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  • Business

    Outstanding women in Bahrain to be awarded for exceptional talent

    By Habib Toumi MANAMA: A new tribute will made to outstanding women in Bahrain as people in the Gulf country, both nationals and foreigners, will be able to vote for the 2024 Woman of the Year Awards. The Woman of the Year Awards, by Woman This Month magazine, honor the…

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  • West Asia

    Amid heightening tensions in Mid-East, Bahrain calls for de-escalation, peace

    MANAMA: Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has stressed the importance of de-escalation in the region and intensifying efforts for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and for preserving the sovereignty of Lebanon. At a meeting with senior officers and officials in Bahrain, King Hamad, the…

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  • Culture

    Oldest English newspaper in Gulf celebrates 63 years of publication

    KUWAIT: Kuwait Times, the oldest English-language newspaper in the Gulf, is celebrating its 63rd year amid a robust commitment to professionalism, dedication. modernity and hard work. Founded by Yousuf Saleh Al Alyan in 1961, Kuwait Times has steadily grown into a source for in-depth reports on local, regional and international…

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  • Politics

    Saudi Arabia will not recognize Israel without independent Palestinian state: Crown Prince

    RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will not recognize Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state, the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has said. “The Kingdom will not cease its tireless work toward the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and we affirm…

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  • Politics

    Zhaparov highlights Kyrgyzstan’s rich past, bright future

     BISHKEK: Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov has paid rich homage to the heroism of all the people who have sacrificed their lives to build an independent and developed Kyrgyzstan, as he vowed to uphold the “sacred duty to continue the work of those fathers.” Marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment…

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  • Politics

    2024 US President Election: The Portrait of Divided America

    The 2024 U.S. presidential election campaign could be described as a paradox: both predictable and unpredictable.   By Lee Jong-eun, Assistant Professor of Political Science, North Greenville University, U.S. SEOUL: Similar to recent US elections, this year’s presidential election was predicted to display increasingly polarized American politics. On one end…

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  • Society

    Bangladeshis involved in UAE riots pardoned

    ABU DHABI: The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned 57 Bangladeshis who were convicted and sentenced in July to prison for staging protests against their home government in the Gulf state. They were put on trial on July 21 for the “riots, disruption of public security, obstruction…

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  • Politics

    77 members make debut in new-look Saudi Shura Council

    RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s new-look Shura (Consultative) Council will start on September 6 and will last four years. More than half of the 150 members will mark their debut in the Council after 77 new faces joined and 71 members were re-appointed. The Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Assistant Speaker will remain…

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  • Culture

    Medical breakthrough in Saudi Arabia with successful gene therapy for thalassemia

    RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has made a medical breakthrough successfully using Casgevy gene (exagamglogene autotemcel) therapy through CRISPR gene editing technology to treat a 13-year-old patient with thalassemia major. Casgevy gene is a one-time gene therapy treatment for people age 12 years or older with sickle cell disease or beta thalassemia. The…

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  • Business

    ADIHEX 2024: Honroing the past, embracing the future

    ABU DHABI: Unique Emirati arts and crafts will be showcased to thousands of local and foreign visitors at the 2024 Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX), an annual  cultural event that has been held over 20 years in the UAE capital. The largely-anticipated showcase is part of the…

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