Author: News Desk

Manama : His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today met with the Chairman and CEO of Baker Hughes, Lorenzo Simonelli, at Riffa Palace. HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister highlighted the importance of adopting initiatives that further the development and competitiveness of the energy sector, in line with the Kingdom’s comprehensive development, led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. His Royal Highness commended the initiatives aimed at developing and investing in the oil and gas sector to achieve its current and future goals, emphasising that the Kingdom…

LOS ANGELES : Twitter users were greeted early Saturday with an ultimatum from the social media app: Subscribe to the platform’s new premium service or lose a popular account security feature. A pop-up message warned users they will lose the ability to secure their accounts via text message two-factor authentication unless they pay $8 a month to subscribe to Twitter Blue. The message said that starting March 19, users who don’t subscribe will be locked out of their accounts until they remove the security feature.

OMAHA : The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers’ pain at the grocery store after more than 58 million birds were slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus. In addition to the cost of the government response that the USDA tallied up and rising prices for eggs, chicken and turkey, farmers who raise those animals have easily lost more than $1 billion, said an agricultural economist, though no one has calculated the total cost to the industry yet. The bad news is that with the outbreak entering its second year and the…

LONDON :  Hollywood stars and U.K. royalty converged on London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday for the British Academy Film Awards, where German-language antiwar drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” leads the pack of nominees. The visceral depiction of life and death in the World War I trenches is up for 14 awards, including best picture. Irish tragicomedy “The Banshees of Inisherin“ and madcap metaverse romp “Everything Everywhere All at Once” have 10 nominations each. Actor Richard E. Grant is hosting the televised ceremony, attended by nominees including Cate Blanchett, Ana de Armas and Colin Farrell. Guests and presenters include…

ISTANBUL: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a helicopter tour Sunday of one of the provinces worst-affected by the Feb. 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria and pledged a further $100 million in aid to help the region. “This is going to be a long-term effort,” Blinken said at Incirlik Air Base, a joint U.S.-Turkish facility that has coordinated the distribution of disaster aid. “The search and rescue, unfortunately, is coming to an end. The recovery is on, and then there will be a massive rebuilding operation.” President Joe Biden announced $85 million for Turkey and Syria days…

Ankara, : The total number of people in Türkiye killed in the devastating earthquake has reached 40,642, the disaster authority AFAD has said. Several thousand more died in neighbouring Syria. Later on Saturday, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook south-eastern Türkiye, in the Kahramanmaraş area, which was affected by the initial quakes, dpa reported. The latest quake occurred at 10:31 pm (1931 GMT), Kandilli monitor tweeted. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 5. It was not initially clear whether anyone was injured, or the extent of any damage. More than 5,700 aftershocks have been recorded since the original 7.7-magnitude quake…

Manama : The National Initiative for Agricultural Development (NIAD), announced that the Labour Fund (Tamkeen) has supported the National Afforestation Campaign (Forever Green), by providing 796 seedlings of Hibiscus tiliaceus trees and Bougainvillea trees, which were planted today along the December 16 Avenue in the Southern Governorate. The afforestation projects, implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning and the Supreme Council for tEnvironment, are in line with the kingdom’s national priorities aimed at reaching net zero by 2060, in a bid to confront climate change challenges and protect the environment. The planting of the…

Manama : Minister of Education, Dr. Mohammed bin Mubarak Juma’a, the Board Chairman of the Higher Education Council, received today Indian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Piyush Srivastava, and discussed with hi cooperation between the two friendly countries in the educational field. The minister praised the Indian students residing in Bahrain and studying in private educational establishments, commending their active participation in the students’ activities. The Indian Ambassador expressed thanks and appreciation to the Ministry of Education, voicing keenness on more cooperation between the two friendly countries in the educational field.

Manama :  President of Hungary, Katalin Novák, attended today the Horse Racing Cup of His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and his children. The race was held at the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club in the presence of Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Chairman of the High Authority of the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa presented a briefing to the Hungarian President about Bahrain’s…

MEMPHIS :  Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, with his mother saying afterward that none of them would look her in the eye in court. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith made their first court appearances with their lawyers before a judge in Shelby County Criminal Court. The officers were fired after an internal police investigation into the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later. His beating was caught on video. At a news…