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As part of international coordination and cooperation to fight crimes, the International and Interpol Affairs Directorate at the General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security has got back an internationally wanted individual, 44, who was convicted in several cases in Bahrain after taking the relevant legal procedures. The directorate coordinated with friendly countries after a Red Notice was issued against him by the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) based on Bahrain’s request. To implement the rule of law and after coordination with the Public Prosecution and the Verdicts Implementation Directorate of the Interior Ministry, the convict was referred…

The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries to publicly call out Beijing for hacking. The United States was joined by NATO, the European Union, Britain, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Canada in condemning the spying, which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said posed “a major threat to our economic and national security.” Simultaneously, the U.S. Department of Justice charged four Chinese nationals – three security officials and one contract hacker – with targeting dozens of companies, universities and government agencies in the United States and abroad.…

‘It’s terrifying’: Merkel shaken as flood deaths rise to 188 in Europe German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the flooding that has devastated parts of Europe as “terrifying” on Sunday after the death toll across the region rose to 188 and a district of Bavaria was battered by the extreme weather. Merkel promised swift financial aid after visiting one of the areas worst affected by the record rainfall and floods that have killed at least 157 in Germany alone in recent days, in the country’s worst natural disaster in almost six decades. She also said governments would have to get better and…

The Education Ministry said that the window to transfer students from private institutions to public schools would be from July 25 until August 12. The Students School Transfer service is available on the egovernment website. Applicants will have to provide the documents and certificates mentioned in the service. The approval of the transfer will depend on fulfilling the requirements and on the vacancies in the requested public schools, the ministry added.

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a royal decree pardoning and releasing 32 inmates who had been convicted in various court cases and served part of their jail terms. The kind royal gesture, marking Eid Al-Adha, reflects HM the King’s keenness to provide the pardoned inmates with the opportunity to re-integrate society and participate in the Kingdom’s development march.

Xiaomi is now the second largest smartphone vendor based on worldwide shipments in the second quarter of 2021, according to a new report from Canalys. The Chinese company captured 17 percent of global market share, according to the research firm, just behind Samsung’s 19 percent but ahead of Apple’s 14 percent. BBK’s Oppo and Vivo rounded out the list of top five vendors at 10 percent apiece. https://youtu.be/U1Laa5AeGII All five companies grew their shipments year on year, but what’s notable is just how much Xiaomi has managed to increase its volume — it shipped 83 percent more phones than in Q2 2020,…

Australian basketball player Liz Cambage has withdrawn from the Olympic team citing mental health concerns and fears of heading into the “bubble”. Cambage, who plays for the Las Vegas Aces, said the fact that family, friends and fans would not be in Tokyo to offer support was “terrifying”. The 29-year-old, a four-time WNBA All-Star, said she wanted to take care of herself “mentally and physically”. “At the moment I’m a long way from where I want and need to be,” she said. “It’s no secret that in the past I’ve struggled with my mental health and recently I’ve been really…

At least 120 people have died and thousands more in western Europe are unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in decades. Record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks, devastating the region. In Germany, where the death toll now stands at over 100, Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a determined battle against climate change. https://youtu.be/nHABe_WUVuQ Belgian media is reporting 22 deaths there. The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland are also affected. In Germany, the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia were the worst-hit. Scientists have repeatedly warned that human-induced climate change would bring pulses of extreme rainfall such as…

Some 35 million American families have started receiving their first monthly payout from the U.S. government in an expanded income-support program that President Joe Biden said on Thursday could help end child poverty. Under the Child Tax Credit program that was broadened under Biden’s COVID-19 stimulus, eligible families collect an initial monthly payment of up to $300 for each child under six years old and up to $250 for each older child. Payouts made to families, covering nearly 60 million eligible children, totaled about $15 billion for July. The payments are automatic for many U.S. taxpayers, while others need to…

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s health is “evolving in a satisfactory manner” but the right-wing leader, who was hospitalized this week after complications from a 2018 stabbing, does not have a timeline for leaving hospital, his doctors said on Thursday. The president flew from the capital Brasilia to Sao Paulo on Wednesday to undergo tests, and possible emergency surgery, to unblock an obstructed intestine after days of hiccups. Bolsonaro, a former army captain, has been hospitalized several times in the wake of the near-fatal campaign trail stabbing, which perforated his intestine. He also caught COVID-19 last year. “Jair Messias Bolsonaro, remains…