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      2 August

      Saudi Arabia’s GDP grows 11.8% in Q2 of 2022

      Riyadh: The real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Saudi Arabia increased by 11.8 per cent during the second quarter of 2022, compared to the second quarter of 2021. On Sunday, the Saudi General Authority for Statistics (Gastat) said, “The positive growth is due to the significant increase recorded by oil activities by 23.1 percent.” It stated that non-oil activities increased by 5.4 percent during the period, and government services activities increased by 2.2 per cent. On a quarterly basis, real GDP increased by 1.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the first quarter of the same year. #الهيئة_العامة_للإحصاء ارتفاع الناتج المحلي الإجمالي الحقيقي للربع الثاني من عام 2022 بنسبة 11.8% .للاطلاع على النتائج :https://t.co/Y4TAHlkOBj pic.twitter.com/AhOxb56Xd9— الهيئة العامة للإحصاء…

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    • 2 August

      ‘Forced to work as sex slave in prison’, claims ex-Israeli guard

      Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday, July 31, vowed to investigate allegations by a former Gilboa prison guard that she was repeatedly raped by a Palestinian prisoner, and forced into sex slavery by her superiors. For several years, the Israeli media has reported that female guards were assaulted by Gilboa prison inmates, but the prison administration came under new scrutiny in September last year when six Palestinian prisoners escaped from Gilboa by digging a tunnel from their cells through the sewage system, in an escape that grabbed international headlines. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP) report, last week, a woman who identified herself as a former Gilboa guard, and remained unidentified, posted an online testimony in which she said that a…

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    • 2 August

      Saudi family investment office becomes biggest shareholder in Israel’s Ontonomo

      Riyadh: Saudi family investment office Mithaq Capital SPC become the largest shareholder in Israeli mobility intelligence company Otonomo Technologies Ltd. Its share in the company increased to 20.41 percent as per July 20 regulatory filling. Otonomo is not the first company wherein Mithaq Capital SPC became the biggest shareholder. Earlier, Mithaq had become the largest stakeholder in Israeli digital advertising company, Tremor International Ltd. Mithaq is an office for the AlRajhi family which is incorporated in the Cayman Islands. The office is headquartered in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. Saudi-Israel relations Although Saudi Arabia and Israel do not have official diplomats, they both are concerned about Iran’s role in the region. It is assumed that Israel and Saudi Arabia share…

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    • 2 August

      Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike

      The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed. He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday. Mr Biden said Zawahiri had “carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens”. “Now justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more,” he added. Officials said Zawahiri was on the balcony of a safe house when the drone fired two missiles at him. Other family members were present, but they were unharmed and only Zawahiri was killed, they added. Mr Biden said he had given the final approval for the “precision strike” on the 71-year-old…

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    • 2 August

      Nizam’s gift of aircrafts helped Britain defeat Nazi Germany in 1940

      In July 1940, one of the most crucial battles of World War 2 called the Battle of Britain began. The conflict saw the Royal Air Force (RAF) of Great Britain defending its country against a series of large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany’s air force (the Luftwaffe). It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by the air forces of two hostile countries. The heavily outnumbered RAF pilots fought bravely and flew their aircraft beyond the limits of endurance to finally overcome the superior forces of the Luftwaffe after several months of intense warfare. What is not very well known, however, is that the Nizam of Hyderabad had donated large sums to Great Britain for the purpose of…

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    • 1 August

      New Zealand fully reopens borders after long pandemic closure

      New Zealand’s borders are fully open for the first time since March 2020, when they shut in an effort to keep out Covid-19. Immigration authorities will now begin accepting visitors with visas and those on student visas again. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called it an “enormous moment”, adding it was part of a “cautious process”. Most visitors will still need to be fully vaccinated, but there are no quarantine requirements. The country’s maritime border has also reopened, with cruise ships and foreign recreational yachts now allowed to dock. New Zealand first announced a phased reopening plan in February. It allowed vaccinated citizens to return from Australia that month, and those coming from elsewhere to return in March. In May, it…

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    • 1 August

      California wildfire: McKinney Fire spreads rapidly in north of state

      Hundreds of firefighters in California are battling the largest wildfire to spread in the state so far this year. The McKinney Fire, which started in the northern Siskiyou county on Friday, has already burnt 21,000 hectares (52,500 acres), the state’s fire service said. At least 2,000 residents as well as trekkers on the Pacific Crest hiking trail have left the area, authorities say. Homes have been destroyed. It was 0% contained as of Sunday, the emergency service’s latest report said. A red flag warning indicating the threat of dangerous fire conditions is in place, as California suffers from persistent drought conditions. A state of emergency was declared in Siskiyou county on Saturday, after homes were destroyed and infrastructure was threatened,…

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    • 1 August

      Osama Bin Laden’s family donated 1 million pounds to Prince Charles, know the whole controversy

      The Royal Family of Britain found itself in the center of a controversy once again are several media houses reported that Price Charles received a massive monetary donation from the family of terrorist Osama Bin Laden in 2013. As first reported by The Sunday Times of London, it was revealed the family of Osama Bin Laden, the notorious terrorist who was responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the United States, donated 1 million pounds to the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund. The large donation was made by brothers Bakr and Shafiq bin Laden, half-brothers of Osama bin Laden, who was the founder of Al Qaeda and architect of the September 11 attacks, quoted The New York Times (NYT), as per…

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    • 1 August

      Adolf Hitler’s wristwatch sells for $1.1million

      A wristwatch once worn by Adolf Hitler was sold for USD 1.1 million at an auction in the US. The Huber timepiece, which bears a swastika symbol and has the initials ‘AH’ engraved on it, was sold to an anonymous bidder. The auction house— Alexander Historical Auctions —that put the watch for bidding had estimated it to fetch anywhere between $2m and $4m, Deutsche Welle reported. It was described as a “World War II relic of historic proportions.” According to the auction house, a French soldier had taken possession of the watch when his unit, comprising 30 French soldiers, The timepiece was then reportedly resold and passed down through several generations until now, BBC quoted the assessment by the auction…

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    • 1 August

      Manmohan Singh extended an olive branch to Pakistan after 26/11, says Tamil Nadu Governor, hails Balakot air strike

      Tami Nadu Governor RN Ravi slammed the erstwhile Manmohan Singh-led central government over its soft stand on terrorism, pointing to the period after the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai when the UPA government had jointly signed a statement showing Pakistan as a victim of terrorism. Emphasing on India’s policy of ‘zero tolerance to violence,’ the Tamil Nadu Governor, addressing a session on ‘Contemporary Challenges to Internal Security’ in Kochi on Sunday, said, “When the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks happened, the whole country was traumatised; the country was humiliated by a handful of terrorists. Within nine months of the attacks, our then PM and Pakistan PM signed a joint communique stating both countries were victims of terrorism.” “Do we have Sathrubodh?…

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