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Bahrain has announced four deaths from coronavirus, one male citizen aged 44, and three male expatriates aged 37, 44, and 58. So far the total has reached up to 82. The MOH expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased. ♦ About half of the population tested, confirms Jameela Al-Salman ♦ Bahrain gives utmost safety for health workers ♦ Making the COVID-19 cases zero is not a miracle, but an achievement: Al-Qahtani The total cases have driven to 25,267 of which 19,781 have recovered, which means that over 76 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,404…

Saudi Arabia has reported 3,989 new cases and 40 deaths from coronavirus, taking the total cases to 182,493. The death toll raised to 1,551 after reporting the new deaths. Meanwhile, 2,627 patients fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 124,755. In line with recent trends, the majority of the new cases were in Al Hofuf (487), followed by Riyadh (389) and Dammam (320). https://twitter.com/media_ksa/status/1277221772446912519?s=20

Education Minister Dr. Majid Ali Al Nuaimi has endorsed the academic results of the intermediate and secondary schools (all sections) students. The success rate for students in the final year of secondary school was 97.9% with 783 students, including 551 females, and 232 males, achieving a score of at least 95%. The success rate in technical and vocational education was 96.5% with 15 students achieving a score of 95% or more. The success rate among intermediate school students was 97.8%. Al Nuaimi expressed his deep gratitude to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for supporting education, which has…

British rock legends The Rolling Stones have threatened legal action against Donald Trump for the US president’s use of their song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” at campaign rallies. The band has appointed performing rights organisation BMI to try to stop him using the song, according to a statement given to US website, Deadline, overnight Saturday. “The BMI have notified the Trump campaign on behalf of the Stones that the unauthorised use of their songs will constitute a breach of its licensing agreement,” read the statement, which was retweeted by the Rolling Stones official Twitter account. “If Donald…

Portugal backs the candidacy of Spanish Economy minister Nadia Calvino to head the Eurogroup, the country’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa said in an interview on Sunday. “It would be very important for that position to remain in the socialist family. We have to agree among all, but of course Nadia Calviño meets all the conditions,” Costa told the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia Calviño, 51, who is also vice-president of the Spanish left-wing coalition government, is seen as a frontrunner to succeed Portugal’s outgoing finance minister, Mario Centeno, at the Eurogroup’s helm. She will stand against Irish centre-right minister Pascal Donohoe…

Kuwait has reported 551 new coronavirus cases, of which 341 are citizens, taking the total confirmed cases in the country to 44,942, according to the Ministry of Health. 4 patients died of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 348. 908 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 35,494. Kuwait has done 3,814 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps up its efforts to test more people and detect cases early, according to the health ministry. So far, the country has conducted…

Bahrain has recorded 6,128 violations of not wearing the face mask in public places and commercial stores since the implementation of the decision, as the Northern Governorate Police Directorate recorded 2000 violations, and the Police Directorate registered the Capital Governorate 1265 violations, while the Muharraq Governorate Police Directorate recorded 1201 violations, and 979 violations were registered by the Southern Governorate Police Directorate. The Operations Department headed by General Security recorded 611 violations, while the General Administration of Ports Security recorded the least of all, 72 violations. The Assistant Chief of Public Security for Operations and Training Affairs called on all…

A rare surgery was conducted on a 2-year-old child after he had swallowed a battery, according to the Saudi online newspaper Sabq. The battery was stuck in the child’s esophagus for about 16 hours. The infant had been admitted into the hospital suffering from low blood pressure and hemoglobin deficiency The procedure was conducted at the Maternity and Child Hospital in the holy city of Medina in cooperation with a local cardiac centre. A CT-scan showed the presence of a hole between the esophagus and the aortic artery, a rare complication of his swallowing a small round battery that had…

Oman has registered 4 deaths and 1,197 new cases of coronavirus, most of the new cases are from citizens by 709 and the rest 488 from foreigners, taking the total cases to 38,150. The death toll reached 163 after reporting the new deaths. Meanwhile, 837 new recoveries were announced, bringing the total to 21,200. 3,292 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, across the sultanate. https://twitter.com/OmaniMOH/status/1277165319971364864?s=20

France’s oldest nuclear power plant will shut down on Tuesday after four decades in operation, to the delight of environmental activists who have long warned of contamination risks, but stoking worry for the local economy. The Fessenheim plant, opened in 1977 and already three years over its projected 40-year life span, became a target for anti-nuclear campaigners after the catastrophic meltdown at Fukushima in Japan in 2011. Despite a pledge by then-president Francois Hollande just months after the Fukushima disaster to close Fessenheim — on the Rhine river near France’s eastern border with Germany and Switzerland — it was not…