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An honest car park attendant at Lulu Hypermarket in Dana Mall was commended by Lulu Group International Chairman & MD, Mr. Yusuffali M.A. and rewarded for returning a misplaced bag full of cash and credit cards to a distraught customer. Bangladeshi national Abu Bakar has been an employee at Lulu for over two years. Last week, when he was collecting trolleys from the car park to return to the trolley station, he found a bag with a lot of money lying in a trolley. “The bag was full of money and credit cards so I immediately handed it over to…

Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months. The figure is roughly double the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to the World Health Organisation. The milestone comes as many hard-hit countries are easing lockdowns while making extensive alterations to work and social life that could last for a year or more until a vaccine is available. Some countries are experiencing a resurgence in infections, leading authorities to partially…

Bahrain has reported 462 new cases of coronavirus, among 233 expatriate workers, 229 new cases are contacts of active cases, after conducting over 8,100 additional COVID-19 tests on Saturday. The death toll stands at 78, as 5 new deaths were reported in the kingdom. Meanwhile, 644 additional recoveries from COVID-19 were reported. ♦ 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…

Saudi Arabia forced three Iranian boats to retreat from its waters on Thursday after firing warning shots, a spokesman for Saudi border guards said on Saturday. The spokesman, quoted by SPA, said the Iranian vessels refused to stop after they entered Saudi waters despite repeated warnings, which forced the Saudi authorities to fire the warning shots. The spokesman indicated that the border guards confirmed that they would not allow any violations in the Kingdom’s waters.

UAE records 387 cases, and 1 fatality from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total cases in the country to 47,360, according to the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP). The new death takes the total fatalities to 311. ♦ Gyms allowed to operate from July 1 365 new recoveries were also announced, bringing the total recoveries to 35,834. This means over 75 percent of the confirmed cases have fully recovered from the virus. The new cases were found after conducting more than 52,000 coronavirus tests across the country. An increase in violations of safety and health instructions put in…

A man has been charged with stabbing to death three men in a Reading park. Khairi Saadallah, 25, has been charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder, Thames Valley Police said. Friends James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, all died in the attack in Forbury Gardens on 20 June. It was later declared a terrorist incident. Mr. Saadallah, who is from Reading, will appear before magistrates on Monday. Three other people hurt in the attack have since left hospital. Counter-Terrorism Policing South East continues to lead the investigation. Mr. Furlong was…

U.S. intelligence has concluded that the Russian military offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to kill American troops and other coalition forces, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing officials briefed on the matter. A Russian military intelligence unit linked to assassination attempts in Europe had offered rewards for successful attacks last year, according to the newspaper. It said Islamist militants, or armed criminal elements closely associated with them, are believed to have collected some bounty money. “This primitive informational dump clearly demonstrates low intellectual abilities of the propagandists at the American intelligence service,” Russia’s foreign ministry said…

Spain is to uphold a ban on cruise liners from docking at its ports to stop the spread of COVID-19, according to a ministerial order published on Saturday. Cruise liners carrying thousands of passengers regularly stop off at ports in the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Barcelona and Malaga, but were prohibited when Spain went into lockdown on March 14. With their crowds of often elderly passengers, cruise ships have been especially vulnerable to outbreaks of the virus and have been barred from disembarking in several countries. Spain’s ban on the vessels will continue until the coronavirus epidemic is brought…

Abu Dhabi Sports Council announced the resumption of individual indoor sporting activities across Abu Dhabi, including gyms, which are now able to operate 24/7, provided gym-goers, trainers and technical staff adhere to the prescribed guidelines and precautionary measures. Indoor sporting activities may now resume at facilities including men’s fitness centres, women’s fitness centres, gyms, body building centres, billiards and snooker centres, yoga centres and bowling centres. Key guidelines for facilities include ensuring that soaps, hand sanitisers and gel for hand washing are provided throughout the sports facility. Showers, saunas, changing rooms and prayer rooms are not to be used. A room…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over, as regional outbreaks gave rise to fears of a second wave. Merkel said in her weekly video podcast that getting Europe’s economy back on track is her primary goal as Germany takes over the rotating European Union presidency next week, but stressed that everyone shared a “joint responsibility” in following social distancing, mask and hygiene rules as lockdown rules are relaxed. ♦ Germany outbreak sparks fresh local lockdown ♦ German minister stresses coronavirus risk despite low infection numbers German authorities renewed a lockdown in a western region of…