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Bahrain : Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Esam bin Abdulla Khalaf received Council of Representatives members Mp. Abdulla Al Thawadi and Basem Al Malki and discussed issues related to the eighth and ninth constituencies in the Northern Governorate. The meeting was attended by Undersecretary for Works Affairs Ahmed Abdulaziz Al Khayyat and Northern Municipality Director-General Lamia Al Fadhala. The minister laided lawmakers’ efforts to serve citizens and the nation and asses people’s needs in their areas, stressing keenness on following up the municipal councilors’ proposals. He also commended ongoing cooperation between the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and…

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Friday extended the COVID-19 lockdown by another two weeks amid pressure from medical experts. The current lockdown was to end on Tuesday. A special meeting of the COVID-19 Control Committee chaired by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa decided to extend the measures until Oct. 1, according to presidential spokesman Kingsly Rathnayaka. Medical experts have said although Sri Lanka has seen a decline in daily cases, oxygen requirements and deaths, it remains at risk. The last 24 hours saw 2,314 confirmed cases., reports AP. The lockdown was first imposed on Aug. 20 and extended four times. The government has…

Budapest : An imposing bronze statue was unveiled in Hungary’s capital, which its creators say is the first in the world to pay homage to the anonymous creator of the Bitcoin digital currency. Erected in a business park near the Danube River in Budapest, the bust sits atop a stone plinth engraved with the name of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of the mysterious developer of Bitcoin whose true identity is unknown. “We think of Satoshi as the founding father of the whole cryptocurrency industry,” said Andras Gyorfi, a Bitcoin journalist and the initiator of the project. “He created Bitcoin, he…

Rome : Italy will be the first country in Europe to impose an obligation on private and public sector employees to show evidence of a coronavirus vaccination or negative test results, reports dpa international. On Thursday, the government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi decided to expand the country’s existing “green pass,” meaning that henceforth, those who cannot show a certificate are no longer allowed to go to work in offices, shops or restaurants from October 15. In Italy, 75 per cent of people over the age of 12 had been vaccinated by Thursday. Draghi pushed through the new decree despite…

His Excellency Interior Minister and Head of the committee to counter extremism, money laundering, and terrorism General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received on Thursday Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Governor Rasheed Al Maraj and CBB Deputy Governor Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa who also chairs the committee in charge of setting policies to prohibit and combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Director of Financial Intelligence and deputy head of the committee, Shaikha May bint Mohammed Al Khalifa attended. In the beginning, HE Interior Minister hailed the international accomplishment achieved by Bahrain. As a result, the Kingdom ranked…

London : The number of people who contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has exceeded 226.97 million people , while 4,872,573have passed away due to the pandemic, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

TORONTO :  Foreign investors are growing more worried that Canada’s federal election on Monday could result in a deadlock that hampers Ottawa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and further slows the economic recovery from the crisis. Polls show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s center-left Liberals virtually tied with the opposition Conservatives ahead of the Sept. 20 vote, raising the prospect that no party will be able to form even a stable minority government. Adding to the uncertainty is an expected increase in mail-in voting that could delay the counting of ballots in some key electoral ridings. Financial markets generally view Canadian…

ZURICH : The World Economic Forum (WEF) is to take place in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos next year on Jan. 17-21, reverting to an in-person meeting of world and business leaders, organisers said on Thursday. The meeting will focus on accelerating stakeholder capitalism, harnessing the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and ensuring a more inclusive future of work, WEF organisers said in a statement. The COVID-19 pandemic forced organisers last year to shift the WEF annual meeting to Singapore and then cancel it altogether, raising questions over whether the high-profile event would return to Switzerland at all. Reuters

China has denounced a historic security pact between the US, UK and Australia, describing the alliance as “extremely irresponsible” and “narrow minded”. The pact, announced on Wednesday, will see the US and UK provide Australia with the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time. It is being widely viewed as an effort to counter China’s influence in the contested South China Sea. The region has been a flashpoint for years and tensions there remain high. On Thursday, Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the newly announced alliance risked “severely damaging regional peace… and intensifying the arms race”.…

Bahrain: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today issued Decree-Law 22/2021, promulgating the issuance of the Execution Law in the Civil and Commercial Matters. The Prime Minister, and ministers, each in their respective capacity, shall implement the provisions of this decree-law which takes effect six months after its publication in the Official Gazette.