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Bahrain : Ministry of Industry and commerce and Tourism and National bureau for revenue inspectors visited 134 outlets in the Diplomatic area, Gudabiya Avenue, Adliya, Juffair, Manama suq, Jid Ali, Riffa, Saar, Arad, Busaiteen, Galali, Muharraq and other parts of Bahrain. Inspectors checked the readiness of shopping outlets to apply 10pc VAT, adjusted from 5pc. The inspectors  reported violations which can amount of VAT evasion.

CAPE TOWN :  Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been remembered at a state funeral Saturday for his Nobel Peace Prize-earning role in ending South Africa’s apartheid regime of racial oppression and for championing the rights of LGBTQ people. “When we were in the dark, he brought light,” Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the worldwide Anglican church, said in a video message shown at a requiem Mass celebrated for Tutu at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. “For me to praise him is like a mouse giving tribute to an elephant,” Welby said. “South Africa has given…

Seoul :  South Korea’s exports expanded at their fastest pace in 11 years in 2021, with the total export value reaching a record high, supported by post-pandemic recoveries in global demand. For the full year, exports rose 25.8% from a year earlier to $644.54 billion, trade ministry data showed on Saturday, the fastest pace since 2010. That also marked the first growth in three years after contractions of 5.5% and 10.4% in 2020 and 2019, respectively. “Now is the time to head towards the $700 billion export-era … The trade ministry will step up policy efforts so that industries and…

Srinagar : A stampede at a popular Hindu shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 12 people and injured 13 others on New Year’s Day, officials said. An investigation has been ordered into what caused the stampede early Saturday at the Mata Vaishnav Devi shrine, where thousands of Hindu devotees were gathered to pay their respect in the hilly town of Katra near southern Jammu city. Mahesh, a devotee who gave only one name, said the stampede occurred near one of the gates where pilgrims entered and exited the route to the shrine. “Something happened near one of the gates…

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Berlin : The year 2022 is here in some countries, with the inhabitants of the South Pacific islands of Samoa and Kiribati the first to start the New Year at 1000 GMT, and New Zealand following one hour later. Unlike last year, when public fireworks were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, they were allowed to be shot into the sky again in Samoa. According to the tourism authority, the island state had flown in five pyrotechnics experts from New Zealand to install the fireworks. Meanwhile, in the archipelago of Tonga, the forces of nature did not take a break…

Washington : An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated in wind-fueled wildfires outside Denver, officials said Thursday evening. At least one first responder and six others were injured, though Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle acknowledged there could be more injuries and deaths could be possible due to the intensity of fires that quickly swept across the region as winds gusted up to 105 mph (169 kph). The first fire erupted just before 10:30 a.m. and was “attacked pretty quickly and laid down later in the day and…