Decisive resolutions and directions that would benefit the people in the region and sustain the reform are expected from the 10th organizational congress of Southern Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement (SEPDM), says head of Central Office of SEPDM.
Moges Balcha head of the office said the congress is expected to pass crucial resolutions and set directions that would significantly contribute to the ongoing nationwide reform that would benefit the people of the region and the country.
Among the agendas that the congress is expected to discuss and set direction is the proposal to change its name and logo. According to Moges, many members of the organization have requested the need for change.
Noting the importance of bringing the new generation to the leadership of the party, Moges said the congress is expected to retire some senior members of the leadership and bring new faces.
The congress that kicked off in Hawassa, the regional capital, have brought together more than 1,200 participants.
SEPDM, one of the four members of the ruling coalition – Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF). EPRDF was established 25 years ago, by merging 22 organizations that were struggling for the benefit of people of the region.


Amazon Layoffs: The world’s leading e-commerce company Amazon has recently laid off 27,000 of its employees. Now Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has spoken on this decision. He said that the decision to lay off 27,000 employees has been very difficult, but it was necessary. He said that the company will benefit from this decision in the coming times. The Chief Executive Officer has said all these things in his letter to the shareholders. Along with this, he has also mentioned the ups and downs of the company in this letter. Jesse said that even before this Amazon has seen bad times and faced them in the right way. Along with this, it expressed the hope that the company will definitely benefit from this decision in the coming times.
Company is paying more attention
The CEO of Amazon said that for the last few months, we are trying to regulate everything better and closing the business and stores from which we are not getting much profit. He said that we have closed stores like Bookstore and 4 Star Store in the last few months due to which the company was not getting much benefit. Along with this, he said that we have tried to adopt some new things for good returns.
What did the CEO say on the hiring?
CEO Andy Jesse also said that with the changing times, the company has also changed its priorities. For this, Amazon has tried to change the expenditure on its resources. For this, it has decided to lay off 27,000 employees. Along with this, he said that in the days to come, the company will continue to evaluate the work of all its teams and to know where the company is going.
Along with this, the CEO also said that in the coming days, according to the need, the company will continue to recruit new people (Amazon CEO on Hiring). He also said that the company is also focusing on Artificial Intelligence which is capable of giving good returns in the coming days.
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News Patiala: ADC General Gurpreet Singh Thind reviewed the people welfare schemes. It being run under various departments on Wednesday.
He said that the department took the department to the inactive people to take the concerned schemes with him.
Benefits from camps at village levels should be aware of schemes. So that the people benefit from the welfare schemes being run by the government.
The district administrative complex, Department of Social Security, Department Department and Landing Department officials.
ADC said that he could not benefit from the schemes of the schemes of the schemes of the government to ensure employment and self-employment to enable employment and self-employment.
So the departments must reach the village level and make people aware of these schemes.
As reviewing the work of the dairy development department.
The ADC said that the department should be aware of the training courses to be aware of the training courses to be aware of the training courses.
So that the work of the need for the needy courses could start their work.
Meanwhile, the Director Dairy said about 88 people in the district this year was trained and 70 cases have been sponsored to set up a new dairy unit by the department.
In the meeting, the Deputy Director Nirwant Singh of the gardening department said that 2904 hectares of fruits and 52500 metric tonnes of fruits were produced every year.
However, the work of vegetables, flowers, moods and honey is also being being done by farmers. Similarly, the department officials said that the department had been taken for soil to test the soil to the farmers to make the farmers of the soil of their fields.


15 people have been killed in a gun battle between Sri Lankan troops and suspected terrorists near the eastern town of Batticaloa.
Military spokesman Sumith Atapattu said that six children were among those killed in the overnight battle.
He said that a child caught in the crossfire was admitted to hospital.
Atapattu said that three explosions were triggered at the suspected terrorists’ hideout as troops approached.
He said that three suspected suicide bombers were killed in the ensuring shootout.


U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis recently commented on U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer's remarks branding the Tea Party as extremists. Lummis responded by saying that clearly the Democrats are learning their talking points.
On shutting the government down, Lummis said that the Democrats secretly want to do just that because they think it works in their favor. She went on to say that Republicans will do everything they can to cut spending responsibly and bring the Democrats to the with them to accomplish that goal.


France and Germany will struggle to drive the EU without the British “energy” that helped Paris and Berlin work together, EU competition and digital chief Margrethe Vestager said today.
“One of the things we will be missing is of course the energy. Because we have a French-German axis – but part of the energy to make that axis work comes from, came from, the U.K.,” Vestager said when asked what she would miss about Britain.
Vestager said that other member countries, “maybe changing coalitions of member states,” would have to step into that void.
“I think we will see a new dynamic in the union, but it will take some time before we fully recover,” she said. Vestager attended the Brexit vote in the parliament on Wednesday, which she said was “really touching because you see it is real.”
Vestager also said she would miss the sense of humor of the Brits, which she said was similar to the Danish.
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(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) MEXICO CITY Rabi'I 07 1437 December 18 2015 SPA -- Mexican police say they've detained a Mexico City airport employee who allegedly tried to smuggle 569 pounds (258 kilograms) of cocaine out of the terminal AP reported.
Federal prosecutors say the ground-operations employee was driving an official pickup truck on the apron of the airport's baggage area.
The man tried to drive out of an area where baggage was offloaded from flights originating in Central and South America.
Video monitoring alerted airport officials and federal police stopped the man with five suitcases containing cocaine.
Prosecutors said Friday the bags had no identifying tags.
The man was arrested and taken to a federal prison pending possible charges.
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State Minister of Money and Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms, Ajith Nivard Cabraal said there are several new ventures that will be promoted through Budget 2021 to ensure that the people will make investments and that it will be an investment-driven Budget.
The Government has about 289 ongoing projects, each more than billions of rupees. We will ensure that those projects are completed fast and the growth momentum maintained. These avenues are open to the Government and the country, which we will promote, the State Minister told the Sunday Observer yesterday.
We also wish to ensure that the macro fundamentals remain stable. That is, the rupee to be stable and interest rates to be stable at lower rates. We must ensure that the reserves are built and unemployment is kept in check, which will help take the country forward in the next five years, he said. State Minister Cabraal said several priorities will be identified in the Budget. One is the water-based projects to ensure that the people will enjoy pipe borne water in the future.
At present, nearly 42 to 43 percent of the people have pipe borne water and we wish to increase that to 95 percent. During the tenure of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, only 70 percent of the population had electricity, but the Government increased the coverage to 99 percent. We will also be looking at 100,000 kilometres of road projects which be supported by the Government.
He said Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) should flow into the country, for which we are arranging new pockets of sources.
One is the Port City. The second, Port-related activities, and the third, the farmer industry where we have already allocated 400 acres of land. We are also promoting the improvement of educational and health facilities.
Cabraal said that the Government will also address the human-elephant conflict to ensure that people in 14 districts who are suffering will be given support. Several economic activities have beenstalled due to the human-elephant conflict and we need to address it.
When asked whether the current global economic stagnation will have its constraints on the Budget implementation, he said there will always be challenges, but the implementation of the Budget is a commitment we need to ensure. “I think we are working well in management techniquesand have been in the forefront in many challenging tasks in the past. I am confident that with the expertise and the commitment of the President, the Prime Minister, Cabinet of Ministers and other Government officials, we could achieve what has been set out in Budget 2021,” he said.


International Monetary Funds Chief Kristalina Georgieva has warned that 2023 will be tougher than last year.
IMF Chief during an interview with Us TV on the night of January 1 said, “We expect a third of the global economy to experience a recession, and countries that are protected from it will also experience the negative effects of the recession.”
She further added that the most important regions for global growth i.e. the US, Europe, and China, will all face an economic slowdown.
“China’s economic growth rate, the world’s second-largest economy, is likely to fall short of global growth for the first time in 40 years during 2022 due to a new wave of Covid-19,” she said.
She also said that the next few months will be tough for China and it will also have negative effects on the global economy.
The IMF chief added that the US economy might be able to avert a recession, but it will also face negative effects.


ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that it is necessary to implement SOPs to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke to Tiger Force volunteers in which he appreciated their services and thanked them.
On the occasion, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that in the environment of Corona, it is important to tell the people that SOPs must be implemented because if the people do not take precautionary measures, the burden on hospitals will increase.
The Prime Minister said that the implementation of SOPs in every country was done by volunteers but if people were careful, the epidemic could be avoided.
Later, the Prime Minister directed the volunteers to take full part in the tree planting campaign in the coming rainy season.
It is to be noted that Prime Minister Imran Khan had formed the Tiger Force to deliver rations to the homes of deserving people due to lockdown during Coronavirus and to implement SOPs. It is a volunteer organization consisting of youth.


ISLAMABAD, Jun 13 (APP):Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Saturday said that promoting industrialization and private business sector was the government’s top priority which reflected in the budget proposals for the year 2020-21 as import duties of over Rs 50 billion on various tariff lines had been proposed to be removed.
Addressing a post budget press briefing here, the minister said that import duties on 1623 tariff lines (thousands of items) were proposed to be withdrawn while amount of import duties on 200 tariff lines have been reduced.
Similarly, he informed that as many as 10 types of withholding taxes were also going to be withdrawn for the fiscal year 2020-21.
He maintained that capital gain on tax on construction sector was being reduced to half and Federal Excise Duty on cement was also being reduced.
“The purpose of these measures was to provide maximum relief to the business and industrial sector as such incentives would help reducing cost of business in the country,” he said adding these incentive measures would also encourage more people to invest and this produce more jobs in the country which was the ultimate goal of the government.


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (KUNA) -- The US urges an immediate de-escalation in northern Syria and is deeply concerned by recent military action that destabilizes the region, the State Department spokesperson said.
State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement, late on Wednesday, 'We are deeply concerned by recent military action that destabilizes the region, threatens our shared goal to fight IS (the so-called Islamic State or Daesh) and endangers civilians and US personnel.'
'We understand Turkey has legitimate security concerns regarding terrorism,' he added. 'At the same time, we have consistently communicated our serious concerns about the impact of escalation in Syria on our D-(IS) goals and on civilians on both sides of the border.'
He expressed condolences for the loss of civilian life that has occurred in Syria and Turkey.
Turkish air forces have launched a series of strikes targeting strongholds of armed Kurdish groups in northern Iraq and Syria.
The strikes came on the heels of a deadly bombing that happened in Istanbul recently. Ankara has accused separatists Kurds of orchestrating the blast and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to deploy ground forces to hit the Kurdish groups' positions. (end)
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(MENAFN - AzerNews) By Trend
On 25 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis is departing for the South Caucasus. This will be the Foreign Minister's first official visit to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, where he will meet with top officials and representatives of civil society to discuss possibilities for further development of Lithuania's relations with the South Caucasian states, their prospects of cooperation with the European Union, and will express support for reform processes in the countries of the region, Trend reports citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
The Foreign Minister's visit to the South Caucasus reflects the priorities of Lithuania's foreign policy that primarily focuses on the Eastern Neighbourhood. All the three South Caucasian states are participating in the EU's Eastern Partnership initiative, which aims to strengthen the EU's relations with its Eastern neighbours taking into account their aspirations and level of ambition.
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Former Team India all-rounder and current J&K cricket team mentor Irfan Pathan has said that India lacked stability and proper planning during 2019 World Cup which resulted into their knockout.
Pathan said that the lack of a proper No. 4 batsman was one of the prime reasons behind India’s failed campaign.
“If you look at the recent 2019 tournament, it was bad planning, I think the team can do better planning. Look, we have resources, we have players, we have fitness, we have everything to be a world champion. The only thing lacking is that we did not have a No.4 batsman just before the World Cup as well,” Irfan Pathan said on the Cricket Connected Show on Star Sports.
“We were struggling with having a proper eleven. I think we need to make sure that we have better planning going into the ICC trophies, going into the World Cup. If we have better planning, we have all the resources to be a champion,” Pathan added.


Saudi Arabia hails successful Hajj health measures amid COVID concerns
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RIYADH, July 22 (KUNA) -- Saudi Arabia on Thursday hailed the success of health measures in place amid the annual Hajj season, just as pilgrims gathered for the closing ritual known as farewell circumambulation under strict measures to prevent a COVID outbreak.
The rigid precautions in place for this year's Hajj were instrumental in the pilgrimage's success, state-run SPA news agency cited Health Minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah as saying.
These measures, which include limiting attendance to only 60,000 nationals and expatriates living in the kingdom, helped contain virus transmission during the pilgrimage this year, added the minister.
Just a day earlier, pilgrims performing the Hajj commenced the three-day stone-throwing ritual from dawn to dusk in what is a once in a lifetime obligation for able-bodies Muslims. (end)
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South Australia’s state procurement board has managed to source 90.2% of its goods and services spend from South Australia suppliers last year, up from 51% the year before, according to its latest annual report for 2014/15.
Minister for small business Martin Hamilton-Smith said the increase was largely due to the creation of a new post, the industry participation advocate.
The state government created the role in 2013 to ensure South Australian companies were awarded lucrative state government contracts wherever possible.
He also said major projects, awarded under South Australia’s industry participation policy, had led to more than 90% of sub-contracts being awarded to contractors where the majority of the dollar spend is in the state.
The IPP specifies that the state government must try to find a business in the state to fulfil all contracts worth more than AUS$22,000.
The state government also held a commercial acumen workshop trial for its senior managers to give staff a better understanding of the impact their decisions have on small business and was considering expanding this training to more staff.
The industry participation advocate has also been asked to investigate possible improvements to procurement practices to reduce the cost to business when tendering for state government work.
One improvement could be to reduce the delay between when a tender is released to the market and evaluating and awarding the tender, the state government said.
The industry participation advocate will recommend ways to identify local businesses with a high level of local labour prior to an invitation to tender to increase state business participation in government contracts.
In the report the board also said it had launched a three-year strategic plan to address economic and budgetary priorities, which will be made public next year.


Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has said that the police force is set to thwart any chaos in the name of political programmes.
“Any political party can hold its peaceful programme. If anybody disrupts peace and order, and creates fear among people, every unit of Bangladesh Police is ready to combat.”
The chief of the police force has said that the force has to face new, new challenges every day and it has the ability and experience to combat so.
Senior police officers were present on the occasion.


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA
DOHA: Chadian parties will sign the Doha Peace Agreement and the Participation of Politico-Military Movements in the Chadian National Inclusive and Sovereign Dialogue in Chad, in Doha tomorrow (August 8) under the sponsorship of the State of Qatar, in culmination of the negotiations it hosted over the past five months with regional and international participation.
The signing ceremony will be attended by the negotiating delegation of the transitional government, representatives of opposition groups, as well as representatives of the African Union, a number of regional and international organizations and several countries.
The agreement will pave the way for holding the Chadian National Inclusive and Sovereign Dialogue in Chad, in the Chadian capital N'djamena, which aims to achieve the inclusive national reconciliation.
Qatar hosted Chad Peace Negotiations last March with the participation of representatives of the Transitional Military Council and Chadian opposition movements, based on its active regional and international role in providing the basic ground for mediation and prevention of the outbreak and aggravation of conflicts.
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BJP unhappy with Cabinet reshuffle, flays PM
Hussain said the Prime Minister failed on economic front despite being an economist.
New Delhi: BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that the cabinet reshuffle was not satisfactory.
Hussain said, "The Prime Minister could not remove those who were facing corruption charges." He also said that the Prime Minister did not show any courage to drop tainted ministers.
Hussain also said that the Prime Minister has failed on the economic front despite being an economist himself.
Prime Minister on Wednesday reshuffled the Cabinet bringing in three new names with Beni Prasad Verma, who became the Minister of State for Steel, KC Venugopal, who became the Minister of State for Power and Ashwani Kumar, who became the Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs and Science and Technology and Earth Sciences.


Fifa a Victim of South Africa Crime
Fifa Headquaters Robbed in Johannesburg South Africa
A robbery at the Fifa headquarters in Johannesburg was confirmed by national police commissioner General Bheki Cele on Tuesday."Yes we know there was burglary there. We are looking into it," Cele told a national press club briefing in Pretoria.He said seven trophy replicas and two jerseys had been taken during the incident which led police to believe that the crime was perpetrated by people familiar with the offices.It was not immediately clear when the incident took place.Meanwhile, Cele said that since the start of the World Cup 316 people had been arrested, 207 of them South Africans, for tournament-related crime.They were followed by Ethiopians at 11, Algerians (nine), UK citizens (eight), six people each from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, America and Pakistan, five people from Argentina and four Slovakians."It's the United Nations of crime," he quipped to much laughter.Cele said 90 percent of the arrests had been in connection with theft and by far the majority of these cases could be attributed to negligence on the part of the lawful owner.This was as cellphones and laptops had been left unattended and then stolen.He said police were also increasing their vigilance outside the stadiums as to date 29 cases of unauthorised ticket scalping had been reported."Thirty-three persons have been arrested in these cases of which 14 are South African and 19 are citizens of other countries," he said.


Following the long power outage in major cities across Pakistan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, on Tuesday held a federal Cabinet meeting with the ministers. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif himself.
During the meeting, the federal Cabinet has directed that a comprehensive strategy be devised to avoid power breakdowns in the future.
Meanwhile, during the meeting, the Cabinet has also discussed and got it approved to start the first of its kind awareness campaign on electricity saving at the national level. The Cabinet has also finalized the decision that subjects related to energy saving will also be included in the curriculum.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his displeasure over the recent power breakdown and directed to keep a check and to determine those who were actually responsible for the incident.
Moreover, the Cabinet was also told that the import bill of products of petroleum has doubled in the past seven years. During the meeting, Pakistani Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Maryam Aurangzeb have given a detailed briefing about the national awareness as well as information strategy for energy saving.
Following this, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has also directed the caretaker governments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab should also be taken into confidence regarding energy saving projects.
At the same time, a comprehensive report which was entirely based on the recommendations of the inter ministerial committee, which was formed regarding the Tosha Khana was also submitted to the federal Cabinet.
Notably, the Federal Cabinet have also presented its recommendations on the new Tosha Khana policy. The Prime Minister has directed that in the light of these recommendations made during the meeting of the Cabinet, the Inter Ministerial Committee should also amend its report as well as submit it to the next Cabinet meeting for the purpose of approval.


Minister Rajapaksa said that the TNA in their election manifestoes in 2001 and 2004 have mentioned that they are the sole representatives of the LTTE that killed thousands of people including the leaders of the Tamil community.
He was addressing a special press conference at the Economic Development Ministry, news.lk reports.
He said that the government has received reports that relatives of Tamil politicians who were killed by the LTTE have already left for Geneva and the TNA which represented the LTTE will have to provide an answer to them too.
Minister Rajapaksa said that the government is more concerned on human rights during the course of humanitarian operation.
He said that the world knows that the government has been making a serious effort to promote reconciliation and ethnic harmony.
“Thousands of people in the North and the south were disabled due to the LTTE atrocities.”
He said that thousands of people were killed by the LTTE in attacks on nerve centres of the country including the Central Bank, Dehiwala Railway station and Pettah.
“It is not appropriate to rekindle the pangs of war. People were affected by the LTTE carnages at Kattankuddy mosque, Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura and Colombo fort. Our people have forgotten all these past and are trying to live in harmony. It is not appropriate to rekindle their pain again.”


More than 3.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across the world
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NEW YORK, 22nd July, 2021 (WAM) -- More than 3.72 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered across 179 countries, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg.
The latest global rate was roughly 29.3 million doses a day.
Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 192.1 million and death toll at 4.13.
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CBS poll: Majority of Democrats consider Islam, other religions equally violent
A new poll has revealed that a majority of Democrats believe Islam is no more violent than other religions.
As many as 66 percent of Democrats have said that Islam is just as violent as other religions, and nine percent believe that it is less violent. Merely 14 percent have said that Islam encourages violence more than the other religions.
Among Republicans, 25 percent believe that the Islam encourages the same amount of violence as other religions while 63 percent said that it is more violent than other faiths. Only 2 percent believed that it is less violent.
The CBS poll, which was conducted on Feb. 1â€“2 among 1,019 adult respondents, came after President Donald Trump issued an executive order temporarily restricting refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.
The results indicated that 85 percent of Republicans approve of the temporary ban, and an equal number of Democrats disapprove. Sixty-eight percent of Republicans believe that the travel ban would make the U.S. safer from terrorism, while 63 percent of Democrats said that the country will be less safe.
Trump had suggested that the government might prioritize Christian immigrants who want to enter the U.S., but the poll results indicated that even American Christians do not agree with the president's plan.
Only nine percent of American Christians believe that priority should be given to their fellow believers, while 87 percent said that religion should not be a factor in deciding which immigrants can be admitted to the country.
Meanwhile, a separate poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports has found that a majority of Democrats believe that Muslims are being mistreated in the U.S., but fewer believe the same thing about Christians in the Islamic world.
As many as 56 percent of Democrats have said that Muslims are being mistreated in America, but only 47 percent think that Christian are being persecuted in Muslim-majority countries.
Among Republicans, 22 percent believe that Muslims are being mistreated in the country while 76 percent said that Christians are being oppressed in the Islamic world.
The Rasmussen poll of 1,000 likely voters also indicated that 49 percent believe that Islam encourages violence more than any other religions, and 71 percent have said that Islamic religious leaders need to increase their efforts to highlight the peaceful beliefs of their faith.


JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson leaders are discussing ways to tackle crime in the city.
Jackson City Council President Virgi Lindsay is said she is contacting as many law enforcement agencies as possible that can help the city fight crime.
Jackson Police Department Chief James Davis said he is calling on Capitol police to step up patrol in their designated areas. He mentioned a drive-by shooting that occurred in October when Governor Tate Reeves said he could hear the gunshots in the Capitol Complex.
In July, Reeves created a public safety initiative that allowed the Department of Public Safety to take on an increased role in Jackson.
“We just want them to hold true to that. If you’re responsible for the Capitol Complex, just own it,” said Davis. “Work the crimes, but still, we have many homicides that happen in the Capital Complex. Capitol police did not work any.”
“The public safety initiative was meant to supplement the City of Jackson and Jackson Police Department’s efforts to fight crime. It was never intended to be used as a way for the city to shirk their existing responsibilities,” said Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell.
Lindsay said the city desperately needs assistance from state and federal agencies.


(MENAFN) A delegation consisted of entrepreneurs from Iraq’s Kurdistan area and Najaf Chamber of Commerce took a trip Iran and joined a business meeting on Monday to study collaboration prospects with their Iranian fellows.
According to reports by the portal of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), in the meeting, which was arranged by the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce, both parties talked about methods of reinforcing the level of ties and establishing additional communication lines for the growth of exchange and investment.
The Iraqi delegation was consisted of the officials of firms operating in a variety of sectors such as general exchange, tourism as well as hotel management, textiles, steel, metal output, flour and wheat, poultry, foodstuff, plastic industry, in addition to drinking water.
Following capital Tehran, the delegation is planned to take trip to Khorramabad in Lorestan Province to measure the volumes of the province for joint collaboration.
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Kuwait- PUIC concludes 11th conf. in Baghdad
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BAGHDAD Jan 24 (KUNA) -- The 11th conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC (PUIC) came to a close on Sunday night with the adoption of the Baghdad Declaration.The lengthy sessions of the gathering chaired by Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Salim Al-Jabouri addressed a range of formidable challenges facing the Muslim nation foremost among which is the security instability and political tensions.The declaration stressed the need to double efforts to resolve the tensions among the Muslim countries through "responsible dialogue" with a view to enabling the Muslim nation resume its pioneering role in civilization Al-Jabouri told reporters.The Iraqi top lawmaker promised that his country will act as a bridge of amity cooperation trust and interdependence among the Muslim countries."Iraq is looking forward to maintaining the spirit of concord and amity that prevailed in the just-ended gathering in the coming activities of the PUIC" Al-Jabouri added.He thanked the senior MPs representing 40 member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for contributing to the success of the conference.The closing session voted for accepting the parliamentary union of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) as observer member and endorsing the PUIC charter against terrorism and the report of the 18th session of the PUIC general commission. (pickup previous) ahh.gb
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KUCHING: Sixty-two charitable organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) received contributions amounting to RM286,000 from the Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC) and its subsidiaries.
Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said the contributions were aimed at supporting the organisations financially in their activities as well as help those in need.
“Hopefully the contributions can help them in carrying out activities more actively and effectively, especially in channelling the funds to their members and the public who need assistance and support,” he said while officiating at the ‘Sumbangan Derma STIDC’ event at Wisma Sumber Alam yesterday (April 22).
Awang Tengah noted that the COVID-19 pandemic not only affected public health and safety but also the community’s economy.
“Due to the pandemic, many industries had to close down and many entrepreneurs are still struggling to survive, including STIDC’s own subsidiaries.
“Nevertheless, we are grateful that even though we face many problems and challenges, corporations, state governments and the federal government came forward and are extending assistance to individuals.
“It is hoped that more statutory bodies, government agencies and the corporate sector will also come forward to jointly contribute to organisations, charities and NGOs,” he said, adding that STIDC would continue with its corporate social responsibility and implement more community-based programmes.
Separately, Awang Tengah expressed his gratitude that the country was now in the endemic phase which benefited the industry and entrepreneurs.
The endemic phase, he noted, allowed Muslims to perform Taraweeh prayers in mosques and give the people a chance to revive their economic position through Ramadan bazaars.
“Nevertheless, though we are in an endemic phase, I hope the public will always stay vigilant, especially when the Hari Raya celebration is just around the corner.
“We hope everyone will comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs). We do not want another movement control order (MCO) to be implemented again,” he said.


Kuwait Oil Price Rises To USD 96.08 Pb
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KUWAIT, Oct 1 (KUNA) -- Price of the Kuwaiti crude oil rose by 56 cents to USD 96.08 per barrel (pb) Friday vis a vis USD 95.52 pb Thursday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said on Saturday.
In international markets, forward contracts of the Brent crude oil dropped by 53 cents settling at USD 87.96 pb and those of the West Texas Intermediate crude fell by USD 1.74 to USD 79.49 pb. (end) km.rk
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Israel arrests 11 Palestinians in Isawiya town
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Ramallah, May 30 (Petra) -- Israeli occupation forces early Wednesday arrested 11 Palestinians from Isawiya town in occupied Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian source.
Member of the local follow-up committee in the town, Mohammad Abu al-Humus, said in a statement that Israeli occupation forces and intelligence stormed the town in the early hours of the morning and carried out an arrest campaign.
Israeli forces adopt the policy of collective punishment against the people of the town including daily raids, searching houses and shops, and imposing fines, the source added.
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Perhaps the most important factor that can influence how a person perceives information from the media is education. This can be education in general, but it can also be education that is specific to how to interpret what one hears or sees in the media.
In general, the more knowledge one has, the more skeptical one is able to be. If we have more knowledge, we are more likely to be able to question the validity or plausibility of what we see in the media. We are more likely to have information that would give us reason to doubt that what the media is saying is exactly accurate and unbiased.
In addition, education about the predilections of the media can help us to perceive the information we see in the media in a more sophisticated way. If we know, for example, that the media is prone to telling stories that make underdogs seem more appealing and more downtrodden, we can perceive the information we get in the media in that light. We can understand that the information is likely to be skewed so as to fit into a set story template that is likely to get more viewers for the news show or more readership for the print media.
In these ways, education is one of the most important factors that affects how we perceive information that we get from the media.


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AUSTRALIA’S ‘ASIAN’ FOOD SINGLE-FINGERED BEVERAGES ARE BOUNCE THE FOOD BEVERAGE MARKET TO THE WEST.
The Australian Beverage Market is one of the world’s largest food and beverage markets, accounting for more than $4.5 billion in revenue in 2016.
While the market’s share has risen over the past decade, there has been a shift away from the Western food and drink market, which has become increasingly dominated by the Asian market, and a recent trend has seen the number of Asian-owned restaurants in Sydney rise from 7,300 to 14,000 in just three years.
Asian-owned eateries have seen growth in Sydney over the last three years, according to market research firm ABI Research.
“The trend has been for a while now that Asian food has been gaining more market share in Sydney, with restaurants opening in the area and that trend has continued this year,” said Tony Smith, executive director of the Asian Beverage Association (AABA), which represents the industry.
“[Asian] restaurants have been opening in Sydney for a number of years now, particularly in the inner-city, and it’s a great time to be an Asian restaurant.”
Smith said the Asian-themed restaurants were also popular among young people and the ABA believed they were increasingly being used as cultural events to attract young people to the market.
He said Asian-friendly food was a popular trend amongst students, as well as a “great marketing opportunity”.
“We see that it’s getting more and more popular among students, and that’s also why it’s been getting so much more exposure on the Internet,” he said. AAP/ABC


The Chief Executive of Jamiat Islami and member of the Grand National Coalition Ata Mohammad Noor claims that important decision have been taken regarding the key national issues during a meeting with the former President Hamid Karzai and other political leaders.
Without disclosing further information, Noor said the members of the leadership council of Grand National Coalition met with Hamid Karzai and other political leaders belonging to the Council for Protection and Stability in Afghanistan.
He said the meeting was organized in the office of the former President Hamid Karzai where important decisions were taken regarding the key national issues.
This comes as Karzai had earlier declared full support to the objectives of the Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan.
The Office of the Former President in a statement said the Former President Hamid Karzai fully supports the formation of the Grand National Coalition formed by the political parties, Peoples’ Councils, Civil Society, and representatives of various provinces, and its objectives for unity among the people and transparent elections.
The statement further added that the Former President express hopes that the Afghan nation would curb the interferences of the foreigners and their plans to spark tensions among the people, through such joint efforts.


Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. executives provided insight into the company’s operations and outlook during a conference call on Wednesday.
The company, which is the largest producer of iron ore pellets in North America, reported a net income of $1.2 billion for the first quarter of 2021. This was a significant increase from the $7 million reported in the same period last year.
CEO Lourenco Goncalves said the company’s strong performance was due to a combination of factors, including higher iron ore prices, increased demand for steel, and the company’s cost-cutting measures.
Goncalves also noted that the company’s operations in the United States and Canada have been running at full capacity since the beginning of the year. He said the company is well-positioned to take advantage of the current market conditions and is looking to expand its operations in the future.
The company’s CFO, David Rintoul, said that the company is continuing to invest in its operations and is looking to expand its presence in the global market. He said the company is looking to increase its production capacity and is exploring new markets.
Rintoul also noted that the company is continuing to invest in its workforce and is looking to hire more employees. He said the company is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment for its employees.
Overall, the executives expressed optimism about the company’s future and said they are confident that the company will continue to be successful in the coming years. They said the company is well-positioned to take advantage of the current market conditions and is looking to expand its operations in the future.


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Signs will designate Willmar as Yellow Ribbon City
WILLMAR -- Motorists will soon see that Willmar is part of a statewide group that connects and coordinates organizations, agencies and companies to provide resources and support for members of the armed forces and their families.
Five signs declaring Willmar as a Yellow Ribbon City are expected to be placed at state highway entrances to the city in recognition of local efforts to care for military members and their families through various programs.
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Minister for Religious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri has said that the government of Saudi Arabia has not yet taken a decision on the number of pilgrims to perform Hajj.
He uploaded a video message on Sunday on his Twitter account after a conversation with Saudi minister.
He said in his message that the Saudi health ministry has made recommendations about the number of pilgrims and Covid-19 SOPs, but a final decision has yet to taken.
The minister said that the Saudi government will take Pakistan into confidence on the number of pilgrims, Covid-19 SOPs and vaccination.
Earlier, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri had said that that the Saudi government has allowed 60,000 – 15,000 locals and 45,000 from abroad – pilgrims from across the world to perform Hajj under strict coronavirus SOPs.
He could say how many pilgrims from Pakistan would be allowed to perform Hajj this year.
He said that a coronavirus vaccination certificate and PCR negative test will be mandatory for pilgrims to perform Hajj this year.
The minister said Pakistan has requested the Saudi government to approve the Chinese vaccine as well to facilitate Pakistani pilgrims.


When we talk about “levels” of government in the United States, we are generally talking about the fact that we have a national government, state governments, and local governments. These are the three main levels of government in the US. While you could argue that all levels of government provide for some aspects of the "common defense,” we generally say that the national government is the level that does this. In fact, the preamble to the Constitution says that one reason for establishing the Constitution (for the national government) was to “provide for the common defence.”
You could argue that state and local governments also provide for the common defense. We have state National Guard units that help to do this. On the state and local level, we have police forces that can be said to be providing for the common defense against criminals.
However, when we talk about the common defense, we are usually talking about defense against other countries. The vast majority of this aspect of defense is provided by the national government because the national government is the level of government that controls our regular military forces.


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ISLAMABAD: Issues between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been resolved.
According to the source, the IMF delegation had a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif through video communication, in which the Minister of Finance and other officials of the ministry also participated.
The Prime Minister was briefed on the negotiations and progress with the IMF delegation, after which the Prime Minister approved the resolution of the issues with the IMF.
Sources say that Ishaq Dar, the Minister of Finance, will inform the media after some time about the issues of IMF settlement.
Earlier, the Minister of Finance said that God willing, we will receive good news today, we will finish the negotiations today, there is time for negotiations with the IMF until 12:00, there are always such negotiations with the IMF.


(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 26 out of the 38 Shahed-136/131 attack drones launched by the Russians overnight.
The Ukrainian Air Force said this in a post on the Telegram messaging app, Ukrinform reports.
"The air defense forces and assets of the Air Force, in cooperation with units of other elements of Ukraine's defense forces, destroyed 26 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs," the post read. Read also:
War update: Ukrainian forces launch 18 airstrikes on enemy positions
According to the report, the drones were launched from the south-eastern direction (Primorskokrs, Russia, and Cape Chauda, Crimea). Fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, and mobile fire groups were used to shoot down the drones.
Yesterday and today, Ukrainian tactical aircraft carried out more than 40 sorties, with 20 of them aimed at launching strikes on the enemy.
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Khunti: Two ultras of the PLFI were arrested with arms from Balon village under Murhu Police Station area of this district.
Police said that a couple of pistols, three live cartridges, three mobile and couple of pamphlets were also recovered from them. Briefing the press Khunti SP Alok said that he had received a secret tip-off that two ultras of the PLFI were planning to execute a killing after which a team led by ASP Operations Anurag Raj was constituted which conducted raid at the village and arrested the duo.
He said that the arrested have been identified as Siren Gope and Inder Kashi. Mr Alok said that the duo are part PLFI squad led by Bagrai Champia.


While speaking at #Reimagine telethon, Justice Madan Lokur, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India said that while there are many concerns related to the future of children, education and immunisation are the primary concerns that need to be addressed urgently. He said that there has to be continuous awareness programmes on the issues of children.
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‘New Congress Party’ was launched on Saturday in Srinagar while the chairman of the party during a news conference said that the party will support former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and will counter every move of present State Congress Chief Saif-u-Din Soz who according to him, is responsible for ruining Congress party.
Addressing a news conference in Srinagar, Chairman New Congress Party, B.M.Reshi accused Saif-u-Din Soz of dividing Congress party in the Jammu and Kashmir and claimed that he having the backing of top Congress leaders in New Delhi. He said that his New Congress Party will field candidates in every Constituency and will support former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Reshi said that Congress leaders who revolve around Saif-u-Din Soz are responsible for the division of Congress party in Jammu and Kashmir and these leaders have destroyed this party of which Ghulam Nabi Azad is a part and who had worked hard to make this party popular and people friendly in the State.
Castigating present Coalition Government for failing to address the problems of common people, New Congress Party Chairman said that establishments in India with whom he is in touch have promised his party that they will provide monetary help to set up different schools, colleges and other institutions where unemployed youth will get job to meet their both ends.
He appealed people to make their candidates successful in coming elections.


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Turkey sends condolences to Afghanistan over terror bouts in mosques
(MENAFN) Turkey "strongly" sent condolences over latest terror bouts in Afghanistan, which was aimed at mosques specifically.
The Foreign Ministry uttered his sadness over the one bout which killed and wounded a lot of people in weekly Muslim Friday prayers in the southern area of Kandahar.
Furthermore, he uttered condolences to the Afghanis over the fatalities who lost their lives and wished the hurt ones to recover soon.
Before, a bomb explosion hit a Shia mosque in Kandahar in Friday prayers, leaving more than 30 people dead.
The bout was started by two suicide bombers, according to Murtaza Zarifi, a security general at the mosque.
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According to a New York Times and CBS News poll, only 24 percent of Americans hope the Supreme Court will keep the 2010 health car law in place in its entirety.
Forty-one percent of those surveyed said the court should strike down the entire law, and another 27 percent said the justices should overturn only the individual mandate, which requires most Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty.
There was greater Republican opposition to the law than Democratic support. About two-thirds of Republicans in the recent survey said the entire law should be overturned, while 43 percent of Democrats said all of the law should be upheld.
More than 70 percent of independent voters said they wanted to see some or all of the law struck down, with a majority saying they hoped to see the whole law overturned. Twenty-two percent of independents said they hoped the entire law would survive.
The Supreme Court is expected to decide a challenge to the law by the end of this month.


ISLAMABAD, Sep 16 (APP/DailyLife.PK):Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr.
Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday said the government’s steps for prosperity of people and national development, have started yielding positive results.
In a series of tweets, she said the government was implementing the agenda of economic reforms under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and taking steps to invigorate the economy.
The SAPM said enhancement of tax revenue and reduction in fiscal deficit were priorities of the government.
She said the government collected Rs 580 billion tax in the first two months of the current fiscal year against Rs 509 billion in the corresponding period last year. She revealed 600,000 new tax filers
have been added to FBR network.


Prime Minister Imran Khan meets Army Chief General Qamaraja Bajwa
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Qamar Javaid Bajwa with Prime Minister Imran Khan met Prime Minister House in which the internal and external situation of the country was discussed.
In the meeting, Pakistan’s role was discussed in the Action against the banned organizations under the National Action Plan and the Afghan negotiation process. During the meeting, national security issues, internal and external threats, border situation, India’s aggressive behavior and effective response to Pakistan were also discussed.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister said that we want peace, but Indian adventure will be answered completely, operations against banned organizations are doing domestic interests.
The Prime Minister further said that Pakistan wants peace in Afghanistan because stable Afghanistan is essential for the peace of the region.


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Lagos - The Federal Government has secured a $78 million grant from the World Bank and the European Development Fund (EDF) for the execution of water and sanitation projects in the country.
The World Bank task team leader in charge of state and local government projects Mr Ikechukwu Nweje, said the grant was specifically for six states, namely; Anambra, Cross River, Kano, Jigawa, Osun and Yobe.
Nweje explained that the implementation of the programme in these states was a collaboration between the two foreign donors.
He said the meeting between his organisation and EU officials was to assess the preparedness of the state and local governments for the implementation of the projects in July.
Nweje said that the partnership between the bank and the EU was to ensure that projects were effectively carried out.
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Former UBZ, LINTCO and Luangwa Bicycle Industries workers in Eastern Province have joined calls for the setting up of an inquiry into the privatization of state companies.
The workers matched from Chipata Shoprite to Eastern Province administration office this morning where they presented their petition to provincial minister Makebi Zulu.
They told Mr Zulu to ensure that the petition is presented to the head of state.
Joshua Banda, a former Lintco employee said a lot of people suffered while others were sent to early graves due to the challenges that came about because of the non -payment of their terminal benefits.
Christina Mkandawire said most people failed to send their children to school because they were not paid their monies after the companies were privatized.
Former Eastern Province UBZ regional manager Aswell Moyo said the former workers’ petition was genuine.
Mr Moyo said the privatization issue was not political.
And Eastern Province Minister Makebi Zulu said he will present the petition to the head of state.
Mr Zulu said during campaigns ahead of next year’s elections, the people should ask some politicians on the role they played during the privatization.
The former workers sung solemn songs during the procession.


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In an obvious blunder, the Spokesperson for the Ebonyi State Police Command, Loveth Odah on Tuesday said the public was “misleaded.”
Odah was refuting the news which was making the rounds earlier in the day, that a suicide bomber was killed by his own explosive.
She stated this during a press briefing in Abakaliki.
There were reports that a suicide bomber was blown to pieces after a suicide vest he was wearing exploded on his body.
She confimed that someone indeed died, but it was a police officer who mistakingly detonated the grenade he was carrying.
She identified the police personnel as Idi Aminu, noting that the victim was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The police spokesperson lamented that the earlier reports that it was a suicide bombing was wrong.
She also added that “the person that posted that video has caused a lot of trouble, has misleaded the public…”


Police in Kratie province’s Snuol district has identified suspects in the murder of a local journalist who was beaten to death by a group of people in Pi Thnou commune on Monday.
Captain Khiev Buntha, commune police chief, yesterday said that district police officials identified the suspects after interviewing two friends who were with BTBP TV Online journalist Sorn Sithy, 18, during the attack.
“After questioning the victim’s friends, we have now identified some suspects,” Cap Buntha said. “Now our police officers are working hard to continue the investigation.”
He noted that the two friends had told police that the group who attacked them came on four motorbikes.
Mr Sithy was killed by a group of people while returning from a wedding party with the two friends in the district on Monday.
Colonel Chan Sok Kim, district police chief, on Monday said that shortly after midnight, the victim and his friends were riding on a motorbike after leaving the dance party in the district’s Pi Thnou commune to go to their homes in Snuol commune.
Col Sok Kim noted that Mr Sithy was seated at the back.
He said that after they had travelled about three kilometres, the three were ambushed by a group of men who attacked them, causing Mr Sithy to fall off the motorbike.
Col Sok Kim noted that the two friends drove off to escape the attackers.
“A group of people attacked them and Mr Sithy fell down from the motorbike,” he said. “They then kept hitting the victim, including with a stone, until he died.”
Sem Diya, BTBP TV Online publisher, yesterday said that police informed him that the investigation into the case was now about 40 percent complete.
“District police officers questioned many people in relation to the case,” he said. “I hope that our police officials will find the perpetrators and take them to court.”


(MENAFN- Mid-East.Info) Produced images of sodium concentration in the human brain:
In collaboration with the National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh developed a new technology to image brain tissue using Magnetic Resonance (MR).
Saudi Health stated on September 14, 2023, that this new technology targets hydrogen atoms, as MR waves simulate hydrogen atoms' frequency.
This technology is state-of-the-art; it goes beyond medical applications to research applications due to its technical specifications. Further, it can be used to diagnose illnesses.
MR researchers produced the first image of diffused sodium inside brain tissue through this new technology.
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TILBUSTER Station has been busy toiling the soil and sowing the seeds for its annual pumpkin run for the homeless.
Station manager Charlie Winter said the Pathfinders boys had planted 1000 pumpkin seeds for the initiative.
“This year we are hoping to produce 15 tonnes of pumpkin for the homeless and needy,” Mr Winter said. It is part of the station’s program to help encourage community spirit among their wards.
“Last year we were able to feed 250 people in Newtown so this year we want to be bigger and better,” Mr Winter said.


Fears that the distinct role of social work will be reduced in
mental health have been reiterated after confirmation that the
approved social worker post will be scrapped.
Under the revised draft mental health bill, published last week,
ASWs will be replaced by approved mental health practitioners
(news, page 6, 9 September).
It is expected that many former ASWs will take on the role, but
it will also be open to health professionals including mental
health nurses and occupational therapists.
Chair of the Approved Social Worker Interest Group Robert McLean
described the move as a “backward step”. He said: “ASWs undertake
60-day competency training. The fear is that a few modules will be
added on to nursing training so that they can do this new
The Mental Health Act Commission, which the bill will abolish,
has also argued that there needs to be more debate about how the
Healthcare Commission will maintain a patient-focused approach.


(MENAFN) Al Assima Real Estate Co., a 99.74 percent owned subsidiary of Salhia Real Estate, has inked a credit facilities deal with a regional Islamic bank at KWD10mn value.
Furthermore, the financing facilities will be utilized to fund a project by the subsidiary and will be repaid over seven years.
In addition, the project is forecast to be finished by 2020; these facilities will be realized as Islamic financing costs.
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BSP says it will continue supporting Gehlot Govt
BSP MLA Wajib Ali said that BSP’s will continue to support the Congress-led government in Rajasthan
A proposed meeting of six BSP MLAs with Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh was cancelled here on Monday but the party dismissed speculation that it was related to support to the Congress government in the state.
“BSP’s support to the Congress government is continuing and will continue,” BSP MLA Wajib Ali told PTI.
He said it was to be courtesy meeting and some general issues were to be discussed with the Governor, but was cancelled as one of the MLAs could not reach.
“It was a courtesy meeting during which we would discuss some issues with him. It is not yet decided when the next meeting will happen,” Ali said.
He clarified that the agenda of the meeting had nothing to do with the BSP’s support to the Ashok Gehlot Government.
BSP state president Sitaram Meghwal also said that it was a courtesy meeting.
In the house of 200, Congress has 100 MLAs and its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)has one MLA. Besides the BSP, which has six MLAs, the Congress has the support of 12 out of 13 independent MLAs.
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TWO teenagers who went missing from their homes on Anglesey have been found.
A major appeal was launched by officers from North Wales Police after
Hayden McCittrick, 16, and 15-year-old Zoe Tainton disappeared from their family homes in Cemaes.
Hayden was last spotted in the Queens Park area of Holyhead on October 18, and Zoe last seen at her home a day later.
They were understood to have been together and last Friday police asked the public to help trace their whereabouts.
Yesterday police said that the two teenagers had now been found safe and well.


Local groups hit hard by thefts
WINCHESTER — Within the last year, officials at the Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging learned that approximately $15,000 allegedly had been stolen from their organization.
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Arsene Wenger has said that Arsenal can still improve after going top of the Premier League table.
"Let's continue to work together and continue to improve," Wenger told reporters.
"There are still many aspects to our game which we can improve and therefore let's not focus too much on the position and try to be a better team.
"We need to keep the togetherness, the concentration, the humility and try to play better football game by game and try to focus on that in training as well."
Wenger has also said that he is surprised that Arsenal are top of the table.


The Special Unit of the National Directorate of Security, the NDS, destroyed a Daesh hideout in the north of Kabul in six-hours-long operation on Thursday evening, the agency said in a statement on Friday.
The information about the center was taken from a three-member Daesh group who were arrested by the NDS forces this week, the statement said.
Two Daesh members, who were hiding in a house in Sar-e-Kotal area in Kabul’s Police District 17, PD17, were killed in the operation, the statement said, adding that one of them was a Pakistani national.
One woman and four children, who were living in the house, were wounded in the operation but are under treatment in a hospital, the statement added.
The house, which was rented by the two Daesh members, was rented where the suspects were planning terrorist attacks in Kabul and were making suicide vests, according to the statement.
Local residents said the house was rented by the two suspects two months ago.
The statement said that a large number of weapons was seized during the operation.
Sources said that at least five members of the Afghan forces were killed and wounded in the operation.
The NDS in the statement calls on the people to cooperate with the security forces in recognition of suspects when they see that they are residing to their areas.


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14 March, 2018, 12:00 am
THE French government and the Pacific Community (SPC) have joined forces to strengthen public health surveillance and response capacities in the Pacific.
The focus is on dealing with epidemics, emerging transmissible diseases, antimicrobial resistance and climatic disaster impacts.
Deputy director of the SPC, Cameron Diver, said France was making a massive contribution to health security in the Pacific.
The SPC reported that over the past two decades, Pacific Island countries and territories, with their donors, have put a lot of work to reduce the risks and protect Pacific people from epidemic diseases such as dengue fever.


Balearic president, Francina Armengol, today encouraged the Balearic business sector to continue working hard to ensure economic growth at an event organised by Banco Santander and Grupo Serra (publishers of the Bulletin) at the Hotel Valparaiso in Palma.
Armengol, in a keynote speech to more than 250 Balearic business leaders, said that now was the time to invest in the islands because of the good economic conditions and low interest rates. She underlined the fact that the islands were looking forward to a record holiday season and the local economy was continuing to prosper. However, she also called for the economic growth to be translated into well-being for the people of the islands. The Balearic president underlined the fact that the islands were open for business and said that local companies should continue to try and open export markets.
She congratulated all those present for their hard work and dedication during the “dark days” of the recession but stressed the fact that there was still work to be done in all areas. Armengol also said that her left-wing coalition government would continue to help the local business community.
Rami Hurtado, Country Head Spain of Banco Santander, thanked all those present for attending and said that their doors were always open to help the local business community.


Giridih: The district administration has sent back a total of 109 people hailing from different districts of the neighboring state of Bihar in five buses.
Giridih DC Rahul Kumar Sinha said that following the directions of the central and the state government these people have been sent to their respective home districts. Along with the people couple of officials have been also sent who would be handing the people to their respective district authorities.
He said that these people have been also provided food packets and hand sanitizers on their return journey.
Further, he said that 137 students of the district have come back from Kota. The DC said that the students had reached by a special train at Dhanbad junction after which late last night they were brought to Giridih.
He said that after completion of necessary tests and health screening these students have been stamped with home quarantine and were later sent to their native block headquarters. He has urged all the people who are coming back to follow the instructions of the central and the state government and maintain social distancing.


(MENAFN- UkrinForm) French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has said that France and Germany will 'support Ukraine to the end' in its resistance to Russian aggression.
Borne said this at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Friday, November 25, Ukrinform reports, citing france info .
'Since the first day of this brutal war, our two countries have provided unwavering support to Ukraine. [...] We have been working on a strong and joint European response. We, Mr. Chancellor, are completely unanimous. We will continue to do it,' she said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin earlier said at the Halifax Security Forum that the support and protection of Ukraine is important to the whole world.
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Ghana records 6683 Covid-19 cases
The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Ghana had increased to 6,683, with 66 more cases confirmed, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said in its latest update.
The data posted on the GHS COVID-19 portal said the recovered cases had also increased by 20, bringing the number of recovery cases to 1,998.
The GHS said the number of death cases in the West African country had increased to 32.
Ghana’s social distancing measures are still in place to minimize and bring to an end the community spread of the pandemic.


(MENAFN- Jordan Times)
AMMAN — Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Nayef Al Fayez and President of Qatar Tourism and CEO of Qatar Airways Group Akbar Bakir on Monday met over means of cooperation during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
During the meeting held following HRH Crown Prince Hussein's visit to Doha on Monday, in the attendance of Royal Jordanian (RJ) CEO Samer Majali and Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) Director General Abdul Razzaq Arabiat, Fayez reviewed means of promoting Jordan during the 2022 World Cup, lauding Qatar's“distinguished” preparations for the event.
Fayez also reiterated the Kingdom's readiness to cooperate with the Qatari side, mainly in the exchange of expertise in tourism, as well as to offer all possible support for hosting the 2022 World Cup in the Gulf country, noting that the JTB has agreed on forming a joint panel to handle this issue.
Stressing the importance of bolstering cooperation with Jordan, Bakir instructed the Qatari action panel to set joint programmes and mechanisms to enhance cooperation between the sides and ensure the completion of joint work, the Jordan news Agency, Petra, reported.
Arabiat noted that a series of intensive meetings took place with the Qatari side to draw up an executive programme featuring the most appropriate joint marketing between the countries before and during the tournament.
Highlighting the positive impacts of the meeting, Majali expressed the RJ's readiness to increase the number of flights to Qatar during the 2022 World Cup.
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Kuwait- Arab justice ministers call for intensive coop. against terror
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) CAIRO, Nov 23 (KUNA) -- Arab justice ministers Thursday underlined the necessity of stepping up cooperation among Arab countries in the field of sharing information on terrorism.
The call was given in a statement issued at the wrapping-up of the 33rd session of the Council of Arab Justice Ministers in Cairo.
They emphasized that no frank or tacit backing should be given to entities and persons involved in terrorist acts, and that all forms of blackmailing by terrorist groups, including threatening, killing or ransom, should be rejected.
Arab countries should adopt agreements on the fight against terrorism with a view to promoting anti-crime measures, according to the final communique.
National arrangements and mechanisms have to be adopted in order to ensure the effective blocking of ill-gotten funds or funds used in the financing of terrorism, it said.
They also condemned all terrorist attacks in Arab countries, and decried terrorism regardless of manifestations and sources, it added. (Pick up previous) ms.mt
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North Dakota participates in Green Ribbon School pilot program
North Dakota will be among the states participating in the U.S. Department of Education's Green Ribbon Schools pilot program, launched this year to recognize the highest performing green schools in each state.
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Panaji: Goa Governor Satyapal Malik on Tuesday told the government to take measures for rationing and supply of food stocks to the people, especially to those belonging to the lower rung of the society who may suffer the most during the lockdown in the state imposed in the wake of COVID-19 threat.
After announcing the 100 per cent lockdown from the Tuesday midnight Chief Minister Pramod Sawant along with Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, the Chief Secretary and the health secretary attended a meeting conveyed by the Governor on Tuesday evening at Raj Bhavan.
The meeting reviewed the preparedness by the state government vis-a-vis the COVID-19 threat.
Sawant briefed the Governor about various measures undertaken by the state including the lockdown imposed in the state and various relaxations given for essential services.
At the meeting, Malik emphasised on giving adequate supplies of essential goods to the people during the lockdown period.
He stressed that the safety of the people should be paramount for the state government; at the same time it should see that only reasonable restrictions are imposed so that people are not unnecessarily inconvenienced.
Malik requested the Chief Minister to hold a meeting of the high-powered committee everyday and inform people about various decisions taken by the government to contain the COVID-19 spread.
Malik also told the government that it should endeavour to set up a testing facility in the state as soon as possible.


Reacting to the recent statement of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that the next government in Jammu and Kashmir will also be a coalition government, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief Saif-ud-din Soz Monday said that the Congress will emerge as a single largest party in the state in the forthcoming polls.
Soz, while talking to KNS stated that the Congress in the state has attained a strong foothold and that people here have accepted the representative character of the party. “The base of the Congress in the state has become very strong and with optimistic approach I believe that ours will be the single largest party in the state.”
The state Congress chief further stated that the party will sweep the polls at large and its prime responsibility would be to fight for the rights of the common people. “Our prime concern is to fight for the basic rights of the people of the state and we are committed to take the state to the new horizons of development.”
Commenting over the possibility of the post poll alliance for the formation of the next government in the state, Soz told KNS that if the time demands the same, the decision will be taken by the Congress high command and all the perspectives of the alliance would be taken into consideration before the final call into the matter would be taken.
Soz added, “Ours is the national party and we will act in accordance to the directions issued by the party high command about forging an alliance with any party here. Whether complete or the outside support, we have to wait for the high command.”
Stating that the Aam Admi Party must come forward for the formation of the government at Delhi, Soz said that the people usually suffer due to the non- availability of the public representatives in the government sector and therefore AAP must not show reluctance in the government formation.
Maintaining that the state government employees must shun the path of confrontation and should work for the betterment of common masses here , Soz said that he is fighting for the employees’ demand for the enhancement of the retirement age from 58 to 60 years.
“We have resolved from the day one that we will fight for the rights of common people including the employees and we are committed for the same.”
Commenting over the constitution of the 7th pay commission in the centre, Soz said that once the recommendations are made for its implementation, the state government will act accordingly but for now the employees here must work with the utmost sincerity and dedication for the people of the state. ”The time has not come that we would talk about the 7th pay commission but once the centre implements it, the state will act accordingly. Hum abhi sae kiya bataen kiya hamarae dil mae hae (For why should we tell thee now, what lurks in our hearts?)”


Noting that March is Women’s History Month, Rep. Tom Reed on Monday said the recently enacted tax reform legislation will benefit not only corporate America, but also women and families.
“With women making up 47 percent of the workforce, women are able to keep more of their hard-earned dollars in their pocket,” Reed said during a conference call with reporters.
“This allows women to utilize that resource to potentially go out on their own, create their own business, and reinvest that money in their children’s future, or just spend that money in the way that women choose to do with the money that they’ve earned,” he said.
Reed, who represents the Greater Olean area in Congress, noted that Congress has doubled the child tax credit and the standard deduction and simplified the tax system.
“I personally feel that we are going to see tax reforms as the foundation to a stronger economy, and as a result, not only women, but also children and grandchildren will see a much more prosperous future going forward,” he said.


Government Labour Unions disagree on pension scheme
Labour unions in Cross River have disagreed on the planned implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the disagreement came to fore when the union officials walked out on government officials during a planned sensitisation of the workers on the scheme in Calabar on Wednesday.
The planned sensitisation had in attendance, the national President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, and representatives of the state government, led by Secretary to the Government, Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh.
The workers, however, attributed reasons for the walkout to insincerity on the part of the government on the scheme.
One of the union leaders who spoke with NAN, on the condition of anonymity, said the workers discovered that the government was trying to force the scheme on workers.
According to him, “We were never told about the coming of NLC National President. We were shocked to see him appear with government officials in the hall where the sensitisation was to take place.
“For us, we concluded that his presence was a plan to force workers in the state into the scheme.
“All we want is for the government to engage the workers more on the scheme before any decision will be arrived at.”
However, the government has maintained that the planned migration of the workers is for their own benefit.
Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, who spoke with NAN on the worker’s protest during the aborted sensitisation, said that Gov. Bassey Otu’s aim was to prevent a frustrating situation for retirees in the state.
“Am sure you are aware that the state has not paid gratuities since 2014 and this is primarily the concern of Gov. Otu in planning a migration to the contributory pension scheme.
He pointed out that the workers present insisted that they will not work with the three banks that have been penciled down for the scheme.
“These banks that have been engaged by the government are the ones that will ensure the sustainability of the scheme, but the labour unions are saying they have their own banks to work with.
“This is an act of parliament, moreover, it is the state government that is funding it.
“Though the planned sensitisation couldn’t take place, the government is hopeful that they see reasons with the benefit of the scheme,” he stated. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)


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"Azerbaijan acts as a bridge between East and West, for many
other SPECA (United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of
Central Asia) countries," Economy Minister Mikail Jabbarov said at
the economic forum "Transforming the SPECA region into a global
communication hub" within the framework of the United Nations (UN)
Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) week in
Baku, Azernews reports.
According to him, for ten months of the current year trade
turnover between Azerbaijan and SPECA countries increased by 16
percent compared to the same period last year and reached $1.2
According to the minister, in 2022, the volume of trade turnover
will reach $1.3 billion, which is 3.6 percent more than in
Economy Minister Mikail Jabbarov said at an economic forum that
SPECA countries are active in the liberated territories.
"For 30 years Azerbaijan has suffered from violation of its
sovereignty. Azerbaijan is now investing in the liberated
territories. Uzbekistan has built a school in the liberated
territories and we highly appreciate the activities of other
countries," the Minister said.
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Ankara, Feb 6 (IANS) Six people were killed and 36 others injured on Sunday in a traffic accident in the western Turkish province of Afyonkarahisar.
A passenger bus overturned after the driver lost control of the bus in Karabedir village of Dinar district, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a Demiroren news agency report.
The bus was traveling from the southeastern province of Diyarbakir to the Bodrum district of the southwestern province of Mugla, it added.
Several rescue teams were dispatched to the scene after the accident.
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