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Manama, July 21 (BNA): His Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Deputy King, met today at the Gudaibiya Palace with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council, His Excellency Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Interior, His Excellency General Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Vice Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council, His Excellency Sheikh Abdulhussein Khalaf Al Asfour, Vice Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council, Lt. General Tariq bin Hassan Al Hassan, Director General of Public Security, His Excellency Yousuf bin Saleh Al Saleh, Chairman of…
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post contributor A woman stands at Qal’at al-Bahrain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Manama, Bahrain, on Sunday, July 21, 2024. lovelypeace/iStockAn archaeological discovery has revealed one of the oldest Christian structures in the Arabian Gulf region, shedding light on a long-lost Christian community that thrived in the region before the spread of Islam in the early 7th century. The find uncovered the first physical evidence of the Church of the East (also known as the Nestorian Church) in Bahrain.Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities discovered what is…
The Best Pilsners of 2024 were broken down into various subcategories.Getty In early July, the US Open Beer Championship announced the world’s best pilsners across various sub-categories. This Ohio-based beer festival is one of the most prestigious in the world and is one of the three major beer festivals in the US, along with the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival. The competition was founded in 2009 by brewer Dow Scoggins, who told me recently that the festival has always prided itself on the diversity of the categories it judges, and that’s evident when it comes to…
Taylor Swift performs at the Taylor Swift | The Erasu Tour at the National Stadium in Singapore on March 2, 2024. Ashok Kumar | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesA line from Taylor Swift’s song “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” from her latest double album, The Tortured Poets Department, struck a chord with listeners: “I cry a lot, but it’s very productive. It’s art.”Beyoncé, who has spoken out about worker burnout before, also touched on the current blues on her album Cowboy Carter, singing in the song “Ya Ya” that “a man who works hard, ain’t no…
Grozny, July 21 (BNA): Dr. Khalid Fahad Al Alawi, Assistant Minister for Industrial Development at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, led the Bahraini delegation at the Caucasus Investment Forum-2024. The forum, held under the patronage of Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov, attracted more than 3,000 participants from over 30 countries. In his speech, Al Alawi said Bahrain’s participation in the forum symbolizes the strong ties between the two countries. He highlighted the achievements of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s recent visit to the Russian Federation. Al Alawi stressed Bahrain’s determination to…
Manama, July 21 (BNA): Bahrain University of Technology, in close collaboration and with technical assistance from the National Space Science Authority (NSSA), has presented a space payload proposal in the second edition of the Payload Hosting Initiative (PHI). The effort is a collaboration between the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates. Bahrain University of Technology is the Kingdom’s first higher education institution to contribute to UNOOSA’s efforts on space science and technology. NSSA provided comprehensive technical support to Bahrain University of Technology’s…
In addition to Vienna, which topped the poll, three other European cities made the top 10 in a year weighed down by global instability and the rising cost of living. advertisementThere are many superlative adjectives that can be used to describe Vienna: beautiful, historic, picturesque, cultured, etc. And now we can add one more to that list: consistent.The Austrian capital has been named the world’s most liveable city for the third year in a row, out of 173 cities included in The Economist’s annual Global Liveability Index.The city’s hold on to the top spot appears unshakable, with 2024 marking the…
Illinois is the top state in the nation in each of the 6 Rs essential to economic growth: Roads, Railroads, Rivers, Runways, Routers (technology) and Research. And we’re smack in the middle of the largest economy in the world. Illinois should be an economic powerhouse. Why isn’t it?To see the state’s strengths, just look at a highway map. We have a denser network of interstate highways than any other state. Illinois is the nation’s railroad hub, with more than half of the nation’s intermodal traffic passing through Chicagoland. Water? We have it in abundance: rivers, Lake Michigan, aquifers, and rainfall.Research?…
Stay up to date with free updatesJust sign up for the myFT digest of the US economy and get it delivered straight to your inbox.U.S. economic growth figures due on Thursday will provide the latest clue for investors awaiting signals about when the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates from their current 23-year highs.Economists surveyed by Reuters expect second-quarter GDP to grow at an annualized rate of 1.8 percent, up slightly from 1.4 percent in the first quarter, but with the world’s largest economy still slowing from the rapid growth seen late last year.”We expect consumer spending to slow…
Savvy travelers know that not all business and first class seats are the same. Across the airline industry, nearly all premium cabin seats on long-haul flights convert into fully flat beds to relax or sleep in, but that’s pretty much the only commonality: Business class seats vary from airline to airline, and can vary greatly depending on row and location on the same aircraft. On a recent Air France flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Papeete (PPT), French Polynesia, I sat in the world’s most spacious business class seat. The Paris-based airline’s newest Airbus A350 has eight of the best-in-class…