Author: News Desk

New York : : Wall Street is rallying again Friday after reports suggested pressure on inflation may be easing. The stock market is rolling toward the close of a winning week, month and first half of the year. The S&P 500 was 1.1% higher in morning trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 261 points, or 0.8%, at 34,383, as of 10:15 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 1.5% higher. The market has cruised through 2023 in part because the economy has been able to defy many predictions for it to fall into a recession, at least…

India : Indian court fined Twitter $61,000 on Friday after dismissing its challenge over orders to remove tweets and accounts critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The social media platform regularly takes down or blocks content at the request of Indian authorities. Last year, Twitter said India ranked fourth in the world in the number of requests made by a government to remove content, behind only Japan, Russia and Turkey. The decision comes weeks after the company’s former chief executive Jack Dorsey said authorities had threatened to “shut down Twitter in India” and raid the homes of its employees if it refused to agree…

France : French President Emmanuel Macron is urging parents to keep teenagers at home to quell rioting spreading across France and says social media are fueling copycat violence. After a second crisis meeting with senior ministers, Macron said Friday that social media are playing a “considerable role” in the spreading unrest triggered by the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old. He said he wants social media such as Snapchat and TikTok to remove sensitive content and said that violence is being organized online. Of young rioters, he said: “We sometimes have the feeling that some of them are living in…

Manama : The King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence has condemned acts aimed at defaming and disrespecting religions and peoples. “The King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence condemns and denounces all provocative and irresponsible acts that offend religions and their sacred books under the pretext of exercising freedoms. These actions have serious consequences and repercussions, as they provoke negative reactions and feelings among peoples, in addition to fueling hatred, discrimination and racism, which may lead to violence,” the Centre said in a statement. “We, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al…

Manama, : The Roads Affairs at the Ministry of Works and the General Directorate of Traffic at the Ministry of Interior, have announced the phased closure of one lane on Roundabout 6 Flyover and Roundabout 14 Flyover, as part of the resurfacing works there, adding that an alternative lane will be provided for traffic movement. The closure will be effective from Sunday 02/07/2023 for a period of one month. All road users are requested to observe and obey the traffic rules for the safety of all.

Bahrain’s two-month ban on outdoor work during the afternoon will begin Saturday, July 1. The ban on work under direct sunlight and in open places will run from midday until 4 pm, the Ministry of Labour said. The aim is to protect workers and ensure their safety from heat stress, sunstroke and various summer diseases, and to reduce occupational accidents during the hottest months of the year. On the occasion, Labour Minister, Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, stressed the importance of applying the principles and requirements of occupational safety to ensure a safe, accident-free and productive work environment. He indicated…

The Netherlands has announced new rules restricting exports of certain semiconductor manufacturing equipment. It follows pressure from the US to curb the sale of computer chip technology to China. The Dutch government did not cite this as a reason though, saying it had taken the step on national security grounds. The Chinese government responded saying the decision was “not in the interests of any party” and would impact chip production and supply chains. Mao Ning, China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, said China opposed the US’s “abuse of export controls” and its “use of various pretexts to win over and coerce other…

An ice hockey player from Poland’s major league has been charged with spying for Russia, Warsaw says. The man, a Russian citizen, was arrested on 11 June in Silesia, southern Poland, and is believed to be part of a Russian spy ring. Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) has so far detained 14 people suspected of being part of the ring. It says all of them are citizens of countries to the east of Poland, not necessarily just Russia. The decades-long spy conflict between Russia and the West has intensified since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.…

Ajit Doval, National Security Adviser of the Republic of India, and his accompanying delegation visited the Special Economic Zone of Duqm on Thursday. During the visit, Ajit Doval and his accompanying delegation listened to the facilities available in the region and its strategic location, a large multi-purpose port, a large dry dock for ship repair, an airport and modern and developed facilities, in addition to various investment projects and facilities and advantages for investors, such as the possibility of 100 percent ownership for the investors, exemption from customs taxes, exemption from income tax, usufruct rights to land for long periods…

A female citizen suffering from a critical health condition has been transferred from Khasab to Muscat by a helicopter of the Royal Air Force of Oman. The Ministry of Defence said that the Royal Air Force of Oman, using one of its helicopters, carried out a medical evacuation of a female citizen suffering from a critical condition. She was transferred urgently from Khasab Hospital in Musandam Governorate to the Royal Hospital in Muscat Governorate to receive the necessary specialised medical treatment.