Author: News Desk

In a matter of months, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has gone from being a shining example in Donald Trump’s eyes of a MAGA leader molded in his image to an average politician who forgot his roots as he rose to Republican stardom. People close to both men first noticed the palpable shift in Trump’s posture toward DeSantis earlier this year as enthusiasm for the Florida governor swelled among donors and GOP operatives who praised his laissez-faire response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The more DeSantis’ popularity soared, the more obsessed Trump became with receiving credit for his political celebrity. In April, Trump had told Fox News…

President Joe Biden on Friday temporarily transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he was under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy for one hour and 25 minutes, according to the White House. The nation’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president broke yet another barrier when she temporarily stepped into the acting role. Harris worked from her office in the West Wing while Biden was under anesthesia, according to Psaki. “@POTUS spoke with @VP and @WHCOS at approximately 11:35am this morning. @POTUS was in good spirits and at that time resumed his duties. He will remain…

MOHRANIYA :  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have caved in to farmers’ demands that he scraps laws they say threaten their livelihoods. But reaction to the shock U-turn in India’s rural north, where Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faces key elections next year, has been less than positive, a worrying sign for a leader seeking to maintain his grip on national politics. In the village of Mohraniya, some 500 km by road east of the capital New Delhi and located in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, farmer Guru Sevak Singh said that he and others like him lost faith…

BIELSK PODLASKI :  Poland accused Belarus on Friday of trucking hundreds of migrants back to the border and pushing them to attempt to cross illegally, only hours after clearing camps at a frontier that has become the focus of an escalating East-West crisis. The accusation by Poland suggests the crisis has not been resolved by an apparent change of tack by Minsk, which on Thursday had cleared the main camps by the border and allowed the first repatriation flight to Iraq in months. European governments accuse Belarus of flying in thousands of people from the Middle East and pushing them…

Bahrain : Minister of Defence, Lieutenant General Abdullah bin Hassan Al Nuaimi, received today his Iraqi counterpart Juma Anad Sadoun upon arrival at Bahrain International Airport to participate in the Manama Dialogue 2021 forum. The Defence Minister welcomed him, wishing him a good stay in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

London : The Premier League said on Thursday it has agreed to a six-year U.S. broadcast rights agreement with NBC Sports as it looks to further strengthen its popularity in the United States. Financial terms of the deal, which covers all 380 soccer matches every season and includes exclusive rights for Spanish language coverage, were not disclosed, but a report on The Athletic said it was worth over $2 billion, Reuters reported. On a media call with reporters on Thursday, NBC Sports Chairman Pete Bevacqua said that nine different entities were interested in acquiring Premier League rights as of last…

Paris : The French radio station, Monte Carlo Doualiya (MCD), held an interview with Education Minister, Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi, on the sidelines of his participation in the 41st session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The interview, conducted by anchor Gaby Latif, covered a number of topics related to Bahrain’s dealing with the novel Coronavirus pandemic, including the provision of all forms of health care for the citizens and residents free of charge, the adoption of the BD 4.3 billion stimulus package to counter the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic…

Bahrain :  The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, has reiterated the Council’s firm position to support legitimacy to end the Yemeni crisis through a political solution based on the three references represented in the GCC Initiative and its executive mechanism, the outcomes of the comprehensive national dialogue conference and Security Council Resolution 2216. This came during a meeting with the Yemeni Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs, Dr. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, today, on the sidelines of the Secretary-General’s participation in the 17th IISS Manama Dialogue. During the meeting, Dr. Al-Hajraf stressed the…

Madrid : The damage so far caused by the volcanic eruption on the Canary island of La Palma is believed to have reached some 700 million euros (790 million dollars), according to official estimates. “But we are still in the middle (of the catastrophe),” Canarian Prime Minister Angel Victor Torres was quoted as saying in El Pais daily newspaper on Friday, adding that the damage was increasing by the minute, dpa said. Since the volcano began to erupt on September 19, the lava, at temperatures of up to 1,300 degrees Celsius, has destroyed more than 2,600 buildings, according to a…

Tokyo :  Japan’s prime minister outlined Friday a record 56 trillion yen, or $490 billion stimulus package, including cash handouts and aid to ailing businesses, to help the economy out of the doldrums worsened by the coronavirus pandemic. “The package has more than enough content and scale to deliver a sense of security and hope to the people,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters. The proposal from Kishida was set for Cabinet approval later in the day, but still needs parliamentary approval. Kishida has promised speedy action, and parliament is expected to convene next month. The plan includes doling out…