Dembele, Messi partnership fuelling goal rush
Barcelona : Lionel Messi’s blossoming partnership with electric winger Ousmane Dembele has helped Barcelona to four straight wins at the start of the Liga season and the pair will be gunning for more goals at home to fellow Cat
Manama ranked 6th in Arab financial centres
Manama : Manama has been ranked 6th in the Arab world and 59th in the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI Index). GFCI ranks the competitiveness of financial centres globally based on external assessments from third parties, includi
‘Trump suggested Sahara wall to stem migrants’
Madrid : Spain’s foreign minister revealed that US President Donald Trump suggested building a wall along the Sahara desert to stem the arrival of migrants, as he plans to do on the Mexican border. “Closing ports is not a solution, and neither is building a wall along the S
Pakistan wants Saudi join CPEC
Islamabad : Saudi Arabia will be the third “strategic partner” of the $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a senior Pakistani minister announced yesterday, soon after Prime Minister Imran Khan returned from his first foreign trip to the cash-rich kingdom.
Kofi Annan rewarded the world with his wisdom
Since the shock of former United Nations’ Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s death, I have been reflecting on what made him so special. To my mind, it is simply this: Kofi Annan was both
Being in Bahrain was a major eye-opener
The opportunity of another diplomatic travel will always, hopefully for some time to come, be an allure for me. So, an invitation to Manama, Bahrain, from September 9-13, as senior adviser to H.E. José Ramos-Horta, former president of East Timor and Nobel Peace Laureate was a ve
Best foot forward, Walkathon to be organised as part of Smile Initiative to support children suffering from cancer
The Future Society for Youth will host a walkathon as part of its ‘Smite Initiative’ to support children suffering from cancer. Kids ‘R’ Golden Walk-A-Thon will be held on Friday, September 28, 2018, at Prince Khalifa bin Salman Park, Hidd and the event comes in li
Bahrain lagging behind others in securing intellectual properties
Bahrain is lagging behind globally and even in the GCC region when it comes to protecting the intellectual property of its people, it emerged. The 2018 version of the Intellectual Property Rights Index brought out by US-based Property Rights Alliance pinned Bahrain at 45th, while not impr
