Author: News Desk

China :  China’s National People’s Congress on Friday officially passed a law designed to protect online user data privacy and will implement the policy starting November 1. The law’s passage completes another pillar in the country’s efforts to regulate cyberspace and is expected to add more compliance requirements for companies in the country. The law states that handling of personal information must have clear and reasonable purpose and shall be limited to the “minimum scope necessary to achieve the goals of handling” data. It also lays out conditions for which companies can collect personal data, including obtaining an individual’s consent,…

Bahrain :  His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today received a cable of thanks and gratitude from the Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, marking the conclusion of this year’s Ashoora season. The Minister extended, on behalf of himself and all the affiliates of the Interior Ministry, deepest thanks and gratitude to HM the King for HM’s praise, in his statement marking the end of this year’s Ashoora season, of the tireless efforts exerted by the Ministry’s personnel to carry out their patriotic duties of protecting the safety of everyone. The Interior Minister stressed that…

Mexico : Unidentified assailants shot a Mexican radio journalist dead outside his home in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, local authorities said on Thursday. Jacinto Romero, who wrote about local politics for Ori Stereo in Orizaba, died following the morning attack in the neighboring municipality Ixtaczoquitlan, authorities said. Romero was intercepted by an armed commando when he was driving through the town in his vehicle, local media reported. Speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of suffering reprisals, a spokeswoman for the station told Reuters that Romero had received threats for his professional work. According to a tally kept…

Washington : Kurt Campbell, the White House’s top Asia adviser, declared last month that a historic change in U.S. foreign policy was afoot, one that would shift U.S. focus away from the Middle East to Asia, where China’s growing might has cast shadows over Washington’s allies. “It will be painful, in all likelihood. We’ll see some real challenges in places like Afghanistan,” Campbell told an Asia Society webinar, a blunt assessment of what since has come to pass as the Taliban’s swift takeover of the country has sparked a humanitarian crisis. Officials argued that withdrawing from Afghanistan would free up…

WASHINGTON; A senior Biden administration official said on Thursday that U.S. policy on Taiwan had not changed after President Joe Biden appeared to suggest the United States would defend the island if it were attacked, a deviation from a long-held U.S. position of “strategic ambiguity.” In a interview aired by ABC News on Thursday, Biden was asked about the effects of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and responses in Chinese media telling Taiwan this showed Washington could not be relied on to come to its defense. Biden replied that Taiwan, South Korea and NATO were fundamentally different situations to…

Moscow :  Russian researchers say they have modified the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, which has been in use for over a year, for use against the more contagious Delta variant of the virus. “The constructed vaccine is already in the refrigerator,” the head of the Gamaleya Institute, Alexander Ginzburg, told the Interfax agency on Thursday. He said it was too early to talk about the vaccine’s level of efficacy. Other manufacturers worldwide are already working on Delta modifications of their vaccines, reports dpa international. At the same time, Ginzburg advocated the use of a vaccine called Sputnik light as a…

Bahrain : Ukrainian debutant Aleksander Doskalchuk has high hopes of joining BRAVE Combat Federation. as the former M-1 Global flyweight champion will be making his maiden appearance under the promotion’s banner on August 21st. The 31-year-old native of Chernivtsi, Ukraine is set to duke it out with hometown favorite Asu “Zulfikar” Almabaev on the supporting card of BRAVE CF 53, which emanates from the beautiful and historic Kazakh city of Almaty. Doskalchuk hasn’t been in action since November 2018 when he successfully defended his belt against Finnish veteran Mikael Silander by unanimous decision. Since then, Doskalchuk has put a pause on…

Bahrain : The Secretariat-General of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW) has participated in an online discussion hosted by the International Peace Institute (IPI) under the theme “Empowerment of Young Women in the MENA Region.” The event, held on the sidelines of the International Youth Day, discussed regional efforts to empower girls, especially during crises and epidemics. Addressing the webinar, Assistant Secretary-General of the SCW, Shaikha Deena bint Rashid Al Khalifa, asserted that the method adopted by the kingdom during the novel Coronavirus pandemic had proved its efficacy in dealing with the exceptional circumstances with high flexibility and efficiency. In…

Washington : Police were investigating a report Thursday of a possible explosive device in a pickup truck outside the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill and have evacuated multiple buildings on the sprawling Capitol complex, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. U.S. Capitol Police said officers were “responding to a suspicious vehicle near the Library of Congress,” and that it was an “active bomb threat investigation.” The building is near the Capitol and the Supreme Court. Police have also evacuated congressional offices nearby, encouraging people to remain calm and use the underground tunnels if necessary to leave the…

Bahrain : Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Commander-in-chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa sent a cable of congratulations to Bahrain Football Association (BFA) Chairman Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa who was re-elected unopposed. In the cable, the BDF Commander-in-Chief extended deepest congratulations to the BFA Chairman, describing his re-election as a catalyst to continue efforts to develop football in Bahrain and accomplish further honourable achievements.