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India : India is seeing another surge in the Covid-19 pandemic driven largely by fresh cases in the southern state of Kerala, Health Ministry data released Saturday showed. On Saturday, India reported 46,759 new cases of Covid-19, the highest for a 24-hour period in about two months, said dpa international. Kerala reported about 70 per cent of the fresh cases. Loosening of restrictions on gatherings and travel during the annual festival of Onam is suspected of leading to the latest spike in numbers. Saturday is the third consecutive day that India has reported more than 45,000 infections in a single…

Germany: More than 60 percent of people in Germany have now been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, said dpa international. Some 50 million people (60.1 per cent of the population) have now received their second injection, the Health Ministry announced on Saturday. Almost 65 per cent (54 million) have been vaccinated at least once. According to figures provided by the ministry, 213,092 vaccine doses were administered in Germany on Friday alone. The state of Bremen leads the field nationwide in vaccination rates, with 74.7 per cent of residents already having had at least one injection, and 70.2 per cent are…

Bahrain :  The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, HE. Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Humood Al Busaidi, and his accompanying delegation, arrived in the Kingdom of Bahrain today heading his country’s delegation to the seventh session of the Bahraini-Omani Joint Committee, which will convene tomorrow. Upon arrival at Bahrain International Airport, the Omani Foreign Minister was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE. Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Oman, HE. Dr. Juma bin Ahmed Al Kaabi, the Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the Kingdom of…

Bahrain : Animal Resources Undersecretary at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Dr. Khalid Ahmed Hassan, said that the Works Ministry welcomes and encourages foreign investments that contribute to achieving food security and taking advantage of technology and modern techniques to increase animal production. While receiving the newly-appointed Bahraini Ambassador to Brazil, Badr Abbas Al-Hulaibi, the undersecretary said that achieving sustainable food security requires focusing on many areas, including increasing animal products (poultry and eggs), using modern technology, such as industrial intelligence, investment in agricultural lands in countries that are politically and economically stable and possess the…

Bahrain :  Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat) has welcomed the decision taken by the transitional government of the Republic of Sudan to stop the suspension of the license granted to the “Khayrat Al Bahrain” project in Al-Dabbah, as part of the distinguished relations between the two brotherly countries. The company commended the major role played by the Foreign Affairs Ministry and its Sudanese counterpart in canceling the decision to suspend the license. Mumtalakat re-affirmed its keenness to contribute to the efforts to achieve food security for the Kingdom, in line with its objectives and investment vision. It added that since…

US : President Biden approved the strike against the ISIS-K planner, an official said. According to a statement from Central Command spokesperson Capt. Bill Urban, “the unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target.” The US has conducted an airstrike against an ISIS-K planner, Central Command spokesperson Capt. Bill Urban said in a statement. “US military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner. The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties,”…

Bahrain : Over the last few months, Amin “Fierceness” Ayoub and Ahmed “The Butcher” Amir have built an ongoing rivalry. The banter between the two mixed martial artists extended far outside the cage. However, Ayoub wasn’t the original speck in the eye of Amir as the Egyptian bruiser wanted revenge on Cleiton “The Predator” Silva, whom he shared a bloody history with when they fought at BRAVE CF 11 in April 2018. Silva walked out of the grueling encounter with his hand raised in triumph, defeating Amir by way of second-round stoppage. More than a year after their encounter, the…

Kabul : Western forces running the Afghan airlift braced on Saturday for more attacks after the United States launched a drone strike, apparently killing a Daesh “planner”, two days after the group claimed a deadly bombing outside Kabul airport. Among the 92 killed in Thursday’s suicide blast, claimed by Afghanistan’s Daesh affiliate, were 13 U.S. service members, the most lethal incident for U.S. troops in Afghanistan in a decade, Reuters reported. “Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties,” the U.S. military said in a statement, referring to the overnight drone strike. U.S. Central…

New York : Tennis fans 12 years or older will be required to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to attend the U.S. Open, tournament officials announced Friday, just three days before the main draw was set to begin. The New York City mayor’s office on Friday mandated proof of vaccine to enter Arthur Ashe Stadium, where the major puts on its primetime matches, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said. The USTA then elected to extend the vaccine requirement to all attendees 12 years old or older at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, regardless of…

Tokyo :  Two people died after receiving Moderna (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine shots that were among lots later suspended following the discovery of contaminants, Japan’s health ministry said on Saturday. The men in their 30s died this month within days of receiving their second Moderna doses, the ministry said in a release. Each had a shot from one of three manufacturing lots suspended on Thursday. The cause of the deaths is still being investigated, Reuters said. Japan halted the use of 1.63 million Moderna doses shipped to 863 vaccination centres nationwide, more than a week after the domestic distributor, Takeda Pharmaceutical…