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Bahrain :  Fifa President Gianni Infantino mourned the passing of former Bahraini international player and coach Adnan Ayoub. In a letter addressed to Bahrain Football Association (BFA) Chairman Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, he extended his heartfelt condolences, expressing his deep sadness. Infantino paid homage to late Adnan Ayoub who featured in the national team in the 1966 Arab Cup and the maiden 1970 Gulf Cup, in addition to his marked career as player in Al Ahli Club. On behalf of the international football community, the Fifa boss  extended deepest condolences to Bahrain Football Association (BFA) and the…

Bahrain : His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has affirmed the depth of the brotherly relations between Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, which are based on a long history of solid ties and common stances established by the founding fathers and preserved thereafter by their citizens. HM the King was speaking during HM’s meeting with the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander, HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, attended by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, at the Al-Safriya Palace. HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed, who…

New York : An investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has found that he sexually harassed several women, including employees at his office. Announcing the results of the inquiry, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Mr Cuomo had violated state and federal laws. Last year Mr Cuomo was accused of sexual misconduct by several women. He has denied touching anyone inappropriately and rejected calls from fellow Democrats to stand down. The report is the result of a months-long inquiry that saw investigators speak to nearly 200 people, including some of those who made complaints against the governor. “The…

Tunis :  Tunisia’s powerful labour union on Tuesday urged the president to rapidly announce a new government some nine days after he seized executive control in a move his opponents called a coup. President Kais Saied has defended his actions as constitutional and said he will govern alongside a new prime minister during an emergency period, but nine days after his intervention, he has yet to name one. “We can’t wait 30 days for the announcement of a government,” said Sami Tahri, a spokesman for the UGTT union, one of Tunisia’s most powerful political forces. “We must speed up the…

China:  China’s Wuhan city will test its 12 million residents for the coronavirus after confirming its first domestic cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant. Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in late 2019, had reported no local coronavirus cases since mid-May last year but on Monday authorities confirmed three cases of the Delta variant. The strain has been found in a handful of provinces and big cities including Beijing over the past two weeks. “To ensure that everyone in the city is safe, city-wide nucleic acid testing will be quickly launched for all people to fully screen out positive…

UAE :  The United Arab Emirates will lift  ban on Thursday for  transit flights including from India and Pakistan, the National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) said on Tuesday

USA : Vice President Kamala Harris will focus on defending international rules in the South China Sea, strengthening U.S. leadership in the region and expanding cooperation on matters of security during her trip to Vietnam and Singapore, a senior White House official. Reuters

Belarus : A Belarusian activist living in exile in Ukraine was found hanged in a park near his home in Kyiv early on Tuesday, and Ukrainian police launched a murder investigation. Reporting by Natalia Zinets, Margaryta Chornokondratenko, Ilya Zhegulev and Sergiy Karazy in Kyiv and Emma Thomasson in Geneva; Writing by Matthias Williams Editing by Andrew Heavens, Peter Graff

TOKYO — Lisa Carrington stood on a windy podium to accept her latest Olympic gold medal for a kayak sprint race she has dominated for more than a decade. But any celebrations would have to wait. The New Zealander still had another one to win about an hour later. Carrington opened her medal march at the Tokyo Games with a pair of victories Tuesday, first in the single 200 and then the double 500 with teammate Caitlin Regal, on the opening day of kayak and canoe sprint medal events. Carrington came to Tokyo as a medal favorite in four events, and the 32-year-old…

Tokyo : U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken blasted Belarus’ attempt to send home a sprinter from the Tokyo Olympics against her wishes as intolerable “transnational repression”. President Alexander Lukashenko’s “regime sought to commit another act of transnational repression: attempting to force Olympian Krystsyna Tsimanouskaya to leave simply for exercising free speech”, Blinken wrote on Twitter late on Monday. Tsimanouskaya, who sought refuge in the Polish embassy on Monday after refusing her team’s orders to fly home, will travel to Poland on Wednesday, a group of her supporters said. Warsaw has offered her a humanitarian visa. USN