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Bahrain :  The Minister of State for External Affairs of the Republic of India, V. Muraleedharan, and his accompanying delegation arrived today on an official visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain. He was received at the Bahrain International Airport by the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Undersecretary for Consular and Administrative Affairs, Ambassador Tawfeeq Ahmed Al Mansoor, and the Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Piyush Srivastava, as well as a number of officials from the Tawfeeq Ahmed Al Mansoor,

Bahrain: The Cabinet, chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has today approved initiatives to further strengthen the appeal for justice for the years 2021-2025. Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa, hailed the endorsement of the initiatives, which are based on several pillars, including unifying the directions of verdicts, achieving justice, and the rule of law with multiple tools. He lauded the move which aims to promote comprehensive and wide-ranging justice, in line with the vision of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al…

Bahrain :  His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today chaired the weekly Cabinet Meeting, at Gudaibiya Palace. The Cabinet expressed its gratitude and appreciation to citizens and residents for the excellent uptake of the COVID-19 booster shots. The Cabinet also noted that the successful vaccination of 80% of those 40 years and over with the booster shot reflects the people of Bahrain’s sense of social responsibility. To mark the start of the new academic year, the Cabinet wished all students and educational institutions a year full of achievements, excellence, and success.…

Puerto Vallarta : Nora, which has now weakened to a tropical storm, killed one boy over the weekend after torrential rains and heavy winds caused a building in the popular resort town Puerto Vallarta to partially collapse. Nora was about 105 miles (165 kilometers) north-west of Mazatlan on Sunday evening and moving north-north west at 12 miles per hour (19 km per hour), the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. It was blowing at 60 mph (95 kph) with higher gusts, Reuters reported. In Puerto Vallarta, a river burst, destroying a bridge, flooding roads and bringing a building to collapse, a…

New Orleans : Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast into one of the nation’s most important industrial corridors. The power outage in New Orleans heightened the city’s vulnerability to flooding and left hundreds of thousands of people without air conditioning and refrigeration in sweltering summer heat, AP reports. Ida — a Category 4 storm — hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina…

Reims :  Lionel Messi made his Paris Saint-Germain debut as a second-half substitute as Kylian Mbappe scored potentially his final goals for the club in a 2-0 victory at Reims on Sunday. Messi was introduced in the 66th minute at the Stade Auguste Delaune, just after Real Madrid target Mbappe had doubled both his and PSG’s tally in the contest with a first-time finish, dpa reports. The France striker, who had headed his team in front in the first half, helped PSG make it four straight wins at the start of a Ligue 1 campaign for the sixth time in…

California : Alphabet Inc’s Google generated $11.2 billion in revenue from its mobile app store in 2019, according to a court filing unsealed on Saturday, offering a clear view into the service’s financial results for the first time. Attorneys general for Utah and 36 other U.S. states or districts suing Google over alleged antitrust violations with the app store also said in the newly unredacted filing that the business in 2019 had $8.5 billion in gross profit and $7 billion in operating income, for an operating margin of over 62%, Reuters reported. The figures include sales of apps, in-app purchase and…

Bahrain : The seventh meeting of the Bahraini-Omani Joint Ministerial Committee was held today under the chairmanship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, and Oman’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi. Al Zayani highlighted in his speech the strong historic relations between Bahrain and Oman and their growth thanks to the support of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. He hailed holding the 7th session of the Bahraini-Omani Joint Committee to enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields,…

London : Jacques Rogge, who oversaw an era of political and financial stability in the Olympic movement and pursued a hard line against doping during his 12 years as IOC president, has died, the Olympic organization said Sunday. He was 79. The International Olympic Committee announced his death without giving details. Rogge’s health had visibly declined when he attended Olympic events since his presidency ended in 2013, reports AP. Rogge, a former orthopedic surgeon from Belgium, guided the IOC through a period of relative calm and prosperity during a term that spanned three Summer Olympics and three Winter Games from…

Bahrain :  His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received at Sakhir Palace today Omani Foreign Minister, Bader bin Hamad bin Humood Al Busaidi, who conveyed to him the greetings of HM Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. The meeting was attended by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. It was held on the occasion of the minister’s visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain to participate in the 7th meeting of the Bahraini-Omani Joint Ministerial Committee. HM the King took pride in the deep-rooted historical fraternal relations between the Kingdom…