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Lord Glitters beats Barney Roy, Magny Cours and Fev Rover to land £500,000 Bahrain International Trophy at Sakhir for David O’Meara and Jason Watson; eight-year-old grey wins at 40/1 to bounce back from disappointing last in QEII at Ascot. David O’Meara’s 40/1 shot, who had finished last of 10 in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot last month, bounced back to form to take the £500,000 contest.

BEIJING :  China had given 76.3% of its population complete COVID-19 vaccine doses by Nov. 19, Wu Liangyou, an official at the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Saturday.

Bahrain : Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Environment (SCE), Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid Al Khalifa, the Deputy Chairman of the High Authority of the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club and member of the Supreme Council of Youth and Sports (SCYS), His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister on Bahrain’s successful organization of the 3rd edition of Bahrain International Trophy at the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club’s track. He also congratulated Honorary President of the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club, HH…

Bahrain : Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, concluded its participation in Dubai Airshow 2021 with great achievements as it signed a number of agreements during the event and used it as a platform to promote its fleet, products and services. During the airshow, Gulf Air showcased its flagship aircraft the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and its state-of-the-art cabins in its iconic 70th anniversary livery. An executive delegation from Gulf Air represented the airline and led a number of networking initiatives and meeting opportunities with partners and vendors. Signings included: •       A memorandum of understanding…

Bahrain : Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, affirmed that Bahrain has become a major host of international championships thanks to the great care accorded by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to sport and the support of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa congratulated Chairman of the High Authority of the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club, HH Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, on the…

AMSTERDAM :  Crowds of rioters in the port city of Rotterdam torched cars and threw rocks at police who responded with shots and water canon, as protests against COVID-19 measures turned violent on Friday night.

ROME : A boat carrying the bodies of 10 migrants found dead at sea arrived in Sicily on Friday, along with dozens of people it rescued this week as they tried to cross the Mediterranean. The crew of the Geo Barents vessel, run by charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), found the corpses on an overcrowded boat 30 nautical miles off the Libyan coast. They are believed to have died from suffocation after spending 13 hours on the boat’s lower deck where there was an intense smell of fuel, MSF said in a statement. Some 186 people rescued in three separate…

Bahrain : An international team of archaeologists excavating at Samahij village and in Muharraq town has recently made some exciting discoveries. Led by Professor Tim Insoll and Dr Rachel MacLean of the University of Exeter, UK, they have been working with their colleagues from the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA), led by Dr Salman Almahari, Director of Archaeology and Museums, continuing a partnership that has successfully run for a number of years. In Samahij the team have been continuing excavations started in 2019 of an early Christian site, the first to be found in Bahrain, which dates from…

Bahrain :  On behalf of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, today inaugurated the 17th edition of the Manama Dialogue, held in the Four Seasons Hotel, Bahrain Bay. His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak expressed his delight to inaugurate this year’s Manama Dialogue on behalf of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Prime Minister. During the inauguration, His Highness noted that the global effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the importance…

 Taiwan : Taiwan on Thursday showed off its newest military hardware — upgraded F-16 fighter jets that would be at the heart of the island’s defense in the event of an air attack from China. The F-16s screamed across the sky at Chiayi Air Base on the island’s southwestern coast as pilots performed aerial maneuvers to demonstrate the capabilities of Taiwan’s first squadron of US-made F-16V, or Viper, fighter jets. The planes were upgraded from older F-16A/B fighter jets, originally acquired by Taiwan in the 1990s, and are equipped with advanced radar systems and new mission computers, according to the official…