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Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air is participating in the Arabian Travel Market 2021 (ATM), the region’s leading travel and tourism exhibition alongside Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority. Gulf Air Board Chairman Zayed R. Alzayani attended the exhibition that included several Bahraini travel and tourism industry representatives. The exhibition is taking place on May 16 – 19. Gulf Air last week announced it would resume direct flights to Malaga in Spain this summer as it expands its list of boutique seaside destinations in Europe for the season. The airline will operate two weekly flights from June 30 to August 29. Gulf…

Tesla boss Elon Musk has slipped in the ranking of the very wealthy and is now in third place in the Bloomberg Billionaires List, which was published on Monday. The dip in the South-African-born entrepreneur’s fortune is linked to the ups and downs of shares in electric car manufacturer Tesla, in which he owns a large stake. According to Bloomberg estimates, Musk’s personal wealth has fallen 24 percent since January to 160.6 billion dollars. Bernard Arnault of the luxury goods company LVMH is now in second place on the billionaire list with a total fortune worth 161.2 billion dollars. Amazon…

President Joe Biden will send at least 20 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad by the end of June, marking the first time the United States is sharing vaccines authorized for domestic use. The move marks a notable pivot from the White House as the administration seeks to use the country’s vaccine supply as a diplomatic tool with the pandemic outlook brightening at home. Biden announced on Monday that his administration will send doses of the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE , Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, on top of 60 million AstraZeneca Plc doses he had already planned to give to other countries. Unlike…

At the Musee d’Orsay in Paris on Monday, workers were hanging a priceless Renoir painting in preparation for the museum’s re-opening after six months with no visitors because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The painting was one of many artefacts at the museum that were put in storage during the lockdown, to protect them from the effects of dust and sunlight, and which are now going back on display ready for the doors to open on Wednesday. The museum, on the banks of the Seine river, hummed with activity on Monday as staff brought artworks out of storage into the public…

First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport (SCYS), and President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has received a congratulatory cable from the CEO of the Economic Development Board (EDB), Khalid Humaidan, following the issuance of a royal decree appointing him as Board of Directors Chairman of the General Sports Authority (GSA). Humaidan expressed deepest congratulations to HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad on the precious royal trust bestowed upon him, affirming that HM the King’s forward-looking vision will ensure a prosperous future for the sports sector in the kingdom.

Andrea Meza of Mexico has been crowned 69th Miss Universe. Meza, who has a software engineering degree, beat out out Miss Brazil at the end of the night, screaming Sunday when the announcer shouted “Viva Mexico!” Previous winner Zozibini Tunzi fit the crown on Meza’s head and waited to make sure it would stay in place as Meza beamed and took her first walk to the front of the stage. Tunzi, a public relations professional who became the first Black woman from South Africa to win the contest, had held the title since December 2019. Last year’s ceremony was canceled…

King Fahd Causeway knew early Monday morning a high travel movement of visitors to Bahrain following a decision by Saudi Arabia to lift a travel ban on its citizens according to certain regulations as part of precautionary measures to fight coronavirus (COVID-19) and enable the causeway to resume its regular travel activities. https://youtu.be/C3Is-LjiIOE

The Coast Guard announced that the operations center had received a fax from the Qatar Coast Guards and Border Security, stating that a water scooter with a Bahraini plate had been seized on Sunday allegedly for “entering the territorial waters of the State of Qatar”. The rider, a 32-year-old Bahraini citizen, was arrested and he will be referred to the relevant authorities in Qatar, the Qatari notice said. The Coast Guard said it was following the necessary legal procedures. Rules updated for travelling to Bahrain King Fahd Causeway ‘reopens’ after 1 year

India reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases on Monday but daily deaths remained above 4,000 and experts said the data was unreliable due to a lack of testing in rural areas where the virus is spreading fast. For months now, nowhere in the world has been hit harder than India by the pandemic, as a new strain of the virus fuelled a surge in infections that has risen to more than 400,000 daily. Even with a downturn over the past few days, experts said there was no certainty that infections had peaked, with alarm growing both at home…

The Saudi Ministry of Interior has set out certain conditions for citizens to fulfill in order to travel to Bahrain, according to an official source at the ministry. In a statement on early Monday, the interior ministry said that the travel requirements have been laid down on recommendations of the concerned health authorities in order to preserve public health. https://youtu.be/C3Is-LjiIOE According to the source, the mandatory requirements to travel to Bahrain are the following: Travelers must be over the age of 18. The health status on their Tawakkalna application must be immune. They must have taken complete doses of an approved coronavirus…