London: After a long day of discussing the world’s most pressing problems at the Group of Seven summit on Saturday, leaders will relax around bonfires on the beach while they drink hot buttered rum, feast on toasted marshmallows and baked brie, and are serenaded with sea shanties. ### And that’s just the dessert course. The …
Washington: The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. ### The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk, and he is expected to sign it into law. ### Juneteenth commemorates June 19, …
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Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved licensing two digital banks in the Kingdom, with a capital of SR4 billion, the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced on Wednesday. ### Minister of Finance Mohammed Al Jadaan, chairman of the Financial Sector Development Program, and Dr. Fahad Abdullah Al Mubarak, governor of the Saudi Central Bank, expressed …
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Geneva: A “huge number” of poorer countries have had to suspend their coronavirus vaccination programmes due to a lack of doses, the World Health Organization said Friday. ### The shortages often mean people who have received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine have to wait too long before they can get their second jab. ### “We …
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Tokyo: A panda at Tokyo’s Ueno zoo gave birth to twins on Wednesday, weeks after news of Shin Shin’s pregnancy sent stocks in nearby restaurants soaring. ### The two bundles of joy were born in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the zoo said in a statement, adding that it had not yet confirmed the …
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Washington: The overall global COVID-19 caseload has topped 179 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.88 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ### In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 179,093,146 …
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Kuwait City: The official spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Abdullah Al Sanad, said they will begin vaccinating domestic workers starting on June 19. ### All those who hold an Article 20 visa are considered domestic workers, thus they will be receiving messages for their vaccine appointments shortly. ### The move comes as Kuwait …
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Islamabad: The British High Commissioner’s recent post on social media must have provided some relief to the Islamabad administration and the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) – in contrast to his one-month old tweet in which he had shown the hiking trails of the Margalla Hills littered with trash. ### In his latest tweet on …
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United Nations: India has abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution on Myanmar, saying its views have not been reflected in the draft and New Delhi does not believe the resolution, tabled hastily, is conducive to “aiding our joint efforts towards strengthening democratic process’ in the country. ### The UN General Assembly adopted the draft …
Abu Dhabi: Four Saudi men in their 20s were arrested after they verbally and physically assaulted another citizen in Al Qassim province, central Saudi Arabia, a police official said. ### The four suspects filmed the attack and posted it on social media, Lieutenant Colonel Badr Al Suhaibani, spokesperson of the Al Qassim Police, added. ### …
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