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Bahrain :  Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, will increase its direct flights to Istanbul starting from tomorrow 02nd August to be daily. Due to popularity and relaxed entry restrictions, Istanbul has been one of the airline’s favourite destinations for Bahrain and GCC customer base and the airline has responded to the demand with upgraded daily frequencies. On the occasion of the recent announcement, Gulf Air’s Acting Chief Executive Officer Captain Waleed Abdulhameed AlAlawi said: “We continuously take a closer look at market demands and monitor the trends of traffic from and to different points of…

Bahrain : His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today received a cable of thanks from President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, HE Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in response to the congratulatory cable sent on the occasion of Algeria’s Independence Day.

Tokyo : Former India hockey captain Viren Rasquinha mirrored the emotions of a billion Indians on Sunday as Manpreet Singh’s men ended India’s 41-year-long wait for finish in the top 4 of men’s hockey at the Olympic Games. India dominated Great Britain in the quarter-final for a 3-1 in at the Oi Stadium in Tokyo to send the nation into a frenzy, that was lacking over the last few decades.

Tokyo : PV Sindhu beat China’s He Bing Jiao on Sunday to win the women’s singles bronze medal on Sunday — her second individual medal at the Olympic Games. Before the Games began, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked Sindhu about her diet and if she had to forego one of her favourite food items — ice-cream — as part of her preparation. The Prime Minister had told her then that if she returned with a medal, he would have ice cream with her. After her win over Bing Jiao, her father PV Ramana said that she would be taking PM Modi up on his…

Los Angeles: TikTok star Anthony Barajas has died after being shot at a California movie theater in what authorities described as a “random and unprovoked” attack. Barajas, 19, died Saturday after the shooting that also killed his 18-year-old friend Rylee Goodrich, said police in Corona in southern California said. The victims were shot Monday at a theater that was showing “The Forever Purge,” about a totalitarian government that one night a year allows any crime to be committed, including murder. Theater staff found the two shot in the head after the movie, which was sparsely attended. Goodrich died at the scene…

Italy : Italy reported five coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, down from 16 the day before, the health ministry said, and the daily tally of new infections fell to 5,321 from 6,513. Italy has registered 128,068 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the eighth-highest in the world. The country has reported 4.355 million cases to date. Patients in hospital with COVID-19 – not including those in intensive care – stood at 1,954 on Sunday, up from 1,851 a day earlier. There were 22 new admissions to intensive…

BEIRUT : At least three people were killed on Sunday in an ambush on Shi’ite mourners in a town south of Beirut, a day after a revenge killing of a member of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, security sources and a senior source in the group said. The three were shot in the town of Khaldeh, where sectarian tensions have long flared between the town’s mixed Shi’ite and Sunni residents. Several others were taken to hospital in civilian cars, witnesses said. Footage of a video broadcast on Hezbollah’s Manar TV channel showed a volley of gunfire being fired on the convoy of…

TOKYO — There is a new fastest man in the world. Marcell Jacobs of Italy sprinted to Olympic gold in the men’s 100-meter dash on Sunday, finishing in 9.80 seconds. Jacobs, 26, was born in El Paso before moving to Italy with his mother as a young child. Fred Kerley of the United States finished second in 9.84 seconds, and Andre De Grasse of Canada was third (9.89). NYT

Kent : A volunteer marshal tragically lost their life following a crash at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent on Saturday; Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris lead tributes as Formula 1 drivers and teams pay respects. Lewis Hamilton has said he is “devastated” following the death of a volunteer marshal during a race meeting at the Brands Hatch circuit, with Formula 1 drivers and teams paying their respects. The incident occurred during an event at the Kent racing track on Saturday afternoon. Reacting to the accident on Sunday morning, Hamilton said on social media that his heart is with the…

Saudi Arabia : A super cruise ship has departed Saudi Arabia for the first time, setting sail for regional waters as the kingdom seeks to expand its tourism industry and diversify its oil-dependant economy. The MSC Bellissima, a vessel longer than three football fields, departed for the first in a series of voyages from Jeddah Islamic Port to Aqaba in Jordan and Safaga in Egypt. The launch of the service on Friday comes two days after Saudi Arabia opened its first cruise ship terminal at the port in Jeddah, on the kingdom’s west coast. “The inauguration of the first cruise…