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Manama : The Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) yesterday hosted the third weekly raffle draw of the Manama Gold Festival. Receipt holders, including citizens, visitors and GCC residents and participated in the draw in which 13 valuable prizes were given out in Souq Al Manama. As many as 416 gold, jewelry and pearl shops are participating in the second edition of Manama Gold Festival, which kicked off on April 13 and runs until May 27. The festival offers weekly promotions to the Manama Market visitors. In addition, raffle draws are held on a weekly basis to offer distinguished prizes…

Washington : U.S. import prices increased in April for the first time since late 2022 amid higher fuel costs, but imported inflation pressures remained subdued. Import prices rose 0.4% last month after dropping 0.8% in March, the Labor Department said on Friday. Last month’s increase was the first since December 2022. Economists polled had forecast import prices, which exclude tariffs, would increase 0.3%. Import prices in the 12 months through April fell 4.8%, matching the decline in March. Import prices have now dropped for three straight months on a year-on-year basis. The government reported this week that the annual increases…

Manama : The students of The Indian School Bahrain (ISB)performed exceedingly well in the CBSE class XII exams  and have passed with flying colors. The  students  have continued their excellence in academics by achieving spectacular success with the  toppers at the school delivering exceptional scores. Veena Kizhakkethil who secured   97.4 % of marks (487/500) emerged as the Indian School topper. Anjali Shameer   who scored 96.8 % (484 /500) is placed in   the second position in the school. Saniya Suzanne John secured the third position in the school with 96.6 % (483/ 500). This year 20 students got A1 in all…

Manama : Students of the Indian School Bahrain (ISB) displayed exemplary performance in the class X CBSE examination held in March 2023. Krishna Rajeevan Nair  topped the school with 98.2% scoring 491 out of 500.    Theertha Harish  who scored 488 stood second with 97.6% and  Abhinav Vinu who got 487 marks  stood third with 97.4 % in the school. The school scored overall 99.5% results in the exam   including 32 students scoring ‘A’ grade in all subjects and 592 students  scoring above 60% marks in aggregate.   A total of 759 students had appeared for the exam which was conducted in…

PHILADELPHIA : Cassandra Nuñez and her grandmother cast their first ballots in a U.S. presidential election in 2016. She was a first-year college student; her grandmother, a newly minted citizen. They both hoped to elect the first woman president over a man who bragged about grabbing and kissing women at will. But Donald Trump became president, and it would be nearly seven years before a Trump accuser could press her claims at trial. This week, jurors in a New York civil case said they believed that Trump sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room in the 1990s — making him the first U.S.…

Seoul : The Minister of Industry and Commerce Abdullah bin Adel Fakhro, met  South Korean Vice SMEs and Startups Minister Cho Joo-hyun in Seoul. The meeting, which was held in the presence of a number of officials from both sides, was within the official visit of a Bahraini high-level business delegation to South Korea.  Fakhro stressed the importance of the SMEs, which are supported by the Government, underlining cooperation to benefit from the South Korean expertise in developing this vital sector and building various bilateral partnerships.

Manama : The Kingdom of Bahrain today marks the International Nursing Day, observed annually on May 12.  The 2023 edition is being held under the theme “Our Nurses. Our Future.”, ushing in a global campaign on how nursing in the future should address global health challenges and improve global health for everyone. The annual occasion aims to highlight the nursing staff’s contributions and initiatives in serving all patients and members of society within the framework of achieving the goals of comprehensive health coverage. It also sheds lights on the importance of developing the future of the nursing profession in the…

Seoul : Second Vice-Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Mohammed Abduljabbar Al-Koheji, has stressed the importance of strengthening partnership between the Bahraini and South Korean business sectors, towards broader horizons at all levels, calling for investing in the promising opportunities and projects available in both countries. Al-Kooheji is a member of the high-level Bahraini economic delegation, currently on an official visit to South Korea. During the visit of the Bahraini delegation to a number of international ICT companies in South Korea, such as LG and NAVER, BCCI Second Vice-Chairman asserted that the Bahraini-Korean trade cooperation is…

Dhaka : Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people Friday, warning them to stay away from coastal areas as a severe cyclone churned in the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Mocha is expected to hit land on Sunday with wind speeds of up to 160 kilometers (100 miles) per hour and gusts up to 175 kph (110 mph) between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Kyaukpyu in Myanmar, India’s Meteorological Department said. Bangladesh, a delta nation with more than 160 million people, is prone to natural disasters such as floods and cyclones. The evacuation of nearly…

Zurich : A FIFA fund to compensate for unpaid wages helped 225 players in the latest round of payments, including 61 in Portugal and 50 in Greece, the governing body of soccer said Friday. The $16 million FIFA Fund for Football Players was created in 2020 with the FIFPRO player union. Some clubs were suspected of closing down to avoid paying salaries and then re-started anew as a “phoenix” operation. The payments included 22 for players from Greek club Doxa Drama, plus 19 from CD Aves and 18 from Uniao da Madeira in Portugal. Cases in China came from Shanghai…