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President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign on Sunday blamed the disappointing crowd at his Tulsa rally on protesters creating a hostile atmosphere and blocking supporters from getting into the arena. The White House had promised the much-hyped event — Trump’s first rally in three months — would be flooded with up to 100,000 people, but television images showed large sections of empty seating in the 19,000-capacity BOK Center. A outdoor event for the overflow crowd was canceled because no one showed up, despite the campaign hyping huge interest ahead of time, with more than a million ticket requests. Senior Trump campaign…

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian high-school pupils armed with masks, gloves and hand sanitizers started their final exams on Sunday, despite objections from some parents worried about spreading the coronavirus. The health ministry was laying on 2,500 ambulances and providing a doctor for each school. Any student with a high temperature is meant to have their exam postponed or sit it in isolation. The students had their temperatures taken in the morning, before being seated at desks spaced apart from one another. Nearly 670,000 pupils from state and private schools, and 128,000 from religious schools, were due to sit the…

Dubai will allow foreigners and citizens to enter from July 7. Meanwhile, foreigners with residency visas will be able to only enter from June 22, Dubai Media Office said on Sunday. The new announcement will allow thousands of people affected by the worldwide restrictions in passenger air traffic since the start of the pandemic to resume their travel plans. Citizens and residents would be permitted to travel abroad from June 23. Return of UAE residents Residents holding Dubai-issued visas are permitted to return to the emirate by pre-booking flights on any airline on the condition that they obtain an approval coordinated between…

Saudi Arabia has blocked 231 websites in a major crackdown on piracy infringements. The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) organized an online inspection campaign of websites and platforms that were suspected of violating intellectual property laws, including sites based outside the Kingdom, to monitor and analyze for possible breaches. The sites listed included streaming service websites, encrypted sports channels, websites that offer to download books in PDF form, and unlicensed websites that offer downloading and music streaming services that violate user rights. SAIP has also detected websites that are selling subscriptions for encrypted TV channels through software or illicit…

The Indian School Bahrain (ISB) celebrated the 6th International Yoga Day with great fervour and enthusiasm on Sunday, June 21, 2020 with children demonstrating Yoga online. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic guidelines, students stayed indoors and posted online their Yoga practice which will be uploaded on the school website. Various yoga postures, which are helpful in healing the body and the mind, were performed. The participants were introduced to Yogasanas, Pranayama, and Meditation. Keeping with the concerns related to COVID-19, the theme for this year’s Yoga Day was ‘Yoga at home; Yoga with your family’. ISB Physical Education Teacher R.…

His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa has expressed delight at the success of his two-year-old filly, “Rumaythah”, in winning the 1200-metre race at the UK’s Redcar Racecourse. HH Shaikh Nasser stressed that the victory affirms the distinguished position enjoyed by the equestrian sport in the kingdom thanks to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s unwavering interest and care. HH Shaikh Nasser said that the equestrian sport has attained multiple achievements for the kingdom during HM the King’s prosperous era, adding that the exploit is the fruitful result of the unwavering royal support. HH Shaikh Nasser pointed…

The man held by police on suspicion of killing three people in Reading is Khairi Saadallah. The 25-year-old from Reading was arrested at the scene and police say they are not looking for anyone else over the “terrorist incident”. Security sources told the BBC he is originally from Libya. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “appalled and sickened” by the attack in a park on Saturday evening. Mr Johnson said he had spoken to the chief constable of Thames Valley Police and praised the bravery of the unarmed officers who arrested the suspect. A witness told the BBC that…

Authorities in Germany’s Goettingen and North Rhine Westphalia regions have called on police to enforce quarantine measures following a rise in local coronavirus infections, which caused the country’s virus reproduction rate to spike. Germany’s reproduction rate of novel coronavirus infections jumped to 1.79, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for public health said on Saturday, far above the level needed to contain it over the longer term. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 687 to 189,822, data from the RKI showed on Sunday. A riot broke out at a block of flats in Goettingen on Saturday where…

The drastic reduction in pollution during coronavirus lockdowns around the world should lead to greater concern for the environment as restrictions are lifted, Pope Francis said on Sunday. At his Sunday address in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said the pandemic made many people reflect on their relationship with the environment. The square reopened to the public a month ago and Italy’s last travel restrictions were lifted on June 3. “The lockdown has reduced pollution and revealed once more the beauty of so many places free from traffic and noise. Now, with the resumption of activities, we should all be more…

Saudi Arabia has reported 3,379 new cases and 37 deaths from coronavirus, taking the total cases to 157,612. The death toll raised to 1,267 after reporting the new deaths. Meanwhile, 2,213 patients fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 101,130. In line with recent trends, the majority of the new cases were in the capital Riyadh (668), followed by Jeddah (342) and Mecca (340). https://twitter.com/media_ksa/status/1274681846656380929?s=20 Also Read: Trump urges slowdown in COVID-19 testing calling it a ‘double-edged sword’ Saudi Arabia to launch $4 billion tourism development fund India gives Hetero Labs approval to make Gilead’s COVID-19 drug