling climax as “The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East” hosts endurance racing’s global elite for a sixth and final round. It will be the second successive week that the Spirit of Le Mans is brought to life at BIC. It follows the successful hosting of the Bapco 6 Hours of…

London : Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air participated in the World Travel Market (WTM), the world’s leading travel trade show, which took place in London from 1 to 3 November, 2021. The airline attended the event alongside Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority and Bahraini travel and tourism industry representatives, including hotels, travel agencies and destination management companies. “World Travel Market is a key industry event which Gulf Air attends on an annual basis,” Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gulf Air who attended the event said. “We believe it provides a great…

Washington : Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others, said AP. “This change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology’s history,” Jerome Pesenti, vice president of artificial intelligence for Facebook’s new parent company, Meta, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. “Its removal will result in the deletion of more than a billion people’s individual facial recognition templates.” He said the company was trying to weigh the positive…

London, Nov. 2 (BNA): The 2021 edition of the World Travel and Tourism Expo is being held on November 1-3 in ExCel London, the United Kingdom. Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) is taking part in the three-day exhibition, which coincides with the gradual decline of the global pandemic. BTEA seeks through this global expo to bolster Bahrain’s standing on the world tourism map as a safe destination for tourists and highlight the Kingdom’s credentials, facets and mega projects. It also seeks to promote the standing of the Kingdom of Bahrain as a world standard destination for family, business,…

Glasgow :  His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today met with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP, at COP26, held in Glasgow, Scotland. His Royal Highness highlighted the Kingdom of Bahrain’s long history of strategic cooperation and coordination with the United Kingdom. His Royal Highness noted the importance of further advancing Bahrain-UK relations, in line with joint agreements that benefit both countries and their peoples. His Royal Highness expressed his best…

Dubai : Expo 2020 Dubai organizers have hailed the first month of the event as a “huge success”, announcing an impressive 2,350,868 visits from October 1-31, with a host of memorable events, entertainment and seminars attracting people from the UAE, region and beyond. 28 percent of visits were made by persons under 18 years old, but this figure is expected to grow as the Expo School Program expands during the cooler months ahead. Taking a global overview, an impressive 17 percent of the total visits came from overseas, which was notable considering the event takes place when many countries are…

Bahrain : Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Ayman bin Tawfiq Al Moayyed received Maldivian Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment Minister Ahmed Mahloof. The meeting discussed cooperation and exchanging expertise. The minister praised the distinguished relations between the two countries in various fields, stressing Bahrain’s keenness to enhance coordination. Minister Mahloof praised the development witnessed by the Kingdom in many fields.

Madrid : Air travel around the Canary Island of La Palma was disrupted on Monday thanks to the latest eruption of a local volcano that has been disrupting day-to-day business and destroying property since September. A burst of volcanic ash was to blame for the flight restrictions, according to airport operator Aena on Tuesday. Similarly, 22 schools had to be shut down because concentrations of sulphur dioxide exceeded safe levels on parts of the island, reports dpa. The volcano has been spewing lava since September 19, sometimes with flows reaching 1,300 degrees. More than 2,700 buildings have been damaged and…

Bahrain : Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) Chief Executive, Mohammed Ali Al Qaed led the opening of a forum aimed at studying the Digital Transformation plans of Bahrain government entities for the year 2022. The event, which seeks to implement high level directives to accelerate the pace of Digital Transformation, is being held from 1st to 4th November 2021 at the iGA’s premises in Muharraq with the participation of Undersecretaries, Asst. Undersecretaries and senior officials representing 28 government entities. The forum is organized in line with a decision announced by the Cabinet to achieve comprehensive, government-wide digital transformation. Carried out…