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Explosions rocked the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv on Saturday, the mayor said, at the end of a week in which Russian missiles have slammed into an apartment block and a shopping mall in other cities, killing dozens of people. Air raid sirens sounded in the Mykolaiv region, which borders the vital Black Sea port of Odesa. “There are powerful explosions in the city! Stay in shelters!” Mykolaiv mayor Oleksandr Senkevych wrote on the Telegram messaging app. The cause of the blasts was not immediately clear, although Russia said on Saturday it had hit army command posts in the area.…

Elon Musk on Friday night broke his nine-day silence on Twitter, the social media platform he is trying to buy for $44 billion, posting a picture of him meeting Pope Francis on Thursday. The world’s richest person tweeted a picture where he can be seen standing next to the pope, captioning it: “Honored to meet @pontifex yesterday.” https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1543050489050402816?s=20&t=NqoXHSNvG6tsE1pu2PeRbw Musk’s four teenage boys are also pictured, but not his 18-year-old transgender daughter who, on June 20 sought to change her name and sever ties with him. Musk has a total of eight children. The purpose and location of Musk’s meeting with…

New York state passed a law on Friday banning guns from many public places, including Times Square, and requiring gun-license applicants to prove their shooting proficiency and submit their social media accounts for review by government officials. The law, passed in an emergency legislative session, was forced by a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that struck down New York’s restrictive gun-license laws. The court’s conservative majority ruled for the first time that the U.S. Constitution grants an individual the right to carry weapons in public for self-defense. New York’s Democratic leaders have decried the ruling and the court,…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the announcement of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the European Union countries of their mutual recognition of digital certificates related to vaccination, examination and recovery from COVID-19, as well as their acceptance of all travelers coming from both sides as of July 1, 2022. The Ministry confirmed that mutual recognition reflects international confidence in the health system in the Kingdom and the measures it has taken to address COVID-19, in accordance with the highest international standards, which are the result of the efforts of Team Bahrain, led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman…

First Deputy Chairman of the Shura Council, Jamal Mohammed Fakhro, on behalf of the Shura Council Chairman and Representatives Council Speaker, welcomed the holding of the next meeting of the Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement Conference in Bahrain, on the sidelines of the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), to be hosted by the kingdom in March 2023. Fakhro affirmed keenness to ensure the success of the Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement Conference and achieve its goals. While addressing the Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement Conference, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, under the theme “Boosting the role…

President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in an economic war with the West and its allies with a decree that seizes full control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project in Russia’s far east, a move that could force out Shell and Japanese investors. The order, signed on Thursday, creates a new firm to take over all rights and obligations of Sakhalin Energy Investment Co, in which Shell and two Japanese trading companies Mitsui and Mitsubishi hold just under 50%. The five-page decree, which follows Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, indicates the Kremlin will now…

Fifteen Black former or current employees at Tesla filed a lawsuit against the electric car maker on Thursday, alleging they were subjected to racial abuse and harassment at its factories. The workers said they were subjected to offensive racist comments and behavior by colleagues, managers and human resources employees on a regular basis, according to the lawsuit filed in a California state court. The harassment, which occurred mostly at Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory, included using the n-word and such terms as “slavery” or “plantation” or making sexual comments such as “likes booty,” the lawsuit said, adding that the automaker’s “standard operating…

Joint Municipal Services Assistant Undersecretary Shawqiya Humaidan reviewed Bahrain’s strategic afforestation plan. This came under Bahrain’s participation at the eleventh session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) in Poland. The session is held under the patronage of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT) from June 26 to June 30. Humaidan explained that the strategy aims to double the number of trees in Bahrain by 2035 through the expansion of afforestation projects in various streets and intersections, and municipal and government projects. She said that the approved strategy aims to double the number of trees from 1.8 million currently to…

The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has conducted an inspection campaign in the Southern Governorate. The campaign reported several violations of LMRA’s regulations, and necessary legal action was taken. The campaign was in cooperation with the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and Southern Governorate Directorate that included Governorate work sites. It reflects the LMRA, MoI’s and other government bodies efforts for the enhancing work environment. In addition to addressing LMRA close monitoring level in practices that affect the competitiveness, flexibility, justice of the labour market and their negative impact on social security. LMRA emphasized…

UAE President His Highness Shaikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a Resolution granting children of Emirati mothers residing in the country the same benefits as other citizens with regard to education and health sectors. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs shall issue the necessary directives to implement the provisions of this resolution, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. The Ministry of Presidential Affairs shall provide the necessary support to the federal and local government agencies to implement the provisions of this resolution and the decisions required in this regard. The President’s resolution comes in line with…