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The Honorable Lady Assayida Ahd Abdullah Hamed Al Busaidi, Spouse of the Sultan of Oman, visited the Social Welfare Home in the Wilayat of A’Rustaq, Governorate of South Al Batinah. During the visit, Minister of Social Development, Dr. Laila Ahmed Al Najjar, was present. A tour of the facility, which is under the purview of the Ministry of Social Development, was conducted by the Honorable Lady. Services and programs are offered to people who are elderly or who are vulnerable socially, whose well-being is difficult to maintain within their households or social milieux. Lady Assayida inspected the different departments of…

Bahrain achieved the highest ranking among Arab countries in the World Happiness Report 2022, published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network at the United Nations. In the report, the Kingdom is ranked 21st out of 146 countries, an improvement of one position from last year. In the report, the Kingdom is among the ten countries that experienced the largest growth between 2008-2012 and 2019-2021. Based on the global indicators for social and economic development, these results are an affirmation of the Kingdom’s commitment to social and economic development with citizens at its core. According to the World Happiness Report 2022,…

According to Lebanon’s Nutrition Sector group, over 94 percent of children aged six to 23 months were not fed adequate diets, potentially leading to adverse life-long consequences. According to the report Nutrition in Times of Crisis, there are 200,000 malnourished children in Lebanon under five years old. Lebanon Nutrition Sector led by UNICEF and Action Against Hunger has called for stakeholders to take action against malnutrition. It stressed that nutrition needs have to be met throughout a person’s lifetime. Many children in Lebanon lack nutrition due to a compound crisis. This situation has generational and irreversible consequences. In Lebanon, 7…

The Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, held a series of ministerial meetings at the Grand Serail. In this context, the PM met with Economy and Trade Minister, Amin Salam, to discuss the country’s food crisis. This was in light of the citizens’ mounting fear of a possible shortage of wheat for bread, in Lebanon, a staple necessity. Salam told Mikati that Lebanon only has enough wheat to last for a month or a month and a half at most. Moreover, he confirmed that the Council of Ministers also authorized the Directorate of Grains and Sugar Beets to purchase 50,000 tons of…

In a UN Security Council resolution on Yemen, Egypt condemned the cross-border attacks of the Iran-backed Houthis against civilians and civil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and called for an immediate ceasefire. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Ahmed Hafez, expressed Egypt’s appreciation for the extension of the measures and sanctions imposed by the Security Council resolutions on the Yemeni crisis in an official statement. Egyptian authorities have also welcomed the expansion of the arms embargo on Yemen, as well as condemning attacks on civilian and commercial vessels off Yemen’s coast. Moreover, Hafez said the country…

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has been formally accepted as a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It will support RCU’s goal of protecting natural ecosystems, habitats, and biodiversity by designing and establishing nature reserves; enhancing and restoring degraded ecosystems and ecological processes; and reintroducing native species. A government membership status was granted to the RCU for its commitment to conservation. By attending the IUCN annual meetings and quadrennial congresses, for example, RCU will be able to use the expert knowledge of 18,000 IUCN experts to inform a global audience about the outcomes of its…

MENA Newswire: Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) the official printing and imaging provider of Expo 2020 Dubai, opened its doors to the general public to vote and select a ‘People’s Choice Winner’ for ‘Moments that Matter’ competition, in an announcement today. In alignment with Canon’s future of the planet pillar, Canon had launched its sustainability themed ‘Moments that Matter’ competition last year, aimed at engaging people and influencing sustainable development through visual storytelling at Expo 2020 Dubai VIEW AND VOTE: THE PROCESS• Thirty shortlisted entries from the competition are now on display for the general public to view and…

Facebook Inc. and its family of apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp, were inaccessible for hours on Monday, taking out a vital communications platform used by billions and showcasing just how dependent the world has become on a company that is under intense scrutiny. Facebook’s entire network of services suddenly went offline, the worst outage for Facebook since a 2019 incident took its site offline for more than 24 hours, as the downtime hit hardest on the small businesses and creators who rely on these services for their income.Facebook Inc. issued an explanation for the outage on Monday evening, saying that…

A powerful car bomb exploded outside the residence of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed in the provincial capital of Punjab on Wednesday, killing at least three people and injuring 21 others. The blast took place at a police picket outside Saeed’s house at the BOR Society in Johar Town around 11 AM.Eyewitnesses and news camera footage showed that a number of vehicles and motorbikes in the area were damaged. The front of several houses was badly damaged. Police cordoned off the entire area and started an investigation.The blast took place…

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is participating at Expo 2020 Dubai with a large pavilion, characterized by a contemporary design that aligns with DEWA’s role as the Official Sustainable Energy Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai. “DEWA’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai provides a unique experience for visitors. It highlights DEWA’s innovative projects and initiatives, especially in renewable and clean energy and using the Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to disrupt the entire business of public utilities. DEWA intends to become the world’s first digital utility to use autonomous systems through Digital DEWA, the digital arm of DEWA. Its objectives align…