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Manama: A conference-debate to celebrate the environment and raise awareness on current environmental issues will be organized by the French embassy in Bahrain on September 18. The “Eco-friendly consumption” conference will be followed by the screening of the latest film by director Yann Arthus Bertrand, “Legacy”, at the Alliance Française. “The objective of this conference is to present the impact of our overconsumption of food and clothing before giving you tools to improve our footprint on a daily basis,” the embassy said in a statement. “An eco-responsible consumer is one who practices gestures in order to limit his ecological footprint…

Budapest: Pope Francis arrived in Hungary early on Sunday, starting an unusually short stay that will underline differences with nationalist and anti-immigrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Francis, 84, will spend only seven hours in the capital Budapest to close an international Roman Catholic meeting before moving on to Slovakia, where he will stay much longer, visiting four cities before leaving on Wednesday. The Vatican’s schedule says Francis is due to meet Orban and President Janos Ader as well as bishops and representatives of some Jewish communities before saying Mass to conclude a Church congress that began last Sunday, Reuters reports.…

Bahrain :   The Shura Council’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security lauded the praised the issuance of Decree-Law 24/2021 by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa amending article 13 of law 18/2017 on alternative penalties and measures. Chaired by Shura Council member Youssef bin Ahmed Al Ghatam, the committee said that the amended law would further bolster justice and human rights, in accordance with HM the King’s humanitarian vision. It said that Decree-Law amending the alternative penalties law which enables the competent party at the Interior Ministry to request the judge to replace the original sentence before the…

Vienna : Arab Parliament Speaker Adel bin Abdulrahman Al Assoomi and Dr. Ghada Wali, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Organized Crime (UNODC) have signed a cooperation agreement, the first of its kind between the two institutions. The accord was signed on the sidelines of the first Global Parliamentary Summit on Countering Terrorism held in the Austrian capital Vienna. The signing of the agreement came from the Arab Parliament’s keenness to establish strategic and institutional partnerships with international institutions, particularly the United Nations, Al Assoomi said. The…

Bahrain : Bahrain’s Ambassador to Egypt and Permanent Representative to the Arab League, Hisham bin Mohammed Al-Jowder participated today in the launch of the first national strategy for human rights by President   Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi The strategy includes the main aspects of the State’s comprehensive concept of human rights, supporting Egypt’s national development efforts that consolidate the principles of establishing the New Republic and achieving the goals of Egypt Vision 2030. The ambassador praised Egypt’s efforts, led by President El-Sisi  to promote     economic fields, civil rights, women’s rights and education, in light of the national strategy launched today.…

Bahrain :   Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will arrive tomorrow, Sunday 12, on an official visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced the Royal Court. During the visit, the Cypriot president will hold talks with His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on bilateral relations binding the two friendly countries, in addition to regional and international developments. In a statement today, the Royal Court welcomed President Anastasiades, and the accompanying delegation, wishing him a good stay in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Bahrain : A regional economic conference will be open on Monday (September 13) under the patronage of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani. Al Khaldia Youth Society is organizing the remote conference which will shed light on the economic outlook and the impact of countries’ efforts on economic recovery in the region. The conference aims to support Governments’ efforts  to strengthen   the economies, explore practical solutions for economic recovery, and highlight   the aspects which will make regional economies  more stable and resilient, in addition to discussing emerging  challenges such as strategies for digital economic transformation. It…

Abimael Guzman, the founder of the Peruvian rebel group Shining Path, known as ‘Sendero Luminoso’ in Spanish, died in prison on Saturday, according to the country’s National Penitentiary Institute. He was 86. A Maoist rebel group, Shining Path was active in the 1980s and 1990s, spreading terror in the country through a bombing campaign that targeted buildings and infrastructure such as electricity towers. Its prominence began to fade after Guzman, known as Camarada Gonzalo, was captured and sentenced to life in prison in 1992. “At approximately 6:40 in the morning in the maximum-security detention center of the El Callao Naval Base,…

New York : To mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed three pieces of legislation aimed at helping World Trade Center first responders apply for benefits, her office said in a news statement Saturday afternoon. “The bills make it easier for WTC first responders to apply for WTC benefits, by both expanding the criteria for defining WTC first responders and allowing online submissions of notice that members of a retirement system participated in WTC rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations,” according to the statement. In addition to first responders who were at the World Trade Center on Sept.…

US : President Biden and first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced stop at the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department after participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the United 93 memorial. There were some cheers as the President stepped out of the motorcade. The President met with dozens of people at the firehouse, which was set up to serve hot dogs and hamburgers.