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      14 August

      Abu Dhabi: 3-day Indian art festival to mark India’s Independence

      Abu Dhabi: The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi is organising a three-day art festival to mark India’s 75th Independence Day. Azadi Arts Festival, the three-day arts event, which began on Saturday, August 13, celebrates Indian art and artists in a unique way through Artscrafts, the one-stop destination for art lovers for everything related to art. This is the ‘first-of-its-kind public event’ at the Indian Embassy since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-day Indian art festival includes Art exhibitionMasterclassEvents for kidsHealing sessionsLive artPanel talksArt competitionsCultural events Over 60 artists, mostly from lesser-known names, get a platform to showcase their talents. Azadi Arts Festival will end on August 15 with its closing concert at 3 pm UAE time. All prizes…

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    • 14 August

      Saudi Arabia allows children of all ages to enter Grand Mosque

      Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah on Saturday announced that children of all ages are allowed to enter the Grand Mosque in Makkah. The ministry’s announcement came on its official account on the Twitter platform, where it said “Parents can take their children who are below five years old without the need to get them a permit.” However, children over the age of five must obtain a pass through the Eatmarna app to enter the sacred site. يُسمح للمعتمرين باصطحاب أطفالهم 🕋#مكة_والمدينة_في_انتظاركم_بشوق pic.twitter.com/e7XEd2otys— وزارة الحج والعمرة (@HajMinistry) August 13, 2022 On Friday, August 12, the Saudi Ministry of Haj and Umrah had announced that all visa holders in the Kingdom would be allowed to perform Umrah.

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    • 14 August

      Watch: Viral video of bear high on ‘mad honey’ rescued in Turkey

      Ankara: A baby bear who appeared high and showed signs of hallucinations has been rescued after eating an excessive amount of ‘mad honey’ in the forests of Turkey, local media reported. The bear was found hallucinating strangely and continued to wobble and whine when it was put into a pickup truck on Thursday. According to a Reuters report, the bear is believed to have become drunk after consuming ‘mad honey, the name given to a type of rose tree honey, which can have hallucinogenic effects.v https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChKacUAAaHR/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=ee851dbc-b625-4d93-8b7e-dba5a2661dc1 The honey, which is extracted from the nectar of rose trees, is spread in regions of Asia and Turkey. It has dangerous effects that may lead to poisoning or even hallucinations. According to the Agriculture Ministry,…

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    • 14 August

      6-year-old girl becomes ‘Dubai Police Officer’ for a day

      Abu Dhabi: The Dubai Police surprised a 6-year-old girl on her birthday by appointing her as a “police officer” for one day. Hoor Haddad told her parents that she wanted to join the force when she grew up, so the Dubai police organized a special event for her. In collaboration with Hamleys, the security awareness department at the general department of community happiness responded to the request of Hoor’s parents. A team from the Security Awareness Department visited Hoor’s School to celebrate her birthday among her peers. They gave the little girl a police uniform and explained the police duties while giving her a ride in a luxury Dubai police patrol car. Hoor and her classmates were also surprised and…

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    • 14 August

      Saudi Arabia: What types of visas will be allowed for Umrah?

      Riyadh : The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Friday decided to allow all types of visa holders to undertake Umrah or lesser pilgrimage. The Saudi Ministry of Haj and Umrah announced in a statement, reported by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), that it allowed holders of all types of visas and those coming from all countries of the world for the purpose of tourism and visits, the ability to perform Umrah during their stay in the Kingdom. The ministry said, “The decision includes arrivals to the Kingdom who have obtained visas from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the Schengen countries.” It indicated that those who have obtained a family visit visa and a personal visit can…

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    • 14 August

      Over 6.4 million illegal foreigners arrested in Saudi Arabia

      Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has arrested a total of 6,419,163 violators of residency, labour, and border security laws from 2017-2022, local media reported. The joint field campaigns carried out by various security authorities throughout the Kingdom resulted in the arrest of violators of the law. Since the campaign began on November 15, 2017—the arrested persons include 4,700,000 violators of the residency laws while 823,715 were arrested for the violation of labor laws. Violators of the border security laws reached 895,448. According to Arabic daily Okaz, overall, 2.1 million undocumented people have been deported from Saudi Arabia since the campaign began five years ago. The Kingdom arrested 14,837 violators of residency, labour, and border security laws across the…

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    • 13 August

      Ghana records one recovered case of Marburg virus disease

      Accra: The last case of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) confirmed in Ghana has recovered from the infection, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said in a statement. The GHS added on Friday that the country has recorded three infected cases, and two other infected patients had died of the disease. “The only survivor of the three has since recovered from the disease following two negative tests carried out 48 hours apart by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. The patient has since been discharged and reunited with her family. Ghana, therefore, has no case of MVD,” the statement added. The GHS identified 198 contacts in four districts since the outbreak, and 118 have completed their mandatory 21-day follow-up, Xinhua news agency…

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    • 13 August

      Trump potentially facing Espionage Act violation case

      Washington: US federal agents took away 11 sets of classified documents from the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump during an unprecedented search earlier this week, according to legal papers related to the search and the ongoing investigation unsealed by a court on Friday. These documents are part of a potentially criminal violation of the Espionage Act and a few other laws. They included four sets of top secret documents, three sets of secret documents and three sets of confidential documents, according to an inventory of items seized by FBI agents. Some of these documents were marked “classified/TS/SCI” documents “shorthand” for “top secret/sensitive compartmented information”. Among them was also a document about France’s President Emmanuel Macron. The documents, which were…

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    • 13 August

      WHO gives new names to variants of monkeypox virus

      Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. This is to avoid causing any cultural or social offence, the WHO said in a statement. A group of global experts convened by the WHO decided on the new names, Xinhua news agency reported. Experts will now refer to the former Congo Basin clade (group of variants) in Central Africa as Clade I, and the former West African clade as Clade II. The latter consists of two sub-clades, Clade IIa and Clade IIb, of which Clade IIb was the main group of variants circulating during the 2022 outbreak. The global health agency added that the new names for the clades…

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    • 13 August

      Salman Rushdie on ventilator, likely to lose an eye, liver damaged

      New York: Salman Rushdie was on a ventilator with a damaged liver and may lose one of his eyes after the Mumbai-born controversial author was stabbed in the neck and abdomen by a man on stage at a literary event in upstate New York. Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident identified as Hadi Matar on stage on Friday while he was being introduced at the event of the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York. A bloodied Rushdie was airlifted from a field adjacent to the venue to a hospital in northwestern Pennsylvania where the 75-year-old writer underwent surgery. Rushdie, who won the Booker Prize for his…

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