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Dubai : Bahrain’s national pavilion has been officially inaugurated today as part of Expo 2020 Dubai. Themed “Intensity Weaves Opportunities”, the pavilion showcases Bahrain’s facets of long-standing civilisation, history and economy. The opening ceremony was attended by Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) and Pavillion Commissioner-General President Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa. In attendance also were Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Dr. Nayef Al Hajraf, representatives of the GCC pavilions, diplomats and media figures. In a statement on this occasion, BACA president underlined Bahrain’s message to the world, stressing the importance of culture in making miracles, promoting countries…

In Austin, Texas, police are now urging the public to call emergency number 311 and not for emergencies, authorities said. Austin police say city individuals will be asked to use a 311 report from Friday for crimes that are no longer pending when the suspect is no longer present or when there is no immediate threat to life or property. Department. “Understand, if someone is in danger, we will still send a marked unit and a uniform chief to take care of it,” interim police chief Joseph Chacon explained on Wednesday, according to KXAN-TV. “But for crimes that may have…

US: Democratic US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi withdrew a promised vote on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill late Thursday after failing to win enough support from her own lawmakers, in a stark illustration of the deep internal divisions threatening President Joe Biden’s agenda. The California congresswoman had promised to put up the legislation in the lower chamber after it advanced from the Senate with cross-party support, with moderates keen to notch an easy victory for Biden on what would be one of the largest spending packages in history. But progressives insisted they would sink the proposals after getting no clear sign…

WASHINGTON : A federal appeals court sided with the Biden administration late Thursday in a ruling that will allow the Department of Homeland Security to continue to impose Covid restrictions that have blocked the majority of asylum-seekers from entering the U.S. this year. The policy, known as Title 42, had been due to be lifted Thursday in accordance with a lower court order, but the administration appealed the decision. The Trump administration had invoked Title 42, a rarely used clause of public health law, to turn immigrants away at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Biden administration had kept the policy in place, but…

Bahrain : Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air has launched its commercial service between Bahrain and Tel Aviv as its flight GF972 took off today from Bahrain International Airport at 10:40 am and arrived at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. The inaugural flight carried officials from Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority, the National Communications Centre, Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs, members of Gulf Air’s executive management as well as commercial passengers. The flight is the start of Gulf Air’s two weekly services between Bahrain and Israel, deploying the airline’s newest Airbus fleet. An event at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport was held…

Bahrain Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid opened his country’s embassy to Bahrain on Thursday, during his first official visit to the Gulf nation since the two countries forged diplomatic ties last year. Mr Lapid received a red-carpet welcome in Bahrain, stepping off an Israir Airlines flight to be greeted by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdullatif Al Zayani. The plane was decorated with an olive branch and words such as “peace” in Arabic, English and Hebrew. “We’re meeting to officially sign the peace agreements between us, to turn this peace into an active friendship, economic, security, diplomatic, and civilian,” Mr Lapid…

Sydney : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday said a ban on international travel would be lifted soon, said dpa international. “Very soon … we will be able to open those international borders again,” Morrison told journalists in Canberra as he announced border changes. Morrison said that fully vaccinated Australian citizens and residents will be able to travel again to and from states with an 80-per-cent vaccination rate without caps. “That will start happening from next month,” Morrison said. Fully vaccinated Australian citizens and residents double-dosed with a vaccine recognized by the country’s medicines regulator, the TGA, will be…

Colombo : Sri Lanka lifted a six-week lockdown Friday as COVID-19 cases and deaths decline but will restrict people’s movement for work and obtaining essentials only, said AP. The lockdown was imposed Aug. 20 and extended three times as Sri Lanka grappled with a COVID-19 surge caused by the delta variant. The government has ramped up vaccination in recent months, with more than 50% of the 22 million people fully inoculated. New daily infections have since fallen to below 1,000 and deaths to under 100, from a peak of over 3,000 cases and more than 200 deaths in early September.…

Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia recorded 9,671 deaths due to COVID-19 in September, the deadliest month since the pandemic began, government data showed on Friday, though authorities have said the increase was mostly due to the delayed inclusion of fatalities from previous months. The spike has pushed Malaysia’s death toll to among the highest per capita in Asia, even as new infections have slowed in recent weeks amid a ramped-up vaccination programme, reported Reuters. September’s figure accounted for more than a third of the 26,335 total COVID-19 deaths reported in Malaysia, which has recorded over 2.2 million infections, the third-highest number…

Bahrain :Supreme Council for Women (SCW) Assistant Secretary-General Shaikha Deena bint Rashid Al Khalifa stressed Bahrain’s keenness on promoting women’s status to reflect their contributions to the national economy. She highlighted the strides accomplished by Bahraini women which enabled them to hold different leadership and diplomatic positions and enter the decision-making centres across all development fields. Addressing  a discussion session hosted by the  National Communication Centre (NCC), Shaikha Deena  shed light on the SCW role  in promoting women and family status. The discussion session was attended by the media delegation accompanying the Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid   on his…