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Public sector employees in Saudi Arabia returned to their workplaces on Sunday after months of working from home due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development said the return to the workplace comes amid strict guidelines, preventative measures and protocols put in place by the authorities to ensure a safer work environment amid the pandemic. The ministry has set a number of conditions for the return of all employees to their place of work, which require that employees follow measures like the continuation of only attending work according to flexible working hours and the…

British universities should scrap plans to reopen next month to prevent travelling students from fuelling the country’s coronavirus pandemic, a union said, calling for courses to be taught online. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has come under fire over its moves to restart education, especially after a row over exam results for school students and a failed attempt to bring all pupils back to their classes earlier this year. Johnson has been calling on Britons to return to something more akin to normality after the coronavirus lockdown, calling on workers to return to offices to help the economy recover from…

Over six million male and female students are scheduled to resume on Sunday their education journey remotely under the motto “My School is in My Home”. The education ministry has completed all its education preparations and plans, by providing all textbooks and ensuring the mechanism for distributing them to male and female students is in line with the precautionary measures being implemented in the school. In addition, the ministry has created the “Madrasati Platform” for distance education, which includes all manuals for use by male and female students, their parents, male and female teachers, school leaders and education supervisors. The…

Director-General of Capital Governorate Police announced the arrest of three Asians for selling alcohol in Jid Hafs. He said that investigation into received cases led to identifying and arresting the suspects and confiscation of alcohol making tools and money. He said that legal proceedings were taken and the case was referred to the Public Prosecution.

Bahrain has announced the registration of 23,094 mask violations of not wearing face masks at public places and shops since the enforcement of the order. The Northern Governorate Police Directorate reported 1,538 violations related to the rule of social distancing and 5,057 violations of not wearing masks at public place. It carried 521 awareness campaigns. The Capital Governorate Police Directorate took 367 steps to protect social distancing in the district, along with reporting 3,793 mask-related violations and distributed 4,200 meals among expatriate workers. It also held 601 awareness campaigns. Muharraq Governorate Police Directorate registered 1,115 social distancing violations and 5,829 mask-related violations.…

Inspectors at the Al-Siddiq Center affiliated to the Northern Ports Customs Administration have seized postal parcels containing various counterfeit goods, including sets of clothes, fabrics, women’s bags, shoes and T-shirts for violating the Intellectual Property Law, based on the Customs Instructions No. 45 of 2020. Measures have been taken to send the confiscated goods to the Central Destruction Committee. The General Administration of Customs has warned those who smuggle counterfeit and prohibited goods in all their forms and types into the country saying they will be subjected to legal accountability and customs measures.

Moderate to heavy rains have been reported from Al Buraimi, Al Dhahirah, North al Sharqiyah, Al Dakhiliyah, and South al Batinah, leading to flowing wadis.  The Public Authority for Civil Defence (PACDA) has urged people to exercise caution and not to risk crossing the valleys to avoid accidents of vehicle drifting and loss of life and property.

The High Criminal Court today sentenced three Future Bank officials to five years in prison each and to $1 million fines in the latest of a series of money-laundering cases by the Central Bank of Iran and other banks. The court also sentenced the Central Bank of Iran and the other banks implicated in the wide money-laundering scheme to fines of $1 million each, General Advocate Nayef Youssef Mahmood said. The total of fines imposed on the Iran Central Bank, other Iranian banks and the three Future Bank officials in seven cases reached $47 million. The court also ordered the…

His Majesty the King’s Advisor for Diplomatic Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received the newly appointed Indian Ambassador Piyush Srivastava. The advisor praised the historical relations between Bahrain and India, stressing the Kingdom’s interest in advancing them at various levels, and in strengthening cooperation for the common interests of both sides, wishing the ambassador success in his duties. The ambassador expressed his pride in the strong bilateral relations and extended his appreciation of the Kingdom’s care and attention to the Indian community, noting that Bahrain has always been a distinguished model of openness and coexistence of different religions…

Amazon on Thursday launched a fitness band and app, “Halo”, as the e-commerce giant looks to take on Apple, Fitbit and Samsung in an increasingly crowded fitness tracker market. The Halo band would be priced at $99.99 while the app membership would cost $3.99 per month, according to Amazon. The market for wearables is highly crowded, with Apple Inc being the leader with a 29.3% share in the first quarter of 2020, according to data from market research firm International Data Corp. Rivalry for a greater share of the fitness band market has prompted Apple and Samsung to add features…