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Bahrain : HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Head of the General Sports Authority and President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee has received at his office in Al Wadi Palace Bahrain’s Ambassador to Oman  Juma bin Ahmed Al Ka’abi The meeting was attended by HH Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Vice President of the General Sports Authority and HE Dr Abdulrahman Sadiq Askar, CEO of the General Sports Authority. HH Shaikh Khalid hailed the ambassador’s efforts to cement the historic relations binding Bahrain and Oman,  supported by…

Rome :  The health ministers of the world’s 20 leading economies have agreed to work towards more equity in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines at a meeting in Rome on the next steps in the effort to contain the coronavirus. The conditions are in place to agree to what G20 ministers have dubbed the Rome Pact, Italy’s health minister, Roberto Speranza, said. One key commitment of the pact is a fairer distribution of vaccines beyond wealthy nations based on the shared understanding that vaccination is a right of all and not the privilege of a few, Speranza said, dpa reports.…

Paris :  Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of the iconic French New Wave film “Breathless,” whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin went on to make him one of the country’s most recognizable leading men, has died. He was 88. His death was confirmed by the office of his lawyer, Michel Godest Monday, reports AP. Belmondo’s career spanned 50 years. Belmondo, who embodied in the 1960s a new type of male star characterized by pure virility rather than their classic good looks, went on to appear in more than 80 films and worked with a variety of major French directors, from Francois…

New York : Leylah Fernandez is a self-described “happy-go-lucky girl” having the time of her life at Flushing Meadows, raising her fists, pumping her arms and riling up crowds while beating two past U.S. Open champions to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. A day before her 19th birthday, the unseeded left-hander from Canada grabbed the last five games to eliminate 2016 title winner Angelique Kerber 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Sunday, demonstrating that an earlier upset of defending champion Naomi Osaka was certainly no fluke. With grit and guile, plus a veteran’s poise in the face of big deficits…

Bahrain : The Kingdom of Bahrain was ranked among the top 20 global economies in attracting direct investment, according to the Financial Times’ Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2021. Bahrain ranked 15th among 84 countries from around the world that were included in the report. The Kingdom also ranked 2nd in the Gulf and 3rd in the Middle East and North Africa. According to the index, Bahrain obtained 3.23 points and a rating of (above 1), which reflects the relatively large contribution of direct investments to the Kingdom’s economy. The report compares the size of the economies of countries and the…

Vienna : Bahraini women have been impressively successful in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to their rapid and effective response in all workplaces, Council of Representatives Speaker has said. They contributed to the development of an advanced Bahraini model, which demonstrates their remarkable role in national development through their high-profile presence in the front lines to confront the virus, representing 75% of all the workers in the national taskforce to combat the epidemic, Fawzia bint Abdullah Zainal said. The Speaker was addressing the 13th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament (13SWSP) in the Austrian capital Vienna. Zainal was the only…

Bahrain : His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Supreme Commander, today paid a visit to the General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF). Upon arrival, HM the King was welcomed by the BDF Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, National Security Advisor and Royal Guard Commander, Major-General HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, and Royal Guard Special Force Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa. HM the King was accompanied by the Royal Court Minister, and was also welcomed by a number of senior BDF officers. HM the King,…

Bahrain : His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today received the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Kingdom of Bahrain, HE Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at Gudaibiya Palace. His Royal Highness highlighted the strength of relations between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, which has furthered cooperation at all levels, benefiting both countries and their people. His Royal highness noted that the strong bilateral partnership is attributed to the continuous support of HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and HH…

Cairo : Minister of Labour and Social Development, Jamil bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, delivered the Kingdom of Bahrain’s speech before the 47th Arab Labour Conference being held in Egypt from September 5 to 12. The Labour and Social Development Minister highlighted the government’s efforts to weather the repercussions of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic healthily, economically and socially. He pointed out the directives of HM the King and close follow-up of HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister on allocating a big part of the financial package, earmarked to handle the pitfalls of the pandemic, to ensure stability of the labour…

Amsterdam : HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has stressed that the advanced level reached by the Royal Endurance Team at international sports gatherings is the fruitful outcome of the unlimited support of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the first jockey in the kingdom, and the direct interest of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. HH Shaikh Nasser indicated that the participation of the Royal Endurance team in the FEI Endurance World Championship for Young Riders and…