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Manama : Chairman of the Bahrain Journalists’ Association (BJA), Isa Al-Shaiji, has extended deepest thanks, appreciation and gratitude to His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for congratulating him and members of BJA’s Board of Directors on winning BJA’s elections for the 2023-2025 session. He also commended HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister’s ongoing support for the role played by the media and press sector in the progress march currently witnessed by the kingdom. Al-Shaiji asserted that the members of the press and media community in the kingdom are proud of…

Tourists in the UAE on a 30 or 60 days visit visa can extend their stay within the country by another 30 days. The decision by the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) and the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) grants visitors an additional 30 days to explore and enjoy the country’s diverse offerings. The UAE has implemented several changes in its visa procedures since October last year, marking one of the largest residency and entry permit reforms by the ICP (Immigration and Citizenship Program). Since then, several developments have taken place in the visit visa…

LACONIA: As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took his presidential pitch to Iowa and New Hampshire this week, it was his wife’s presence and message that stood out to some Republican voters as a potential asset for his 2024 campaign. Casey DeSantis, a former TV broadcaster who has been credited by DeSantis and others around him as his closest political adviser, has combined a fierce defense of her husband’s record as governor with anecdotes about the challenges of raising their three children, ages 3, 5 and 6. Some Republican voters in the early voting states said they viewed her personal story of…

Firefighters rushed on Friday to battle a fire at a dump site for used tyres in Al Salmi area near Kuwait’s Al Jahra governorate. Five firefighting squads were taking part in putting out the blaze at the site, which covers 3,000 square metres, the Kuwait Fire Force said in a statement. The department said that more details would be announced later. In 2021, Kuwait’s government removed all of the tyres from a dump near Mutlaa to Al Salmi, near the Saudi border, where recycling efforts had begun. Scrap tyres are a major environmental problem worldwide due to their bulk and the chemicals they release.…

Paris : Coco Gauff thought she was about to head out on the court to play her second-round match at the French Open.  “I was probably about 70% done with my warmup,” last year’s runner-up at Roland Garros would say later. In the contest preceding hers in Court Suzanne Lenglen on Thursday, No. 8 seed Jannik Sinner was serving for the victory while up 5-4 in the fourth set against Daniel Altmaier. Then Sinner was one point away. Except he couldn’t convert that match point — he had a chance for a putaway overhead, and instead basically sent the ball right…

Manama : The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) conducted a joint inspection campaign in the Muharraq Governorate, in coordination with the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) of the Ministry of Interior and the Governorate’s respective Police Directorate. The campaign resulted in reporting violations related to the Labour Market and Residency laws. The cases were referred for legal action. LMRA stressed its commitment to report any violation through a continuous and intensive inspection plan, in coordination with the relevant government entities. The Labour Market Regulatory Authority renewed its call on all members of the society to support the efforts of government…

Manama : The third edition of the Bahrain Baby Games  opened today  under the patronage of First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (SCYS), General Sports Authority Chairman (GSA) and BOC President, His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa Bahrain Olympic Committee is organizing the four-day event at the Bahrain Table Tennis Federation and the Bahrain Federation for People of Determination (Isa Bin Rashid Halls in Isa Sports City). The opening ceremony was also attended by GSA Deputy Chairman HH Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Bahrain Football Association (BFA) Deputy Chairman HH Shaikh Khalifa…

Kuala Lumpur : Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Dr. Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, met with Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Kao Kim Hourn, on the sidelines of his participation in the 20th session of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore. Dr. Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa affirmed keenness of the Kingdom of Bahrain to boost political and economic cooperation as well as strategic partnership with the ASEAN member states, in light of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) which Bahrain joined in 2019. He pointed out keenness to support the treaty’s goals of promoting…

New Delhi : At least 50 people were killed and 300 hospitalized in India after a passenger train derailed and collided with a goods train in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday. Rescue operations were underway at the site and “all possible assistance” is being given to those affected, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet on Friday. The collision is a “grave accident”, H K Dwivedi, West Bengal’s chief secretary told reporters. South Eastern Railway officials, who did not want to be named, said they fear heavy casualties, without disclosing the number of deaths. The Coromandel Express, which…

New Delhi: Adeeb Ahamed, Managing Director of LuLu Financial Holdings, hasbeen appointed as the Chair of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry(FICCI) Middle East Council. The Council’s recent meeting in New Delhi was attended by a special delegation of theSharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry led by its Chairman HE Abdallah Sultan AlOwais, as well as HE Satish Sivan, Joint Secretary of Development Partnership at theMinistry of External Affairs, and the Indian Consul General Designate to Dubai Adeeb is a multifaceted entrepreneur with business interests in financial services andhospitality. His company LuLu Financial Holdings has a presence…